Texas Business Legal Questions

If you prepay for goods and do not receive them, your options are pretty limited. You can cajole and threaten, but ultimately you may have to sue and the vendor may not have the money. A better plan is not to prepay, but to buy on credit. If your vendor does not consider you sufficiently creditworthy to ship on open account, then perhaps they will accept a letter of credit from your bank. In any case, you should pay only after receiving the goods.... Read More

As a general matter, you lose your entitlement to participate as an employee in a group health plan once your FMLA leave ends and you fail to return to work. At that juncture, you may elect to continue your health plan coverage under COBRA. If you have an agreement to the contrary with your employer, then it is possible that you could enforce that agreement. You will need to take the agreement to an attorney who can review its terms in detail.... Read More

As a general matter, an employer has no duty to compensate employees for holidays not worked. This means, for example, that the law does not require an employer to give employees compensated time off, including for vacations, public holidays or otherwise. If an employer does pay for holidays, it may generally set the terms and conditions on which it will do so. If you have been paid for the days you actually worked, then your employer has discharged its duty to you.... Read More

Yes, investors are typically permitted to obtain access to the books and records of the businesses into which they have invested.  Our firm has extensive experience in this field and practice in your area.  I would encourage you to give us a call.  www.SaundersWalsh.com (214) 919-3555... Read More

There is no "statute of limitations" that affects the letter standing alone, since the letter is not a contract. The legal issue here is that you have, subsequent to the provision of the letter to you, entered into one or more complete contracts with this vendor. Those contracts may or may not incorporate by reference the terms of the 2007 letter, and they may by their terms expressly exclude any terms not incorporated in the subsequent contract. In other words, these post-2007 may provide -- and indeed, customarily would provide -- that all prior bets are off. If you can prove that the post-2007 contracts incorporated by reference the 2007 letter, you win. You may have to sue to prove it. If the vendor can prove that its post-2007 contracts expressly excluded all terms not expressly set forth in those documents, it wins. There may be facts on which you can base your claim which you have not mentioned. Those should be discussed with an attorney.... Read More

Arbitration is a form of dispute resolution that applies when both parties have agreed to use it, rather than go through the courts. It is impossible to have a meaningful discussion of the substance of your dispute without a review of the actual documents in question. It is particularly difficult to understand how the customer's bank, with whom you have no relationship, can threaten you effectively. You need to see an attorney and bring your documentation.... Read More

Amnesty means just that -- you will get a free ride if you pay the taxes due in full. Even without amnesty, there is nothing to stop you from paying the past-due taxes and filing an amended return to show that you have "corrected" your prior filing. This happens all the time. People do not go to jail for $188. Just pay the money.... Read More