An employee who just returned from medical leave was astonished to learn he was being fired the first day back on the job. In the case of Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation v. Kyle Barousse in Houston’s First District Court of…
An employee who just returned from medical leave was astonished to learn he was being fired the first day back on the job. In the case of Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation v. Kyle Barousse in Houston’s First District Court of…
The fight for logos, sales territories, and a piece of history is brewing in Texas as Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. takes on Dr Pepper Bottling Company of Dublin, Texas. DPS, as the parent company is sometimes called, is taking one…
A recent Texas oil and gas lawsuit involves claims that relate to a well that turned out to be a dry hole. Fort Apache Energy, Inc. filed a suit in July in the Harris County District Court against Ventum Energy,…
Electronic trading card games are more than a way to trade your favorite sports hero. From kids to adults, these cards and electronic games can cover any topic you have an interest in – the recent Royal Wedding, Star Wars,…
An appeals decision in the Fifth District Court in Dallas, Texas shows that employees who have at-will status can still be subject to noncompete employment agreements. The appeals court decided in late May that a trial court had erroneously thrown…
MRO Services, LLC thought it was beginning a great business relationship with the Dresser-Rand Group, Inc. in mid March of this year to market and sell Dresser-Rand’s maintenance agreements and equipment services. Yet little after a month of doing business,…
Austin, Texas – The leasing, exploration, production, sale and transportation of oil and gas can be a rollercoaster ride filled with booms and busts. Not only do landowners and producers have to deal with fast changing economics, but every week,…
El Paso, Texas recently eased regulations against mobile food vendors after four food truck owners represented by litigators at the Institute of Justice filed a lawsuit against the city challenging the constitutionality of the city’s mobile vending restrictions. El Paso…
A Texas steel fabricating company alleges breach of contract, misapplication of trust funds, and failure to pay a government bond claim as it tries to collect the money it is owed for work on two Beaumont, Texas elementary schools. Steel…
Medical device company Conceptus, Inc. is under fire in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Houston for firing a worker for complaining about a fellow salesman who was allegedly improperly enticing pharmaceutical clients. Toby James,…