I’ve previously written about the specific requirements that must be included in a covenant not to compete with a licensed physician to make the restrictive covenant enforceable. The Dallas Court of Appeals recently affirmed a trial court’s decision that a noncompetition agreement between a surgical practice and several limited-partner physicians was unenforceable because the agreement lacked one of the statutorily required
July 2010
Texas Supreme Court Holds State Agencies Immune from FMLA Self-Care Lawsuits
By Russell Cawyer on
In its first FMLA opinion, the Texas Supreme Court held that agencies of the State of Texas cannot be sued for FMLA violations arising out of an employee’s FMLA leave taken for his own serious health condition. In University of Texas at El Paso v. Herrera, the Supreme Court of Texas held that, unlike the family care provisions of…