Employee fraud can have far-reaching implications for your business. Besides financial loss, the legal implications of having your customers’ data compromised can be overwhelming. If you are a victim of employee fraud, it is important that you take appropriate steps...
Quality Should Be Your First Consideration
Houston Business & Commercial Legal Blog
Taking action when a supplier delivers cut-rate materials
Maybe you need a constant source of fresh greens for the grab-and-go salads that comprise roughly half of your deli's daily lunch sales. Perhaps you are in the construction industry and you need a supplier to provide you with flooring materials that meet the standards...
Should you use a non-compete agreement in your contracts?
Some types of businesses rely on non-competition (or non-compete) provisions to prevent employees from taking what they’ve learned about their methods and strategies or proprietary information to a job with a rival company and harming their ability to compete in the...
What makes a business contract fraudulent?
Contracts are the foundation upon which businesses, size notwithstanding, are created and operated. In fact, most businesses are founded by contracts. Still, businesses hire employees using contracts. But what happens when you learn that the contract you signed while...
Protecting your trade secrets when an employee leaves
A company’s trade secrets are among its most prized assets. They are the heart of its success, identity and revenue. That’s why every possible measure should be utilized to stop them from ending up in the lap of rival organizations. This can be tricky when employees...
Timing issues could violate a contract
Many contract violations simply involve a delivery not being made or services not being rendered. A business may have put in an order from a supplier that never showed up at the loading dock, for instance. The contract is violated because the other party didn't...
Is a debtor using bankruptcy to avoid paying your business?
There are numerous regulations in place restricting Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings to prevent abuses of the process. A surprising number of individuals or businesses will use bankruptcy not as a tool for their own protection but as a means of avoiding financial...
What do you do if your employee violated a confidentiality clause?
As a part of your employment contracts, you make sure to have confidentiality agreements in place. You don’t want to spend all this time putting together your business plan and building up your brand just to have someone share your research and ideas with a...
What should you include in a contract?
Writing out a contract for a business means that you have to take the needs of the company into account, but you also have to think about the other party. These contracts can’t be one-sided, so they have to offer protection for both sides of the matter. If you’re the...
Could your business be a victim of wire fraud?
Wire fraud is a serious offense that could harm your business. When you’re a victim of wire fraud, it means that you’ve been defrauded (or that someone attempted to defraud you) through some form of electronic communication. That could mean that you were defrauded by...
