Earlier this year, three law professors* published an analysis of non-compete and non-solicitation restraints in a sample of 874 CEO employment agreements. You can find
Category: Texas Legal News
A Texas Company’s Chairman is Personally on the Hook for $1.3 Million for Hiring a COO Without Board Approval
Earlier this month, the First Court of Appeals in Wilmot v. Bouknight upheld an award of $1,337,500 against a company executive and the chairman of the board
Not Reading a Contract Costs a Party Half a Million Dollars
The Texas Supreme Court just confirmed what most of us already know – that you should read your contracts before signing them. In National Property
A Minority Employee Must Be “Clearly Better Qualified” For Promotion to Succeed in an Employment Discrimination Claim
Just before the New Year’s Eve, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals topped off 2014 with yet another pro-employer decision. In Martinez v. Texas Workforce
In the News: A Dallas strip club is sued by the dancers for failure to pay overtime; ends up settling for $2.3 million.
12.26.2014 The lawsuit alleged that Jaguars, a strip club in Dallas, illegally classified the dancers and “house moms” as independent contractors and failed to pay
U.S. Supreme Court Employment Cases to Follow in 2015
In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court is posed to rule on the following important employment law issues: 1. Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk – must employers compensate