Rodgers and Hammerstein said that the farmer and the cowman should be friends.1 Well, an August 2014 Texas Supreme Court non-compete case, upholding a New York choice-of-law provision, suggests that Texas and New York are already legal “podners” in the quest to enforce these agreements.
First, as always, a little bit of background: Practitioners in this area are aware that most courts disfavor enforcement of non-competes; they are viewed as restraints of trade and read narrowly.
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