摘要：The Supreme Court of Virginia’s
March 2, 2007, decision in Nipun
Parikh v. Family Care Center Inc.1
has raised concerns regarding the enforceability
of noncompetition agreements
between physicians and the practice entities
that employ them. The case has
caused considerable concern in the
health-care industry in Virginia, where
practitioners and providers have relied for
almost two decades on significant authority
that supports the ability of nonprofessional
entities to employ physicians to
provide medical services and to enforce
the provisions of those agreements.2
