Rio Grande Valley Legal Blog
How can employers be protected when conducting investigations?
Regardless of the size of a Texas employer, any business that has employees could be faced with the need for a workplace investigation. This could be for a variety of reasons ranging from a worker simply having a bad attitude on the job and extending to more serious...
Comparing the Stark Law to the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute
Physicians often want to make referrals for patients who need additional care they cannot provide. However, it is not always legal for physicians to make referrals and it can be difficult for a physician to know when a referral is permitted and when it is prohibited...
Can I prevent a former medical partner from competing against me?
Texas businesses take great care to prevent former partners, colleagues, employees and others who are intimately involved in their operation from going to an established but similar business, starting their own business and competing against them. The non-compete act...
What is an appeal and should you pursue one after litigation?
Business litigation can be tough. Contract disputes, fraud and tort claims, infringement of intellectual property rights – these are all examples of legal disputes that might lead a company toward litigation. And, as any business leader in Texas knows, litigation can...
Receivership and business litigation
Business litigation and receivership may not seem like they go together. Indeed, receivership, for those unfamiliar with business litigation may seem like something solely for bankruptcy. However, in practice, Donna, Texas, receivership can be common in business...
Health care practices of all sizes need to watch these issues
As Texans who are involved in it know, health care is a highly regulated industry. There are many federal, state and even local laws and rules that those who work in health care need to follow. If they do not, they open themselves up to fines or other legal penalties,...
Joe & the Juice settles EEOC sex charge
Our state prides itself on our personal freedoms. We do not like being told what to do around here, and that includes Texas-based businesses in Donna and Arlington, Texas. However, for those larger businesses, you must comply with the United States Equal Employment...
Noncompete agreements: Are their days numbered?
The future is uncertain for noncompete agreements. Early this year, the Federal Trade Commission proposed a new rule that would ban noncompete agreements in most contexts. The proposal is currently up for public comment, and business and labor interests are lobbying...
Physicians need to be wary of “creative billing” practices
As a physician, you want what is best for your patient. You build close relationships with them and work hard to accommodate them in all ways possible, even in paying their bills. Despite the fact that the services you provided to a patient were medically necessary,...
Starting the Texas probate process
For those who find themselves named as an executor of an estate, unless you are a lawyer, you likely wonder, “what now?” Well, if you have been named the executor, it means your loved one had a will, which will be the focus of this Arlington, Texas, post. Do not just...