Instructions
You work for a business, based in Dallas, that sells products both locally and across the country. You are concerned that departing employees might utilize the knowledge, skills, and relationships that they develop while working for your organization and leave to work for a competitor or establish their own similar business.
In Westlaw, locate the Texas statute governing non-compete agreements, Tex. Bus. & Com. Code Ann. § 15.50, which states that “a covenant not to compete is enforceable if it is ancillary to or part of an otherwise enforceable agreement at the time the agreement is made to the extent that it contains limitations as to time, geographical area, and scope of activity to be restrained that are reasonable and do not impose a greater restraint than is necessary to protect the goodwill or other business interest of the promisee.”
Select the Notes of Decisions accompanying the decision. What is the title of the note discussing opinions discussing geographic restrictions in non-competes? = Under Texas law, limiting the effect of covenants not to compete as to time, geography, and scope ensures that restrictions go no further than necessary to protect an employer’s legitimate business interests. U.S. Risk, LLC v. Hagger, N.D.Tex.2023, 650 F.Supp.3d 520. Contracts Key Number 116(
Do any of the opinions discussed in the note find that a nationwide geographic scope to be “reasonable” in a covenant not to compete? Provide a case name with citation.
