Our Texas Business Law Firm’s Collection of Tip and Insights
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Top of the Texas Banker's Association legislative agenda: legislative authorities for banks to protect elders from financial exploitation.
Elders often do not report instances of financial exploitation
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Texas legislature is moving to make sure that faithless electors cannot choose some other candidate in the Lone Star State.
State Senator-Elect Dawn Buckingham of Lakeway filed Senate Bill 394, which is also known as the Texas Elector Accountability Act.
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Texas Legislature Consideration of Constitutional Carry
State Rep. Jonathan Stickland has filed legislation (HB 375) that seeks to allow Texans to carry a firearm with or without a concealed carry permit.
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Protecting intellectual property & private business information
What you need to know to make sure your non-disclosure agreement (NDA) is binding.
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Angel investors are offering capital funding in exchange for equity ownership.
Competition for startup funding is fierce, and risk is high for investors.
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The current mental health care system in Texas cannot handle the load of people who need help
the state legislature hopes to change that when it convenes January 10, 2017 for the 85th legislative session
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The new trend: offers of equity shares as part of a compensation package for employees and independent contractors.
Legal, tax, and accounting issues when private companies offer limited equity shares.
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Texas Population Projections report for 2010 to 2050 shine light on several issues relating to urban planning and land use regulation
The report suggests that, with current estimates, the Texas population will double by 2050, and most of that population growth will be in the major urban areas of Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. The report, released in late 2014, might have underestimated the Texas population growth. At this time, there are a quarter million new Texans yearly.
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The reporting requirements for the Affordable Care Act will remain in effect for the 2017 reporting period.
Any legislative actions regarding repeal of the ACA will have a delay in full implementation.
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Concern is growing across the country that pension funds are dangerously underfunded.
Pensions funds with an 80% funding ratio are described as healthy, but the American Academy of Actuaries disputes that standard.
