Texas Small-Firm Practice Tools

ebook ∣ Volume 1 · Texas Small-Firm Practice Tools (12)

By Cindy Stormer

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ebook

Series

Texas Small-Firm Practice Tools (12)

Author

Cindy Stormer

Publisher

James Publishing

Release

05 April 2019

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Texas Law Practice Management Practice Guide
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This 12th Edition of Texas Small-Firm Practice Tools brings you expanded coverage of the laws and procedures governing a broad range of practice specialties: business formation, operation and litigation; landlord-tenant relations; employment law; divorce; estate planning and administration; guardianships; and DWI. The highlights include new and updated text on issues related to:

Civil Litigation

  • Recovery of fees and costs: work-product issues; segregating recoverable fees from non-recoverable fees; quantum meruit.
  • When the opposing party requests attorney's fees
  • Motion to quash (vs. special appearance) by a non-resident defendant

    Business Litigation

  • Quantum meruit as a basis for recovery in mechanic's, contractor's, and materialman's lien cases

    Eviction Actions

  • Delivery of notice to vacate
  • Request for damages in eviction petition
  • If the tenant files a pauper's affidavit
  • How to have a tenant removed once an eviction is granted
  • Timeframe for execution of writ of possession
  • When a tenant appeals
  • Updated Forms: Residential Lease (notices about security deposits); Courtroom Script (landlord testimony in eviction case)

    Employer-Employee Relations

  • Components of a new-hire package
  • Overtime pay and on-call time
  • Employer's defenses to a disparate treatment claim
  • Unemployment compensation and FMLA leave

    Organizing and Operating a Small Business

  • Seller's responsibility for paying sales tax on online sales
  • Rights of shareholders when a corporation becomes incapacitated
  • The "sham affidavit" doctrine

    Marriage Dissolution

  • Disproportionate division of property when divorce granted on the basis of fault

    Estates

  • Estate Planning
  • Tortious interference with inheritance rights
  • Directive to physicians and HIPAA
  • Estate Administration
  • Collection actions in probate

    Guardianships

  • Legal consequences of a DWI conviction
  • Preparing for a guardianship hearing

    DWI Defense

  • Legal consequences of a DWI conviction
  • Collateral consequences of a criminal conviction

    AND MORE!

    • Format

    ebook

    Series

    Texas Small-Firm Practice Tools (12)

    Author

    Cindy Stormer

    Publisher

    James Publishing

    Release

    05 April 2019

    Share

    Subjects

    Texas Law Practice Management Practice Guide
    Texas Small-Firm Practice Tools