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The proposed revisions to the Texas ethics rules for lawyer advertising are a welcome development, but they could be improved.

A force majeure clause excuses a party from performing a contract when an unexpected event intervenes. But what kind of event?

When I think about drafting a Texas non-compete, I think about these words to a song I liked in the 80s: Freedom of choice, is what you got. Freedom from choice, is what you want. It would be so much easier if we didn’t have so many choices, especially when drafting non-competes. You’ve got two basic choices at the start. You can just cut and paste from a form, like my Plain-Language Non-Compete, or you can take the time to consider the client’s particular needs, the legal issues raised, and the practical considerations, and then draft accordingly. If you do […]

Texas Supreme Court holds in Chalker Energy that emails did not create a definitive agreement required by a “No Obligation” clause

Lawyers, what is something about practicing that law school students might have a hard time believing? Here are the top 50 responses.

What do you do when someone infringes your copyright or trademark on social media?

Sometimes a Texas non-compete will take the form of forfeiture clause rather than an express prohibition on competing. Is that a non-compete?

Why did these particular movies resonate with me in 2019?

A very special Christmas message from Five Minute Law

A Texas non-compete litigator points out the biggest problems with the way non-competes work in practice.