The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has officially abandoned its controversial nationwide non-compete ban, formally ending a legal battle that began last April.
On September 5, 2025, the FTC voted 3-1 to dismiss its court…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Healthcare employers: Beware of physician employment agreements that renew automatically.
Why?
On September 1, 2025, a new law went into effect giving physicians, dentists, nurses, and physician assistants (PAs) significant…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Health, Labor & Employment Law
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is giving small businesses a big break. On July 14, OSHA updated its guidance to reduce penalties for employers with 25 employees or fewer, employers who fix problems…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
On July, 11, 2025, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed laboratory operator Mark Schena’s conviction under Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA). This is the first time a higher court has addressed the lab…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Criminal Law, Health
Problems with a partner? You’re not alone. Our law firm routinely fields calls from business owners seeking to remove a partner who is inactive, engaging in unethical or illegal behavior, or otherwise disrupting operations…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts
On June 20, 2025, Texas enacted Senate Bill 1318, ushering in significant reforms to healthcare non-compete agreements. This legislation, which takes effect on September 1, 2025, reshapes how non-compete agreements can restrict…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Health, Labor & Employment Law
Major changes to Texas Business Organizations Code enacted during this summer’s legislative session provide unprecedented protection for management decisions and business disputes – but only if you amend your governing documents…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Privacy
The wound care industry faces unprecedented scrutiny as Medicare Part B expenditures for skin substitutes exceeded $1.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2023 alone. The spending surge has triggered a wave of skin substitute…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Insurance
As a Texas LLC owner, member, or manager, you've made a strategic choice to separate your business and personal finances through a limited liability company structure. This critical legal barrier provides valuable protection,…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking
For the past several years, physicians and compounding pharmacies have stepped in to address critical patient access gaps during U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shortage declarations for semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
For physicians with independent practices, engaging a third-party billing company to manage the billing process is an attractive option. Medical billing is increasingly complex and time consuming, and outsourcing that…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Commercial Law & Contracts, Health
If you've won a lawsuit and obtained a money judgment in Texas, how long do you have to collect this debt?
The short answer is 10 years.
However, Texas judgments don't simply expire after a set period. They follow a unique…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Finance & Banking
Last year in April, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a rule to ban most non-compete agreements nationwide. Within hours the rule was challenged in courts across the country, and after months of federal litigation and…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Texas House Bill 3749 (HB 3749), known as "Jenifer's Law," has undergone dramatic revisions since its introduction. What began as a bill that could have shuttered many IV hydration clinics has transformed into legislation that…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Health
Texas Senate Bill 29 (SB 29), signed into law by Governor Abbott on May 14, 2025, and effective immediately, introduces substantial changes to the Texas Business Organizations Code that affect how businesses operate in the…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Securities Law
