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Commercial Litigation

Commercial litigation insights on strategy, dispute posture, enforcement options, and recovery planning.

Arbitration or Litigation for Texas Business Disputes

A forum clause in a business contract governs more than the address of the hearing. It can determine who resolves the dispute, how the parties obtain evidence, whether related claims can proceed together, how much of the record becomes public, and how a losing party can challenge the result.

Breach of Contract in Texas From Notice Through Damages

Texas breach cases often turn on notice, materiality, accrual, and proof of damages. The contract and the records created during performance usually control the result.

Breach of Fiduciary Duty in Texas Business Disputes

A breach of fiduciary duty claim begins with the relationship. Texas law imposes duties in defined roles, while ownership status or confidence between business associates may prove insufficient.

Business Fraud and Misrepresentation in Texas

A failed business deal can support a contract claim, a fraud claim, or both. The classification turns on the source of the duty, the statements or omissions at issue, the evidence of intent, and the loss the conduct caused.

Calculating Damages in Texas Business Disputes

Proving liability doesn't establish the amount of a Texas business judgment. Recovery also requires a legally available measure of damages, evidence connecting the loss to the defendant's conduct, and a calculation grounded in facts rather than assumption.

Temporary Restraining Orders and Injunctions in Texas Business Disputes

Texas courts can restrain conduct before trial when evidence shows a probable right to recover and a probable, imminent, and irreparable injury.

Texas Partnership and Ownership Disputes

An ownership dispute can interrupt voting, distributions, access to records, customer relationships, and ordinary business operations. The legal response depends on the entity type, the governing documents, the source of the claimed injury, and the relief the law authorizes.

The Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act for Businesses and Consumers

Texas businesses can encounter the Deceptive Trade Practices Consumer Protection Act on either side of a dispute. A qualifying consumer may recover economic damages, mandatory attorney's fees after prevailing, and additional damages for knowing or intentional conduct.

Tortious Interference in Texas Business Disputes

Texas law protects contract rights while leaving room for lawful competition. Tortious interference claims turn on the right involved, the defendant's intent, causation, and the type of business relationship.