By Antonio U. Allen and Lu Pham | August 31, 2020
Require returning employees to sign a new noncompete that resets the clock. But keep in mind that in Texas and most other states, an employer must give the employee something new (legally known as "consideration") in exchange for the new noncompete agreement.
By Quentin Brogdon | August 30, 2020
COVID-19 poses an unprecedented challenge to our system of law. We will be defined in the years to come by how we meet the challenge. The answer to the challenge is not to implement mandatory online jury trials.
By Charles "Chuck" Bennett | August 30, 2020
It seems clear that jurors do not understand negligence in terms of a legal technicality, which they likely see as a game of gotcha.
By Chris Patton | August 27, 2020
The upheaval following the COVID-19 crisis should spur companies to reexamine old playbooks, and to get ready for a "new normal" in which employees remain scattered and diffused.
By Kristen Burke and Sarah Amendola | August 27, 2020
Many applicants approaching the end of the lengthy process for naturalization have experienced further delay on the path to U.S. citizenship, due to the pandemic's effect on the requirements for naturalization mandated by law.
By William W. Bedsworth | August 26, 2020
I was unfailingly impressed with how hard jurors worked and how desperately they tried to do the right thing. They aren't perfect—any more than the doctors and bridge-builders and airline pilots to whom we daily entrust our lives are perfect.
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By The Young Lawyer Editorial Board | August 26, 2020
As the coronavirus has ruptured personal and professional life, it has also presented an opportunity for young lawyers to evaluate the future they want for themselves.
By Kenneth Artz | August 25, 2020
Texas Lawyer spoke recently to William Finegan, a shareholder and leader of the labor and employment practice group at the law firm of Munsch Hardt, about the gig economy, workers, as well as California and Texas.
By Michael Lombardino and Paulo McKeeby | August 25, 2020
The enforcement of employment noncompete agreements in Texas is governed by the Texas Covenants Not to Compete Act ("Act"). Under that Act, "a…
By Ronald L. Kammer | August 24, 2020
Litigation has already started and courts in Michigan, New York, Texas and Washington, D.C. have already ruled in favor of the insurance industry in four decisions. In stark contrast, only one Missouri court refused to dismiss a similar suit on procedural ground as opposed to the merits.
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