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Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation Agreement for attorneys in 13 states, drafted from published statutes

What you get

An editable Word document, drafted from your answers and the state's published law.
A proof of sources: every citation in the draft with the words it quotes, the source and whether it is the official text, the date the text was saved and its fingerprint.
Notes for counsel listing each point marked [VERIFY], each blank and each choice left for the client.

What the intake asks

Plain questions, in the order an attorney would take the facts. Anything left blank stays a marked blank in the draft; nothing is invented to fill it.

The parties

The company
The restricted person

The relationship

What the covenant is part of
Role and pay
Where the person lives and works
What the person receives for the covenant
The sale and the goodwill sold

The restrictions

Covenants to include
The competing business defined
Duration
Territory
Payment during the restricted period
Payment terms

Process

When the person received it
Remedies
Governing law and forum
Other instructions or open decisions

Where it is offered

Every state Lawsmith has sources for:

California Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Maryland Massachusetts New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania Texas Virginia

Sources on file

The drafter works from the texts Lawsmith has saved for this document in the state you choose, plus federal law where it applies. Each is read from its government publisher and dated, and labelled official only where the state designates that text official.

State	Sources for this document
California	18
Connecticut	17
Delaware	15
District of Columbia	18
Florida	14
Maryland	16
Massachusetts	15
New Jersey	16
New York	13
Ohio	12
Pennsylvania	12
Texas	12
Virginia	17

Among them, for New Jersey:

N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1: 6 years
N.J.S.A. 10:5-12.7 Certain waivers in employment contract deemed against public policy and unenforceable.
N.J.S.A. 10:5-12.8 Certain provisions in employment contract, settlement agreement deemed against public policy and unenforceable.
N.J.S.A. 56:15-2 Definitions relative to misappropriation of trade secrets.
N.J.S.A. 56:15-3 Actual, threatened misappropriation may be enjoined.

The law on file, state by state

What the drafter reads for this document in each state, from the publisher's own pages. A listed text is on file; whether it governs your matter is your call. The collection does not establish complete legal coverage.

California

Cal. Lab. Code § 925. Out-of-state forum and choice-of-law conditions of employment statute
An employer may not require an employee who primarily resides and works in California, as a condition of employment, to agree to adjudicate California claims outside California or to give up California law's substantive…
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 16601. Noncompetition agreement on the sale of a business or an ownership interest statute
A person who sells the goodwill of a business, or an owner of a business entity who sells or disposes of all of the owner's ownership interest, or an owner of an entity that sells all or substantially all of its…
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200. Unfair competition defined statute
Unfair competition includes any unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business act or practice and unfair, deceptive, untrue or misleading advertising, and acts prohibited by the false advertising chapter.
Cal. Civ. Code § 3426.1: Trade secrets statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Cal. Civ. Code § 3426.2: Trade secrets statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Cal. Civ. Code § 3426.3: Trade secrets statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Cal. Lab. Code § 926. Remedies for contract terms prohibited by Business and Professions Code section 16608 statute
Text added by AB 692 (2025): a contract or term violating Business and Professions Code section 16608 is void as contrary to public policy only if entered into on or after January 1, 2026;
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 16600: Restraints on competition statute
Restraints on competition text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 16600.1: Restraints on competition statute
Restraints on competition text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 16600.5: Restraints on competition statute
Restraints on competition text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.

Connecticut

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-101d. Covenants not to compete involving advanced practice registered nurse statute
Connecticut rule that an advanced practice registered nurse's covenant not to compete entered into, amended, extended or renewed on or after October 1, 2023 is valid only if necessary to protect a legitimate business…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-12k. Covenants not to compete involving physician assistant statute
Connecticut rule that a physician assistant's covenant not to compete entered into, amended, extended or renewed on or after October 1, 2023 is valid only if necessary to protect a legitimate business interest,…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-14p. Covenants not to compete involving physician statute
Connecticut text on physician non-competes, which reaches any contract creating a professional relationship with a physician: a covenant is enforceable only if necessary to protect a legitimate business interest,…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-681. Covenants not to compete: homemaker, companion and home health services statute
Connecticut section, in the chapter governing homemaker-companion agencies and home health services, stating that any covenant not to compete is against public policy and shall be void and unenforceable;
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 35-51. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 35-54. Attorney's fees. If a claim of misappropriation is made in bad faith or a motion to terminate an injunction is made or resisted in bad faith, the court may award reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-50a. Noncompete agreements: Security guards statute
Connecticut limit on non-competes for security guards: no employer may require a person in the Bureau of Labor Statistics security-guard classification to agree not to work the same or a similar job at the same location…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-50b. Noncompete agreements: Broadcast employees statute
Connecticut limit on non-competes in broadcast employment: after the definitions of broadcast employee and broadcast industry employer, subsection (b) bars a broadcast industry employment contract from restricting the…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 35-57. Provisions of chapter supersede conflicting law re civil liability. Limitation. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-110b: Unfair trade practices prohibited statute
Unfair trade practices text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.

