A Houston Court of Appeals last week found an employer’s non-compete agreement unenforceable and awarded a former employee his attorney’s fees in defending the lawsuit
Non Compete Law in Texas: 2014 in Review
There is a lot of confusion out there about whether non compete agreements are enforceable in Texas. Some believe that they are never enforceable, others
A Few Lessons From the Morgan Stanley Trade Secrets Debacle
Earlier this month, a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley copied information of 350,000 of the company’s wealth management clients. A few days later, a sample
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