After pulling off a victory more surprising than Truman’s, Donald Trump will have the opportunity over the next four years to–among other things–change the landscape of employment law in the United States. With Republicans now controlling the […]
On October 20, 2016, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) (collectively the “Agencies”), who jointly enforce the antitrust laws, alerted human resource (“H.R.”) professionals that they might violate […]
KRCL Associate Patrick H. Rose, IV was recently published in the October 2016 newsletter from the Dallas Bar Association. His article, "Equity Crowdfunding Under Regulation CF" can be found on Page 17 of the newsletter.
In my October 12, 2016 blog posting, I discussed how C&S Energy Services, Ltd. v. McCoy demonstrated that courts in Texas will enforce non-competition agreements that are reasonably limited in scope and duration. A decision in a subsequent case […]
Dallas-based Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC has been named among the “Best Law Firms” for 2017 by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®. The firm received National Tier 3 and Metropolitan Tier 1 rankings in Bankruptcy and Creditor […]
Organized in 1985 as the Texas Association of Family Mediators, the organization originally focused on the concerns of family mediators and their clients. Over time, they expanded their outreach from family mediation to all areas of mediation. In keeping […]
Mediation is generally thought to be a faster, cheaper and less risky alternative to arbitration or litigation. It also enables he participants to control their own destinies to a large extent. A well trained mediator presents an impartial facilitator […]
Federal regulators have issued an advance notice of new proposed cybersecurity standards. The notice invites comment on enhanced cybersecurity standards for regulated entities with total assets of $50 billion and certain of their service providers. The […]
Not all employers need non-compete agreements. Jimmy John’s Sandwiches learned this the hard way, when some franchisees reportedly required sandwich makers or cashiers to sign non-compete agreements. These agreements kept cashiers or sandwich […]
In a surprising move on Monday, the Texas Medical Board (TMB) voluntarily dismissed its appeal to the Fifth Circuit in the antitrust challenge brought by Dallas-based Teledoc, the largest provider of telehealth services in the U.S. The appeal requested […]
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, which is an annual campaign led by the Department of Homeland Security, in order to raise awareness about cybersecurity. You may think that you and your business are fully aware of cybersecurity threats […]
Lots of people and companies buy old debt—for example, hedge funds, private equity firms, and even some commercial bank affiliates. Typically, this is debt that the original creditor has charged off and sold for a fraction of the legal balance. […]