Increasingly, companies are requiring their employees to assign to their employers any inventions or ideas they may come up with during, or after, the course of their employment. This Op-Ed in the New York Times discusses an interesting study the author made examining this question: “How does a reality in which we own so little …
How easy is it to enter into a multi-million dollar (or more) contract via e-mail? As easy as clicking “send” on an e-mail, it would seem. Under the Texas Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA), parties can enter into a legally binding agreement by e-mail or other electronic communications, even for matters that traditionally were required …
Forum selection clauses in contracts are important terms which govern where a certain dispute will be litigated. For example, parties to a contract which provides for performance in one state may agree that all disputes will be litigated in another state. Forum selection clauses are not to be confused with choice of law provisions in …
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In a unanimous decision, the Texas Supreme Court recently sided with the contractor in an insurance coverage dispute involving allegations of faulty construction. In Ewing Construction Company, Inc. v. Amerisure Insurance Company, the Texas Supreme Court limited the scope of an insurance policy exclusion for liabilities that contractors assume through contracts. Commercial General Liability (CGL) …
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