The criteria for enforceability of a covenant not to compete provided by Sections 15.50 and 15.501 and the procedures and remedies in an action to enforce a covenant not to compete provided by Section 15.51 are exclusive and preempt other law, including common law.
Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.52
PREEMPTION OF OTHER LAW
Applied in 19 court decisions — leading case Mann Frankfort Stein & Lipp Advisors, Inc. v. Fielding (2009)
Most recently applied in Ryan R. Grant (Individually, and as Trustee of the Ryan R. Grant 2007 Trust) Laura Grant Jana Grimes John E. Grimes (Trustee of the John E. Grimes 2007 Trust) Anne Fielding Scott Sizemore John D. Rowell Herschel Sova v. Pivot Technology Solutions, Ltd. Pivot Acquisition Corp. And ARC Acquisition (US), Inc. (August 2018)
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 3, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.