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Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
For employers: non-competes and non-solicitation covenants, departing employees, executive agreements, demand letters and agency charges.
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Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
A Former Employee Is Disparaging My Company Online. What Can I Do?
A company can sue over false facts, not opinion, for defamation or business disparagement. Texas requires a retraction request first, and the poster gets an anti-SLAPP motion.
Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
A Former Employee's Lawyer Sent a Demand Letter. Employer Next Steps
Read it for the theory and the deadlines, preserve records, notify your insurer, say nothing to the employee or staff, and let a litigator respond. Its deadline is not a court's.
Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
A Key Employee Left and Took Clients. What Can My Company Do?
Your options depend on what the employee signed and what they did before leaving. Texas gives you four possible claims; the first week decides how strong they are.
Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
An Executive Breached Their Employment Agreement. What Are the Company's Options?
The company can terminate for cause, withhold or recover conditional compensation, enforce restrictive covenants and sue for damages. The agreement decides which tool fits.
Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
Arbitration Agreements With Employees: Enforceable, and Worth It?
Yes, Texas and federal law enforce employee arbitration agreements, including class waivers, if the employee had notice and accepted. Sexual harassment claims are the exception.
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.
Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
Defending Your Business Against a Wrongful Termination Claim in Texas
Texas has no general wrongful termination claim. The former employee must fit an exception: discrimination, retaliation, refusal to commit a crime, workers' comp or contract.
Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
Disputes Over Unpaid Commissions and Bonuses With Departing Employees
Whether the company owes the commission depends on the written plan: when a commission is earned, what happens to deals open at departure, and whether a bonus is discretionary.