Austin, TX (Law Firm Newswire) August 4, 2011 – The Texas Supreme Court recently reversed years of established precedent and held that an employer’s grant of stock options to an employee served as ample consideration to support a non-compete agreement. With this ruling, the court changed long-standing Texas law that effectively held that a noncompete…

Los Angeles, CA (Law Firm Newswire) August 3, 2011 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers will begin to accept new Internet domain name endings early next year, but businesses need to start preparing now to establish and authenticate their brand top-level domain names. ICANN issued new guidelines in late June that will…

Iselin, NJ (Law Firm Newswire) August 3, 2011 – Corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the context of human rights due diligence, and the correlative financial performance of multinationals, was made a more nuanced policy consideration by another Court of Appeals decision. On Friday, July 8, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of…

Brandon, FL (Law Firm Newswire) August 2, 2011 – In order to change the current child support being paid, an individual must allege a “substantial change in circumstances”. The Florida Department of Revenue Child Support Enforcement Program has noticed that requests for child support modifications have more than doubled during the last few years in…

Chicago, IL (Law Firm Newswire) August 2, 2011 – Recent car accidents involving autos going high speeds highlight the need to slow down. Speeding can have serious consequences, from killing someone to inflicting serious injuries to drivers, passengers, and the rest of the public. In early July, a driver was killed in the Garfield Ridge…

Houston, TX (Law Firm Newswire) August 1, 2011 – Houston is a city with many immigrants from diverse countries and cultures. The latest Census data shows that more than 1.27 million immigrants call Houston home. And more than 22 percent of them are highly skilled and at least have a bachelor’s degree. The Brookings Institution…

Austin, TX (Law Firm Newswire) August 1, 2011 – Death by fire is a horrible way to die, and this story involves the death of a mother and her two children, horribly burnt in a massive inferno at their home. “This is a bizarre story that may well involve murder, but there is still not…

Chicago, IL (Law Firm Newswire) July 29, 2011 – Chicago is experiencing some of the hottest weather on record in the last five years. In 2010, 30 workers died from the heat. The U.S. Labor Department recently launched a national outreach campaign to protect workers from heat-related illnesses and death. Thousands of workers are affected…

Brandon, FL (Law Firm Newswire) July 28, 2011 – Many families live further away from each other. Younger families go to where they can find jobs and good schools, and oftentimes the grandparents move to enjoy a better climate, cheaper living, or be around other retired friends. As aging parents start to deal with health…

Little Rock, AR (Law Firm Newswire) July 28, 2011 – If a certain location has a reputation for deadly crashes, it would make sense to investigate the scene for problems. “It’s not a good sign, to say the least, when twice in one month, car drivers have lost control of their vehicles, slid wildly out…