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Employee or Independent Contractor?There are benefits to classifying workers as independent contractors, the largest of which is cost savings.
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Texas Legislative Issues/News: The need for more medical residency positions discussedTexas-educated aspiring doctors are saving a lot of money on student loans by going to medical school here but many are then exploring opportunities for residencies elsewhere.
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Texas Legislative Issues/News: Lawmakers to look at criminal prosecution of people in debt to rent to own companiesAn obscure law passed decades ago, rent-to-own companies in Texas are allowed to pursue felony theft charges against those who default on payments.
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Data Privacy Cases Pending in front of U.S. Supreme CourtThe United States Supreme Court will decide whether American courts can issue warrants for data stored on servers overseas.
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Texas Legislative Issues/News: Austin Lawmakers Look at Bringing Amazon to TexasAmazon.com announced that it was building a second headquarters, bringing with it a $5 billion investment and 50,000 jobs, it set up a nation-wide bidding war.
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Texas Legislative Issues/News: New Legislation Provides Consumer Protections Concerning Freestanding ERsLegislation recently passed into law in Austin will provide considerable protection for Texas health care consumers with regard to freestanding emergency rooms.
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Expanding into Global E-Commerce: Legal ConsiderationsThe rise of global e-commerce is changing the face of business around the world.
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Texas Legislative Issues/News: New law helps charter schools maintain facilitiesHouse Bill 21 provides for the allocation $60 million to Texas charter schools for leasing and maintaining buildings and other facilities
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Outsourcing Innovation and Ideas: Legal Considerations for Crowdsourcing and FreelancingCommerce that involves knowledge is rapidly growing, along with new models for businesses that are emerging as thought leaders in their fields.
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The Student Privacy ActTexas Legislature passed House Bill 2087, the Student Privacy Act which protects data that students or the student’s parents provide
