The EEOC recently made the breakdown of its individual charge filings available online for each state. The statistics run from fiscal year 2009 through fiscal year 2011. The top Texas discrimination charges are: (1) retaliation (41%); (2) race […]
Texas is a blue line state when it comes to the enforcement of non-compete agreements. What does this mean? It means that courts can perform or rewrite non-compete agreements so that they are enforceable under Texas law. What this […]
Last week, the EEOC provided new enforcement guidelines to be used for determining whether the use of […]
It should be no surprise that civil trials with juries are on a downward trend. A recent Dallas Morning News article cites a number of factors from tort reform, the expense of trial, activist judges, binding arbitration, and the Texas […]
A few weeks ago we discussed a Texas employer hiring new employees based upon their Body Mass Index. The dangers of considering weight in employment decisions were recently exemplified in a press release from the EEOC. In that release, it was […]
A recent article from Financial Planning suggests that financial advisors continue to be on the move in 2012. But the trend is not departures to the traditional wirehouses – instead, they are going independent: Twelve percent of financial advisors change firms annually, […]
At the beginning of the year, we predicted that health care related litigation would continue to rise through 2012 as that industry continues to grow, in large part because of our aging population. Mentioned in the post were some lawsuits […]
Bruce Carton of law.com tracked down a great story about a Victoria, Texas hospital (in between San Antonio and Houston) that has implemented a hiring policy that requires potential […]
Legislation regarding social media is on the rise. Commentators spend a lot of time monitoring the implications of social media in the employment and lawsuit context but the judicial branch is now weighing in as well. A number of […]
Employees stealing from their employer is nothing new. Recently, a lawyer and his wife who were employed by the same firm were convicted of stealing in excess of $100,000 pounds from their firm’s London office. They did it with bogus […]
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