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What do you do when “Love is in the Air” at work?

Most employers are all too familiar with potential liability associated with sexual harassment in the workplace. Since employees are only human, and physical attraction between the sexes is inevitable, what’s an employer to do when an office romance is in full bloom? Read more...

No, No, No – Your Independent Contractor Cannot Sign a Noncompete. Never. Ever.

According to reports, more employers are hiring people as independent contractors rather than employees to avoid Obamacare, minimum wage requirements, or other laws that only protect employees. Read more...

Privacy In a Public Office? How the PIA Addresses Texts, Tweets & Posts

Greater digital communications and the ever-present, always-active smart phones have blurred the traditional boundaries between our personal and professional interactions. How does the method of communication affect the public’s right to observe the workings of a governmental body?  Read more...

Summer Is Here: Let the Sun Shine on Drugs and Devices

On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the much anticipated final rule (“Final Rule”) implementing the federal Physician Payment Sunshine Act (“Sunshine Act”). Read more...

Chinese Lead EB5 Investors

The federal Immigrant Investor Program, or the EB-5 program, has been gaining momentum nationwide. Now, Texas is positioning itself to sell the Lone Star brand to foreign investors, particularly those in China.

"The EB5 program is also helped by broad bipartisan support from Washington," said Lindsay Martin, a partner at Strasburger & Price law firm.

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