Non-Disclosure Agreement for Texas
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Key legal considerations
You are generating an NDA governed by Texas law. Key Texas-specific requirements: (1) Under Texas law, NDAs containing restrictive covenants must be ancillary to an otherwise enforceable agreement (Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.50). (2) Trade secrets are defined under the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act (TUTSA, Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 134A). (3) TUTSA provides for injunctive relief, actual damages, unjust enrichment, and exemplary damages up to 2x actual damages for willful and malicious misappropriation. (4) Include the federal DTSA whistleblower immunity notice (18 U.S.C. § 1833(b)). (5) Texas is a community property state — consider whether a spouse's interest could affect trade secret ownership in sole proprietor contexts. (6) Texas courts generally enforce reasonable confidentiality provisions but scrutinize overbroad definitions.
What's required
Mandatory clauses for a valid non-disclosure agreement under Texas law.
TUTSA Trade Secret Definition
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 134A.002
Injunctive Relief Provision
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 134A.003
Ancillary Agreement Statement
Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.50 (ancillary requirement principle)
Federal DTSA Whistleblower Notice
18 U.S.C. § 1833(b); Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 134A
Trade Secret Definition
18 U.S.C. § 1836 (Defend Trade Secrets Act)
What's prohibited
Terms and provisions that are void or unenforceable under Texas law.
Perpetual or unlimited confidentiality obligation without carve-out for trade secrets
Texas courts may refuse to enforce confidentiality obligations of unlimited duration for non-trade-secret information. Trade secrets may be protected indefinitely, but general confidential information should have a defined term.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 134A
All information exchanged between the parties regardless of form or marking
Texas courts require confidential information to be reasonably identifiable. Catch-all definitions that encompass all information without specificity may be deemed unenforceable.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 134A.002
Legal references
Key statutes and regulations that govern non-disclosure agreements in Texas.
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Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 134A.001–.008
Texas's adoption of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act; provides civil remedies including injunctive relief and damages for trade secret misappropriation.
Defend Trade Secrets Act (Federal)
18 U.S.C. § 1836 et seq.
Federal trade secret protection that supplements Texas TUTSA; requires whistleblower immunity notice.
Texas Covenants Not to Compete Act
Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.50–15.52
Governs enforceability of restrictive covenants in Texas, including confidentiality provisions ancillary to enforceable agreements.
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Defend Trade Secrets Act
18 U.S.C. § 1836 et seq.
Federal trade secret protection; provides civil cause of action for trade secret misappropriation.
Compliance checklist
Automated compliance checks for every Texas non-disclosure agreement.
NDA is ancillary to an otherwise enforceable agreement
criticalTrade secret definition aligns with TUTSA
criticalAdequate consideration is present
criticalDTSA whistleblower immunity notice included
warning
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