Bracewell helps employers balance the need to attract and retain key employees while protecting their valuable proprietary information and intellectual property.  We also work with clients at the termination of the employment relationship.  We work with clients to identify risks relating to information, customers, employees, and contractors and to recommend strategies to secure the greatest protections possible.  We draft effective, enforceable restrictive covenants, non-compete covenants, and other employment agreements and policies.  When former employees or contractors violate the terms of these agreements or policies, our attorneys institute litigation and take swift action to minimize potential losses through assertion of rights, demand letters, cease and desist instructions, temporary restraining orders, preliminary and permanent injunctions, and other legal options.