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Non-Compete Agreements › Oil & Gas

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Non-Compete Agreements are contracts, typically formed in employment or business purchase contexts, where one party agrees to refrain from engaging in a particular line of work or pursuing business within a certain industry or locale. The purpose of these agreements is to protect employers or business purchasers from competition stemming from former employees or former owners of a business. less -

Increased Scrutiny Surrounding Noncompete Agreements During the Pandemic

Gray Reed on 9/14/2021

Since the current economic downturn began in February 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, noncompete agreements have become increasingly scrutinized nationwide, and courts have become more reluctant to enforce them. ...more

Non-Compete Boilerplate Loses Steam Where Independent Contractor Receives Call and Confidences Directly

Epstein Becker & Green on 12/2/2020

The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana issued an opinion on November 24, 2020 in Titan Oil & Gas Consultants LLC v. David W. Willis and RIGUP, Inc., a case addressing application of a...more

FTC Settlement Agreement Demonstrates Commissioners’ Competing Views on Merger Non-Competes

McDermott Will & Emery on 10/7/2019

What Happened - • DTE and Enbridge’s natural gas pipeline joint venture, Nexus, agreed to purchase the Generation Pipeline (Generation). •Generation was owned by a group of sellers including North Coast Gas Transmission...more

Merger Non-Compete Clauses – Be Lawful or Be Gone

Orrick - Antitrust Watch on 9/19/2019

Non-compete clauses are commonly included in M&A agreements. Although generally recognized as lawful, non-competes must fulfill certain requirements to comply with antitrust and competition laws. A recent FTC enforcement...more

Was the 86th Texas Legislature Good to the Oil Business?

Gray Reed on 6/20/2019

The answer depends on what part of “the oil business” you care about. The 86th Legislature produced a few, but not many, changes in laws affecting the business, (most going into effect on September 1). ...more

Covenant Not to Compete/Landfill Gas Services: Federal Court Addresses Request for Preliminary Injunction

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 12/12/2017

Like many service industries, conflicts sometimes arise between competitors in the environmental service industry segments. A federal district court, Western District, North Carolina (“Court”) addressed in a September 29th...more

Practical Tips: Keeping Trade Secrets Safe During Litigation – Texas Supreme Court Edition

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 6/6/2016

Recently, the Texas Supreme Court provided its first opinion interpreting the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act in a case involving an issue that often causes discomfort to lawyers on both sides of the “v” in trade secret...more

Oil-And-Gas Services Companies Argue Over Trial Court’s Authority to Exclude Corporate Representatives Under New Texas Trade...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/20/2016

On January 13, before the Texas Supreme Court, two major oil-and-gas-services companies disputed whether Texas’s new trade secret laws require a trial court to exclude a party’s corporate representative from a hearing at...more

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