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In the latest twist for the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) during the battle through the courts, there is yet another update. Just last night, on December 26, 2024, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a separate panel’s order issued...
It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to build advantages in the market. You have to secure favorable contracts and develop beneficial relationships while pouncing on economic opportunities when they arise. Yet, despite your persistence and keen eye for...
If you are a Houston business owner, you know that any accusation of criminal wrongdoing, such as embezzlement, can spell disaster for your business. Embezzlement means fraudulently taking assets that someone has entrusted to you and using them for your own personal...
Your intellectual property, including your patents, trademarks and copyrights, can set you apart from the competition, give you an edge in the marketplace, and build trust and goodwill with your clientele. Yet, all of that can be threatened when someone infringes upon...
Those who operate a business owe the business a fiduciary duty. This means that they’re required to put the financial interests of the business ahead of their own. When this duty is breached, the business’s finances can suffer and its reputation can be demolished. You...
Houston business owners use non-compete agreements for many reasons. A non-compete agreement can restrict employees from leaving your business and using their confidential information and insider knowledge to compete against you by working for competitors or opening...
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A non-compete agreement can be a powerful way to protect your business and its trade secrets. Here, your employee signs a contractual arrangement whereby they agree not to go to work for competitors within a specified geographical region for a specified period of...
Your business’s trade secrets give you a competitive edge in the marketplace. But if you don’t properly safeguard them, they can be leaked, cutting your legs out from under you. This, in turn, can leave your business struggling to survive. In other words, when it...
When a fiduciary relationship exists in a business, the business owner trusts the other party, generally an employee or other professional, to act in good faith and in the best interests of the business. So, if a fiduciary breaches their duties and acts in...