Outside general counsel insights on contract review, employment, disputes, and legal audits.
Your company changes each time you add an owner, hire in another state, introduce a product, sign a large customer, or give a vendor access to personal data. Corporate records, contracts, insurance, employment practices, and public filings should reflect the company you operate now.
Read MoreWhen you sign a commercial contract, you convert a business arrangement into enforceable duties. Negotiators may focus on price, but scope, acceptance, renewal, remedies, data use, ownership, and exit rights often control the economic result after the parties sign.
Read MoreTexas law presumes that employment for an indefinite term is at will. Either party may end the relationship at any time, with or without advance notice, unless a statute or enforceable agreement provides otherwise. Separate federal and Texas laws govern discrimination, retaliation, hiring records, worker classification, wages, leave, benefits, and final pay.
Read MoreA demand letter fixes a claimant's position in writing and asks your business to pay money, perform an obligation, stop specified conduct, or preserve a claimed right. Receipt may trigger a contractual notice period, a statutory inspection or settlement process, an insurance reporting obligation, or a duty to preserve evidence.
Read MoreA customer may withhold payment because it disputes an invoice, claims the work failed to meet the contract, or wants bargaining power over another issue. A vendor may miss a delivery date, supply defective goods, exceed an approved budget, or stop performing after a disagreement over scope.
Read MoreMost growing businesses reach a point where calling a lawyer once or twice a year isn't enough but hiring one full-time isn't justified. Contracts need reviewing before they're signed, not after a dispute reveals a problem. Employment questions come up every time someone is hired, promoted, or let go.
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