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Defending Breach of Contract Litigation and Arbitration
Defending against breach of contract claims requires a meticulous review of your situation and a full exploration of your options and available ...
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Defending Breach of Contract Litigation and Arbitration
Defending against breach of contract claims requires a meticulous review of your situation and a full exploration of your options and available ...
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Managing Business Litigation Risks
Litigation. The word strikes anger and scorn into the hearts of business leaders. Litigation can feel like an unwelcome distraction and expense at ...
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The Business Divorce: Split Up of a Closely Held Business in Texas
Owners of closely held companies have many things to manage. From problematic relationships and business owner disputes to regulatory compliance, ...
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Thinking of Starting a Business with a Family Member? Watch Out for These 5 Dangers
Starting a business requires careful planning and strategic preparation, but hard work alone isn’t always enough. Sometimes you need to lean on a ...
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The Basic Principles of M&A Due Diligence – Bill Kost, ARM-E
One of the worst mistakes a business can make in Mergers and Acquisitions is to conduct inadequate due diligence prior to transaction close. There can ...
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Defending Breach of Contract Litigation and Arbitration
Defending against breach of contract claims requires a meticulous review of your situation and a full exploration of your options and available ...
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What Are Business Torts? Texas Torts & Common Claims Explained
Tort law is an expansive legal area which concerns one party’s alleged misconduct, and another’s claimed damages. Personal injury lawsuits are torts ...
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Breach of Contract Examples
Contracts are created to establish the responsibilities and expectations of parties that choose to engage in business transactions with one another, ...
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Business Buy-Sell Agreements: Why You Need One!
If you have one or more business partners then you need to have a buy-sell agreement in place. Think of a buy-sell agreement like a prenuptial ...
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What Are Business Torts? Texas Torts & Common Claims Explained
Tort law is an expansive legal area which concerns one party’s alleged misconduct, and another’s claimed damages. Personal injury lawsuits are torts ...
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Potential areas for disputes in construction contracts
Construction contract disputes are as old as construction itself. Cost overruns and delays probably even plagued the pharaohs of ancient Egypt: the ...
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Corporate Recordkeeping: Why it Matters & What You Can Do
The administrative chores required of a smooth business operation can be tedious and tiresome, making them easy to overlook. Though recordkeeping, ...
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How Group Practices Can Divide Income From Designated Health Services Under Stark
The Stark Law creates an abundance of concern for many physicians and medical practices that bill Medicare and Medicaid for designated health services ...
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I Received an EEOC Complaint – Now What?
U.S. employers are subject to numerous regulations and the oversight of various federal agencies. This includes the Equal Employment Opportunity ...
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Employee Poaching: Know Your Legal Rights
Competition among rival businesses is hardly anything new, but there are some tactics that simply aren’t in the realm of legal practice. Competitors ...
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Basics of Fiduciary Relationships: What Constitutes a Breach of Fiduciary Duty?
Fiduciary relationships are those in which one party places their trust, confidence, and reliance upon another who has a legal obligation to act in ...
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Telemedicine Fraud: How Are Doctors Affected?
The ever-expanding world of technology continues to open doors we thought would forever remain closed, including the new affordable, nearly ...
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How Group Practices Can Divide Income From Designated Health Services Under Stark
The Stark Law creates an abundance of concern for many physicians and medical practices that bill Medicare and Medicaid for designated health services ...
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Starting a Medical Practice: The Prohibition Against Corporate Practice of Medicine
As a law firm with a thriving practice in both business law and health and medical law , we know the unique challenges providers face when starting ...
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Stark, Health Care Fraud & Abuse Update: June 2019
The health care industry is constantly evolving, and the laws to which providers are subject are continually refined and revamped. As regulators ...
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Infringement Allegations. Have You Been Threatened?
In a competitive business environment, claims of infringement pose considerable risks to defendants. While some allegations are unfounded and brought ...
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Landowner Liability: Hunting Leases, Waivers & the Texas Agritourism Act
Hunting is big business in the Lone Star State. With little state or federally owned land available for public hunting, private landowners occupy a ...
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What is Involved in a Healthcare Fraud Investigation?
It’s no secret that the medical industry is highly regulated and scrutinized. Because health care fraud costs the government and taxpayers billions of ...
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Adverse Peer Reviews, Complaints & The Texas Medical Board
Physicians are bound by a maze of regulatory, ethical, and professional duties, and there’s considerable potential for running afoul of any given law. ...
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What is Involved in a Healthcare Fraud Investigation?
It’s no secret that the medical industry is highly regulated and scrutinized. Because health care fraud costs the government and taxpayers billions of ...
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh issues his first Supreme Court opinion in favor of arbitration
In his first opinion since joining the United States Supreme Court, Justice Brett Kavanaugh issued the Court’s opinion in Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer ...
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What Happens if You Break a Non-Compete Agreement?
Depending on your line of work, your employer may have you sign a non-compete agreement. This would be in your employment contract when your employer ...
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Oil and Gas Drilling Surface Use Agreements
Mineral Estate vs. Surface Estate Texas law holds that the mineral estate is dominant over the surface estate; thus, the owner of the mineral estate ...
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Reasons Why a Job Hazard Analysis Matters
OSHA puts worker safety above all else, and expects employers to do their part in identifying potential hazards and taking corrective actions to ...
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Could a Business Partner's Divorce Derail Your Company?
There are many benefits of going into business with partners, but there are also a few drawbacks. Namely, did you know that if your partner's marriage ...
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Defending the Patent Infringement Claim
Patent infringement cases arise when patent owners, or entities holding sufficient interest in a patent, file claims against a party they allege to be ...
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Supreme Court Limits Patent Litigation Venue Shopping - What this means for Patent Trolls
The world of patents is still complicated, despite government changes made in the last few years. With the new rules allowing you to take patent ...
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Physician Non-Competes in Texas
Like many businesses, medical practices have an interest in retaining their customers (which is to say, patients) when a physician leaves the ...
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Receiverships: An Overlooked Option for Complex Dispute Resolution
Receivership is known as a favored collections tool for creditors, allowing appointed receivers to collect unpaid judgments. It is also used in some ...
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Starting a Business: The Basics of Shareholder Agreements
Whether it be a labor of love amongst friends, an entrepreneurial project, or another step for seasoned business veterans, starting a new business can ...
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Shareholder Actions: Direct or Derivative?
Any business relationship involving shared financial interests will inevitably see change, as well as the potential for disputes . In some situations, ...
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Shareholder Oppression in Texas: 5 Claims to Consider
If you’re in Texas and are considering a potential agreement as a minority shareholder, the need to consult a knowledgeable attorney cannot be ...
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Telemedicine Fraud: How Are Doctors Affected?
The ever-expanding world of technology continues to open doors we thought would forever remain closed, including the new affordable, nearly ...
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When a Business Dissolves, Who Owns the Trade Secrets and Other Intellectual Property?
Ending or reorganizing a business can introduce a number of concerns for business owners – including questions over who owns any trade secrets or ...
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What Are The Defenses to Trademark Infringement?
Trademarks are recognizable designs, words, or combinations that identify a unique brand, product, or service. They are forms of intellectual property ...
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Judge: BP was grossly negligent in Deepwater Horizon oil spill
BP can expect to bear most of the responsibility for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that killed 11 workers and created a massive oil ...
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How to Prepare for a ZPIC Audit
The use of zone program integrity contractor (ZPIC) audits as a means to crack down on waste, fraud, and abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid system ...
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