It\u2019s been almost four years since the Texas Supreme Court decided the landmark non-compete case of Sheshunoff v. Johnson and almost two years since it reached a decision in Mann Frankfort Stein v. Fielding. The battle over non-compete agreements in Texas rages on. Austin business litigation lawyer and employment lawyer Gregory D. Jordan offers some insights into the cases.<\/p>\n
The important non-compete cases of Sheshunoff v. Johnson and Mann Frankfort Stein v. Fielding have come and gone. Even though the Texas Supreme Court articulated new standards in these cases for determining whether a non-compete agreement is enforceable, there\u2019s still a great deal of rancor and disagreement over non-compete agreements in Texas. Why?<\/p>\n
The short answer seems fairly straightforward. Although a non-compete agreement can protect one\u2019s business, it can just as easily destroy another\u2019s livelihood. \u201cWhen a company\u2019s survival may depend on enforcing a non-compete, but that same non-compete may effectively kill a former (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s been almost four years since the Texas Supreme Court decided the landmark non-compete case of Sheshunoff v. Johnson and almost two years since it reached a decision in Mann Frankfort Stein v. Fielding. The battle over non-compete agreements in…<\/span><\/p>\n