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August 15, 2024 -- Patterson PC is pleased to announce Attorney Pete Patterson has been included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal...
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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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Sam Alam v Andrew Gomes, MD, Mahendra Agraharkar, MD, et al.; Cause No. 2017- 43835; In the District Court of Harris County, Texas 165th Judicial District. Patterson PC is pleased to announce the unanimous jury trial verdict in our client’s favor. Drisonline.com and...
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...
What does “victory” look like in business litigation? Business owners who have never had to defend themselves against lawsuits might imagine dramatic courtroom battles leading to a favorable verdict. Most resolve through settlement. This case had both. Patterson, PC...
Attorney Pete Patterson, the managing partner at Patterson PC, has been selected, for the 17th year, to the 2023 Texas Super Lawyers list. Furthermore, for the 5th consecutive year, Attorney Patterson has been nominated to the Houston Super Lawyers: Top 100 list. Each...