Delaware

19 Del. C. § 805. Employee's right to certain inventions statute
Delaware rule that a provision in an employment agreement requiring the employee to assign or offer to assign rights in an invention does not apply to an invention developed entirely on the employee's own time without…
10 Del. C. § 8106. Actions subject to 3-year limitation. statute
Contract limitations text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
6 Del. C. § 2001. Definitions. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
6 Del. C. § 2006. Statute of limitations. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
6 Del. C. § 2007. Effect on other law. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
6 Del. C. § 2707. Agreements not to compete statute
Delaware text voiding a covenant not to compete in an employment, partnership or corporate agreement between physicians that restricts a physician's right to practice in a locale or for a period after termination, while…
6 Del. C. § 2708. Choice of law. statute
Contract execution and scope restrictions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
6 Del. C. § 2002. Injunctive relief. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
6 Del. C. § 2003. Damages. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
6 Del. C. § 2004. Attorneys’ fees. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.

District of Columbia

D.C. Code § 32-581.03. Limitations on non-compete provisions for highly compensated employees. statute
D.C. text stating the conditions for an enforceable non-compete with a highly compensated employee executed on or after October 1, 2022: the functional scope, geographical limits and a term of no more than 365 days (730…
D.C. Code § 32–581.02. Prohibition on non-compete provisions for covered employees. statute
Noncompete restrictions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
D.C. Code § 28-3901: Definitions and purposes (Consumer Protection Procedures Act) statute
D.C. Code § 28-3904: Unfair or deceptive trade practices statute
Lists the prohibited practices and states that a violation occurs whether or not any consumer is in fact misled, deceived or damaged.
D.C. Code § 28-4502. Contract, combination, or conspiracy to restrain trade statute
District of Columbia antitrust text: every contract, combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce any part of which is within the District is illegal.
D.C. Code § 32-581.03a. Disclosures to employees (Ban on Non-Compete Agreements) statute
District of Columbia text: an employer whose workplace policy uses any exception to the definition of non-compete provision in § 32-581.01(15) must give the employee a written copy of those provisions within 30 days…
D.C. Code § 32–581.01. Definitions. statute
Noncompete definitions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
D.C. Code § 36–401. Definitions. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
D.C. Code § 36–404. Attorney’s fees. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
D.C. Code § 36–406. Statute of limitations. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.

Florida

Fla. Stat. § 542.44. Covered garden leave agreement. statute
Florida CHOICE Act text on covered garden leave agreements, stating their applicability, that they do not violate public policy as a restraint of trade, and the conditions the section lists.
Fla. Stat. § 542.335: Restrictive covenant scope statute
Restrictive covenant scope text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Fla. Stat. § 542.336. Invalid restrictive covenants (physicians) statute
Florida text providing that a restrictive covenant with a physician licensed under chapter 458 or 459 who practices a specialty in a county where one entity, directly or through affiliates, employs or contracts with all…
Fla. Stat. § 688.002: Trade secrets statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Fla. Stat. § 688.003: Trade secrets statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Fla. Stat. § 688.004: Trade secrets statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Fla. Stat. § 542.18. Restraint of trade or commerce statute
Florida antitrust text declaring every contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce in Florida unlawful.
Fla. Stat. § 542.41. Short title. statute
Florida text naming part II of chapter 542 the Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth (CHOICE) Act.
Fla. Stat. § 542.43. Definitions. statute
Florida CHOICE Act definitions, including covered employee (an employee or individual contractor meeting the earnings threshold stated), covered employer, covered garden leave agreement and covered noncompete agreement.
Fla. Stat. § 542.45. Covered noncompete agreements. statute
Florida CHOICE Act text on covered noncompete agreements with covered employees who work primarily in Florida or covered employers based in Florida, stating that such an agreement does not violate public policy as a…

Maryland

Md. Code, Commercial Law § 11-1201: Trade secrets statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 11-1202: Trade secrets statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 11-1203: Trade secrets statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 11-1204: Trade secrets statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 11-1205: Trade secrets statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 11-1206: Trade secrets statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 11-1207: Trade secrets statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Md. Code, Labor and Employment § 3-716. Noncompete and conflict-of-interest provisions statute
Maryland text making noncompete and conflict-of-interest provisions unenforceable for employees earning 150% of the State minimum wage or less, certain licensed health-care employees earning $350,000 or less, and…
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 11-204. Restraint of trade and monopolization prohibited statute
Maryland Antitrust Act text: a person may not by contract, combination or conspiracy unreasonably restrain trade or commerce, monopolize or attempt to monopolize, or engage in the listed price-discrimination and…
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 13-101: Definitions (Maryland Consumer Protection Act) statute
Consumer means an actual or prospective purchaser, lessee or recipient of consumer goods, services, realty or credit, and expressly includes a co-obligor or surety for a consumer.

