The Evolving Landscape of Restrictive Covenants: Recent Legal Trends Impacting Health Care Providers

About this episode

The episode discusses the evolving landscape of restrictive covenants in the health care sector and recent legal trends affecting their use.

On this episode of Health Care Beat, co-hosts Chris DeMeo and Amanda Genovese are joined by Jesse Coleman, a Commercial Litigation partner in Seyfarth’s Houston office and co-chair of the firm’s national Health Care group. Together, they discuss restrictive covenants in the health care sector, some of the unique arguments for and against their use in this field, and recent state and federal efforts to regulate their use.

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris DeMeo, Amanda Genovese

Guest: Jesse Coleman

Topics covered

• restrictive covenants
• health care sector
• legal trends
• regulation
• commercial litigation

Keywords

• restrictive covenants
• health care providers
• legal trends
• state regulation
• federal regulation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Seyfarth’s Houston office, Health Care group

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