I am an independent female minority small business contractor who signed a Non-Disclosure/Non-Compete agreement approximately one year ago in 2005 with an advertising agency. The original contract I had written stated my work was from April through June of 2005, but the client kept me on through March 2006. We did not prepare a new written contract for the extension as the services provided were different from the original agreement.

As I read the ND/NC agreement there is a paragraph that states "In the event that the provisions of this Section 2 should ever be deemed to exceed the time, geographic or occupational limitations permitted by the applicable laws, the vendor (that's me) and the Company agree that such provisions shall be and are reformed to the maximum time, geographic or occupational limitations permitted by the applicable laws."

My questions are, based on Texas law, what is the "maximum time" limit of a non-disclosure/non-compete agreement? Did my ND/NC agreement end June 2005 or March 2006? If the latter is the cas, is there a 6 month to one year Non-Compete imposed on me after March 2006? Thank you for your help.