Massachusetts

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, § 42: Trade secrets; definitions applicable to Secs. 42 to 42G statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, § 42C: Trade secrets; attorney's fees and costs statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, § 42E: Trade secrets; statute of limitations statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, § 12X. Restrictive covenants upon physicians rendered unenforceable statute
Massachusetts rule that any partnership, employment or other professional agreement with a registered physician that restricts the physician's right to practice medicine in any geographic area for any period after the…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, § 135C. Social workers; restriction of right to practice after termination void statute
Massachusetts rule that a partnership, employment or other professional agreement with a licensed social worker that restricts the social worker's right to practice in any geographic area for any period after the…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, § 74D. Restrictive covenants on nurses and practical nurses void statute
Massachusetts rule that any partnership, employment or other professional agreement with a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse that restricts the nurse's right to practice as a nurse in any geographic area for…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, § 42A: Trade secrets; injunctive relief statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, § 42B: Trade secrets; damages statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, § 129B. Psychologists; contractual restrictions on right to practice statute
Massachusetts rule that a partnership, employment or other professional agreement with a licensed psychologist that restricts the psychologist's right to practice in any geographic area for any period after the…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 186. Broadcasting industry; noncompete agreements statute
Massachusetts rule that a provision in an employment agreement in the broadcasting industry (television and radio stations and networks and their affiliates) restricting the employee's right to obtain employment in a…

New Jersey

N.J.S.A. 56:15-2 Definitions relative to misappropriation of trade secrets. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.J.S.A. 10:5-12.8 Certain provisions in employment contract, settlement agreement deemed against public policy and unenforceable. statute
Required settlement notice text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.J.S.A. 34:8D-7 Restriction, temporary laborer, permanent position acceptance, prohibited. statute
Text (P.L.2023, c.10): a temporary help service firm may not restrict a temporary laborer in a designated classification placement from accepting a permanent position with the third party client to whom the laborer was…
N.J.S.A. 56:15-9 Rights, remedies, prohibitions, additional, cumulative; supercedure. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.J.S.A. 56:8-1: Definitions. statute
N.J.S.A. 56:9-3 Contracts and combinations in restraint of trade statute
Text of the New Jersey Antitrust Act: every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce in New Jersey is unlawful.
N.J.S.A. 10:5-12.7 Certain waivers in employment contract deemed against public policy and unenforceable. statute
Protected rights and nondisclosure restrictions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1: 6 years statute
N.J.S.A. 56:15-3 Actual, threatened misappropriation may be enjoined. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.J.S.A. 56:15-4 Entitlement to recovery of damages; exceptions. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.

New York

N.Y. General Business Law § 340. Contracts or agreements for monopoly or in restraint of trade illegal and void. statute
Text of the Donnelly Act: every contract, agreement, arrangement or combination by which a monopoly in any business, trade, commerce or service in New York is or may be established or maintained, or by which competition…
N.Y. General Obligations Law § 5-1402: Choice of forum statute
Contract writings, modification and scope restrictions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.Y. General Business Law § 349: Unfair, deceptive or abusive acts and practices statute
Distinguish Article 29-H conduct rules from remedies. Section 602 includes public enforcement and a narrow private action for an aggrieved recipient served with more than 50 information subpoenas per month under its…
N.Y. General Obligations Law § 5-1401: Choice of law statute
Contract writings, modification and scope restrictions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 213: Actions to be commenced within six years statute
The six-year period for an action upon a contractual obligation or liability, express or implied, which remains the limitation for non-consumer debt and for consumer obligations that fall outside the CPLR 214-i…
N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 6301. Grounds for preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order. statute
A preliminary injunction may be granted where the defendant threatens or is doing an act violating the plaintiff's rights in the subject of the action and tending to render the judgment ineffectual, or where the…
N.Y. C.P.L.R. Rule 6312. Motion papers; undertaking; issues of fact. statute
On a preliminary injunction motion the plaintiff must show by affidavit and other evidence a cause of action and the CPLR 6301 grounds;
N.Y. Labor Law § 201-D: Discrimination against the engagement in certain activities statute
Protected worker conduct text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.Y. Labor Law § 202-k. Protection of persons employed in the broadcast industry. statute
A broadcasting industry employer (television, radio and cable stations or networks, similar internet or satellite services, affiliated broadcast entities, and other providers of news, weather, traffic, sports or…
E.J. Brooks Co. v. Cambridge Security Seals (N.Y. 2018) ethics opinion

