Texas employers often include noncompete agreements in their employment contracts. After all, keeping trade secrets private is an important part of a successful business. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office notes that one of the conditions for information to qualify...

Non-disclosure agreements are common in business. They seek to ensure that when a company hires you that you cannot share the information you learn about it. It helps keep business competitive and safeguard business processes, procedures and secrets.  According to the...

There are certain types of jobs that involve working with or coming into contact with private or proprietary information. In many cases, it is this information that offers the company a competitive advantage, and for this reason, they want to protect these intangible...

Going through a contract negotiation alone can feel terrifying. You may feel at a disadvantage if you don’t understand the complex details and stipulations embedded in it. Yet, with the help of an attorney, you can clarify this challenging process. And you may save...

It's not uncommon for Texas employers to ask new workers to sign noncompete agreements at the time of hire. Although such agreements are legal, the way they are written controls as to whether they are enforceable. Furthermore, laws governing noncompete agreements may...

Texas companies that are looking to keep former employees from encroaching on their business will often ask employees to sign a non-compete agreement. This is a complicated area of the law that could result in disputes. For both employer and employee, it is vital to...

Employers in the oil industry will require you to sign multiple documents when you start a new job. Most of these documents confirm you as an employee. But some of them are meant to protect the company from the competition. You may already be familiar with noncompete...