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Business Fraud & Fiduciary Duty
Misrepresentation, fraudulent inducement, nondisclosure, embezzlement and breach of fiduciary duty: elements, remedies, defenses and deadlines under Texas law.
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Business Fraud & Fiduciary Duty
The Economic Loss Rule: Why Some Fraud and Negligence Claims Fail in Texas
The economic loss rule keeps a contract dispute from becoming a tort case and bars negligence claims for purely economic loss between strangers. Fraudulent inducement escapes it.
Business Fraud & Fiduciary Duty
The Texas Theft Liability Act in Business Disputes
The Act turns Penal Code theft into a civil claim with mandatory attorney's fees for whoever wins, including the defendant. Powerful on strong facts, costly on weak ones.
Business Fraud & Fiduciary Duty
What Is a Breach of Fiduciary Duty in Texas?
A breach of fiduciary duty is when someone who owed you loyalty, such as a partner, agent or officer, puts their interest first, hides facts or profits at your expense.
Business Fraud & Fiduciary Duty
What Is Business Fraud Under Texas Law?
In Texas, business fraud is a knowing or reckless false statement of fact, made to induce a deal, that the other side relied on to its loss. It takes six legal forms.
Business Fraud & Fiduciary Duty
When Are Officers and Directors Personally Liable in Texas?
The entity protects owners from the company's debts, not from their own torts, fiduciary breaches or statutory duties. Here is where the shield stops in Texas.
Business Fraud & Fiduciary Duty
Who Owes a Fiduciary Duty in a Texas Business?
Partners, agents, corporate officers, trustees and attorneys owe fiduciary duties as a matter of Texas law. Others owe them only if a relationship of trust predated the deal.