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The questions people ask before they hire a commercial litigator, answered plainly under Texas law, with the sources cited. Search by what happened to you, not by legal term.
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Commercial Real Estate Disputes
Real Estate Joint Venture and Investor Disputes
Most Texas real estate JV fights come down to the venture agreement: capital calls, promote and waterfall, removal of the sponsor, and the duties it expands or limits.
Securities & Investment Disputes
Real Estate Syndication Disputes: Sponsors and Passive Investors
Syndication interests are securities, so sponsors face the Texas Securities Act for what they said in the raise, plus fiduciary and contract duties for how they ran the deal.
Trade Secrets, Trademarks & IP
Reasonable Measures: Protecting Trade Secrets Before Anyone Leaves
Courts protect only secrets you protected first. Identify them, limit access, put confidentiality in writing with the federal notice, and run the same exit process every time.
Securities & Investment Disputes
Recovering Losses From a Ponzi Scheme: Receivers, Clawbacks and Claims
Ponzi losses come back three ways: a receiver or trustee distributes what is left, clawbacks recover payouts from net winners, and victims sue those who sold or aided the scheme.
Business Fraud & Fiduciary Duty
Recovering Stolen Business Assets: Constructive Trusts and Tracing
A judgment against a thief who is broke is paper. Constructive trusts, tracing, equitable liens and fraudulent transfer claims follow the money into what it became.
Business Fraud & Fiduciary Duty
Remedies for Breach of Fiduciary Duty: Disgorgement, Fee Forfeiture and More
A fiduciary who breaches can be made to pay your losses, give up the profits and fees they earned and return property, even without proof of loss. Punitive damages need more.
Trade Secrets, Trademarks & IP
Remedies in a Trademark Case Under the Lanham Act
A court can order the infringer to stop, award its profits and your damages, increase damages up to three times, order destruction and, in exceptional cases, award fees.
Shareholder, Partnership & LLC Disputes
Remedies When a Partner Breaches the Partnership or Operating Agreement
An operating or partnership agreement is a contract Texas courts enforce: damages, specific performance of buy-sell terms, injunctions, an accounting and attorney's fees.
Commercial Real Estate Disputes
Renewal Options and Holdover Tenancies: Common Fights in Commercial Leases
Texas courts require strict compliance with a renewal option's notice terms. A tenant who stays past the term owes holdover rent under the lease and can be evicted.