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Commercial Real Estate Disputes
Co-Owners Who Disagree: Partition of Jointly Owned Property in Texas
Any Texas co-owner may demand partition under Property Code chapter 23. The court divides the land in kind if it fairly can, and orders a sale if it cannot.
Commercial Real Estate Disputes
Commercial Lease Disputes in Texas: Rights of Landlords and Tenants
In Texas a commercial lease is governed mostly by its own words. The Property Code adds a few fixed rules on lockouts, eviction, deposits and mitigation. How the pieces fit.
Commercial Real Estate Disputes
Commission Disputes With a Commercial Real Estate Broker in Texas
In Texas a broker can sue for a commission only on a writing signed by the party to be charged (Occ. Code § 1101.806). Property Code chapter 62 adds a lien on commercial deals.
Contracts & Breach of Contract
Common Defenses When Your Business Is Accused of Breaching a Contract
The strongest defenses attack the claimant's case: no valid contract, no breach, the claimant breached first, or no damages. Then the affirmative defenses, pleaded or lost.
Construction & Payment Disputes
Construction Defect Claims in Texas: Who Is Liable and for How Long
In Texas the party who promised the work is liable in contract, designers for their own errors, and the deadlines stack: four years, two years, and a ten-year outer limit.
Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
Contractor Misclassification Claims Against a Texas Business
Three different agencies apply three different tests, and a signed 1099 agreement decides none of them. What each claim looks like and how a Texas business answers it.
Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
Counterclaims Against a Former Employee Who Sues the Company
Only with a real claim. A counterclaim from the same facts must be filed with the answer, it can be attacked as retaliation, and a weak one costs more than it recovers.
Securities & Investment Disputes
Crowdfunding and Digital Asset Investment Disputes
Crowdfunded shares and most investment tokens are securities, so Texas and federal fraud rules apply. The hard part is finding a solvent, reachable defendant.
Trade Secrets, Trademarks & IP
Damages in Trade Secret Cases: Lost Profits, Unjust Enrichment and Royalties
Texas and federal law allow actual loss plus the defendant's unjust enrichment, or a reasonable royalty, with exemplary damages up to twice that for willful conduct.