Author's Note: This book attempts to do something not done before in Texas: to bring together a summary of law, procedure, and provide forms to aid litigation counsel in handling cases in involving departing employees. To be sure, much has been written about many subjects covered herein-such as covenants not compete, trade secrets, confidentiality agreements, and injunction practice. But, never has anyone put all these issues in one place. After practicing in this area for over 30 years, it appeared that such a compilation would be useful and well received. Putting it together has taught me much, and I hope the reader finds it useful. We hope in particular that the reader finds the forms useful. We spend quite a bit of effort in tying the forms to the substantive presentations in the book with the hope that such effort would make them more intuitive. We are interested in any feedback about how to make the content or the forms serve the reader better.