by Katherine Hoke | Dec 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
“State law controls both the award of and the reasonableness of fees awarded where state law supplies the rule of decision.” Tech Pharmacy Servs., LLC v. Alixa Rx LLC, 298 F. Supp. 3d 892, 898 (E.D. Tex. 2017) (citing Mathis v. Exxon Corp., 302 F.3d 448, 461 (5th Cir....
by Katherine Hoke | Nov 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends and Clients, We are reaching out to inform you about a significant change in federal law impacting certain private or small businesses in the United States. The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) requires certain private companies that meet specific...
by Katherine Hoke | Oct 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
Background On September 1, 2024, the court established under Texas HB 19[1] (the “Texas Business Court”) was authorized to begin hearing cases in a new court system designed to promote efficient, reliable, and expedited adjudication of business disputes. Shields Legal...
by Katherine Hoke | Aug 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
In a pro-business opinion and order issued on August 20, 2024, in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, No. 3:24-cv-00986-E, pending before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, the federal court set aside the Federal...
by Katherine Hoke | Jul 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
On July 30, 2024, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a landmark settlement with Meta over its unauthorized capture of the personal biometric data of millions of Texans in violation of Texas’s “Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier” (CUBI) Act[1] and the...
by Katherine Hoke | Jul 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
In the latest twist regarding the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) final rule banning non-compete agreements on a nationwide basis[1] (the “Non-Compete Rule”), a federal court in Pennsylvania has refused to block enforcement of the Non-Compete Rule.[2] This decision...
