Dallas Small Business Lawyer:Commercial Leases
Dallas Small Business Lawyer: Commercial Leases When leasing a space for your small business, you are faced with many challenges. Long lease terms, long and complex lease agreements and high lease payments are just a few of those challenges. Trust a qualified and experienced business attorney to help you navigate this unfamiliar territory: The Wright […]
Texas Business Attorney: What Constitutes a Foreign Corporation?
Texas Business Attorney: A foreign corporation is a corporation organized under the laws of another state than Texas. Foreign corporations have no right to transact business in until an application for registration is filed with the Texas Secretary of State’s office. The application must be verified and executed by an officer of the corporation. Upon […]
Dallas Business Attorney: Post-Judgment Collection!
The first question that all of my clients ask after receiving a final judgment is, “when do I get my money?” Unfortunately, it rarely, if ever happens that the judgment debtor will accept the loss, whip out his or her checkbook and write a check for the entire judgment amount. Therefore, after a judgment is […]
Dallas Business Attorney: Setting the Course for Your Business Exit
Dallas Business Attorney: Setting the Course for Your Business Exit In order to grow a successful business venture it is important to have a solid business plan. In order to have a solid business plan, it is necessary to have an exit strategy that covers the Four D’s: Death, Disability, Divorce and Departure. In the […]
Texas Business Attorney: Loser Pays!
Texas Business Attorney: 2011 Tort Reform: Loser Pay takes effect September 1, 2011 In Rick Perry’s state of the union address back in February, he called for sweeping tort reform, most notably the “loser pays” component. He also addressed the need to have early dismissal for obviously frivolous lawsuits, expeditions of trial and limited discovery. […]
TEXAS BUSINESS LAW UPDATE:NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENTS EASIER TO ENFORCE
A few blog entries ago I discussed the enforceability of noncompete agreements. In that article, I mentioned that noncompete agreements may be enforced if they contain reasonable limitations with respect to geography, time and scope of the activity and if they are ancillary to an enforceable agreement. On June 24, 2011, the Texas Supreme Court […]
Texas Business Attorney: “FOOTBALL’S BACK!!”
I dusted off my Cowboys jersey on Monday after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced that the NFL lockout was finally over after the owners and players agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement (the “agreement”). A collective bargaining agreement functions as a labor contract between an employer and union(s). Collective bargaining agreements regulate working conditions […]
Texas Business Attorney: What is a Partnership?
A general partnership is an association of two or more persons to carry on a business for profit as owners. A general partnership is created regardless of if the persons intend to create a partnership or not, or whether the association is called a “partnership” or other name. SeeTexas Business Organizations Code Section 152.051. Texas […]
Supreme Court Rejects Class Action in Wal-Mart Sex Discrimination Suit
In a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Wal-Mart Monday when it rejected a class action suit brought by 1.5 million female employees of Wal-Mart. The court said that there was not enough commonality among each case of discrimination, pointing to the fact that Wal-Mart left most pay and promotion decisions […]
Caution: Workplace Retaliation on the Rise!
Last year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) received 36,258 charges for retaliation, thereby surpassing all other discrimination complaints, including race and sex discrimination, to become the number one filed charge with the EEOC. This sharp increase of complaints is due in part to the broad scope of federal and state retaliation laws. To […]