Ohio

Ohio Rev. Code § 1333.61: Uniform trade secrets act definitions. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1333.64: Attorney's fees. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1333.62: Injunction against misappropriation. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1333.63: Damages recoverable. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1333.66: Time for commencing action. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1335.05: Certain agreements to be in writing. statute
Agreements requiring a signed writing text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1345.01 statute
Consumer transaction scope text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1345.02 statute
Unfair consumer practices text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Lake Land Emp. Group of Akron, LLC v. Columber, 101 Ohio St.3d 242, 2004-Ohio-786 ethics opinion
Official Supreme Court of Ohio opinion holding that consideration exists to support a noncompetition agreement when, in exchange for an at-will employee's assent, the employer continues an at-will employment…

Pennsylvania

18 Pa.C.S. § 3930. Theft of trade secrets. statute
Taking an article representing a trade secret by force, or willfully and maliciously entering a structure or accessing a computer system to obtain one, is a felony of the second degree;
Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 5.6. Restrictions on Right to Practice (204 Pa. Code § 81.4) court rule
Text of Pennsylvania Rule of Professional Conduct 5.6: a lawyer may not participate in offering or making a partnership, shareholders, operating, employment or similar agreement that restricts a lawyer's right to…
12 Pa.C.S. § 5302. Definitions. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
12 Pa.C.S. § 5305. Attorney fees. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
12 Pa.C.S. § 5308. Effect on other law. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, Act 387 of 1968 statute
Unfair trade practices and consumer protection law text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
12 Pa.C.S. § 5303. Injunctive relief. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
12 Pa.C.S. § 5304. Damages. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act (Act 74 of 2024) statute
Section 4 provides that a noncompete covenant entered into after the effective date of that subsection is deemed contrary to public policy and void and unenforceable by an employer, with an exception allowing…

Texas

Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.50: Covenants not to compete statute
Covenants not to compete text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.501. Covenants not to compete against health care practitioners statute
Texas text, added in 2025, making a covenant not to compete relating to the practice of dentistry, nursing, or practice as a physician assistant unenforceable against a licensed dentist, nurse, or physician assistant…
Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.51: Noncompete procedure and remedies statute
Noncompete procedure and remedies text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 134A.002: Trade secrets statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 134A.003: Trade secrets statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 134A.004: Trade secrets statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.010. Misappropriation of trade secrets statute
Texas text requiring suit for misappropriation of trade secrets within three years after the misappropriation is discovered or should have been discovered with reasonable diligence, and treating a continuing…
Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.52. Preemption of other law. statute
Texas text stating that the enforceability criteria in sections 15.50 and 15.501 and the procedures and remedies in section 15.51 are exclusive and preempt other law, including common law.
Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.05. Unlawful practices statute
Texas antitrust text declaring every contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce unlawful and prohibiting monopolization and listed exclusive-dealing and acquisition practices.

Virginia

Virginia Code § 40.1-28.7:8. Covenants not to compete prohibited; exceptions; civil penalty. statute
Restrictions on certain noncompetes text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Virginia Code § 59.1-336. Short title and definitions. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Virginia Code § 59.1-338.1. Attorneys' fees (Uniform Trade Secrets Act) statute
Virginia text: if the court determines that a claim of misappropriation of a trade secret was made in bad faith, or that willful and malicious misappropriation exists, it may award reasonable attorneys' fees to the…
Va. Code § 59.1-198: Definitions statute
Va. Code § 8.01-382: Verdict, judgment or decree to fix period at which interest begins; final order; judgment or decree for interest statute
The court or jury may fix the date interest begins on any principal sum awarded, and the order must provide for interest until the principal is paid.
Virginia Code § 40.1-27. Preventing employment by others of former employee statute
Virginia text: a person doing business in Virginia, or its agent or attorney, may not willfully and maliciously prevent or attempt to prevent a discharged employee or one who left voluntarily from obtaining employment…
Virginia Code § 59.1-340. Statute of limitations. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Virginia Code § 59.1-341. Effect on other law. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Virginia Code § 59.1-9.5. Contracts, combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade unlawful statute
Virginia Antitrust Act text: every contract, combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce of the Commonwealth is unlawful. The section does not itself address employee covenants;
Va. Code § 59.1-199: Exclusions statute
Consumer protection exclusions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.

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What does Lawsmith draft for a non-compete and non-solicitation agreement?: Restrictive covenants that fit the state's statute: wage floors, notice, garden leave, sale-of-business rules. You start from the matter's documents, describe it in your own words, or answer plain intake questions, and the draft comes back as an editable Word document for your review.
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