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New FinCEN Entity Reporting Requirements

New FinCEN Entity Reporting Requirements

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is trying to crack down on bad actors hiding ownership of entities that operate in the United Sta...

Why Contractors MUST Collect an Insurance Deductible

Why Contractors MUST Collect an Insurance Deductible

In 2019 the Texas Legislature decided to intervene in the long-standing practice of insureds not paying their deductibles on hail and other nature ...

Unsigned Public Works Change Orders

Unsigned Public Works Change Orders

It’s tough sometimes being a general contractor caught between the competing interests of the property owner and the subcontractors who are a...

Hidden Conditions

Hidden Conditions

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Effective Management Strategies – Part 2 Managing Jobsite Processes

Effective Management Strategies – Part 2 Managing Jobsite Processes

by Karen Ensley Board-Certified Construction Law Attorney Managing people, processes and product can be the biggest collective hassle i...

How Does Texas’ “3-day Right to Cancel” Law Apply to My Roofing Business?

How Does Texas’ “3-day Right to Cancel” Law Apply to My Roofing Business?

What is the 3-day Right to Cancel Law? Texas has a consumer protection law requiring vendors to give a customer a 3-day right to cancel...

New Texas Law on Sexual Harassment Claims

New Texas Law on Sexual Harassment Claims

NEW TEXAS LAW ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS APPLIES TO BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES Discrimination in the workplace reduces morale, employee e...

OSHA VACCINE MANDATE SET FOR HEARING AT SUPREME COURT

OSHA VACCINE MANDATE SET FOR HEARING AT SUPREME COURT

OSHA Vaccine Mandate Update *** BIG NEWS *** Today, Friday January 7, 2022, the Supreme Court of the U...

Vaccine Mandate Follow Up

Vaccine Mandate Follow Up

*** Breaking News *** Effective November 17, 2021, OSHA announces that it has “...

THE VACCINE MANDATE

THE VACCINE MANDATE

WHERE ARE WE AND WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? RULES OF THE MANDATE By Jan 4, 2022, the vaccine mandate states all business who...

Effective Management Strategies – Part 3: Being Paid For Your Work

Effective Management Strategies – Part 3: Being Paid For Your Work

by Karen Ensley Board-Certified Construction Law Attorney Managing people, processes and product can be the biggest collective hassle i...

Effective Management Strategies​ – Part 1 Managing Office Processes

Effective Management Strategies​ – Part 1 Managing Office Processes

by Karen Ensley Board-Certified Construction Law Attorney Managing people, processes and product can be the biggest collective hassle i...

Getting Paid

Getting Paid

By Karen Ensley, Board-Certified Construction Law Attorney You’ve done the work. You met the specs and have even gone above and b...

Texas Constitutional Carry: How does it affect you?

Texas Constitutional Carry: How does it affect you?

Effective today, September 1, 2021, HB 1927 (Constitutional Carry of firearms) goes into effect.  Here are some things you need to know: ...

Consumer’s 3 Day Right to Cancel – Why it Matters

Consumer’s 3 Day Right to Cancel – Why it Matters

We all know that any contract for sale of goods and services made to a consumer in their home must include a 3 day right to cancel. But did you kno...

Defining Price and Scope in Contingency Restoration Contracts

Defining Price and Scope in Contingency Restoration Contracts

Contingency contracts are widely used in the storm restoration industry, but also widely misunderstood and improperly utilized. Contrary ...

The Texas Discovery Rule

The Texas Discovery Rule

Looming Deadlines We all know that there are various deadlines to filing a lawsuit in Texas. Unless you benefit from a statutory carve-...

Certificate of Formation in Texas – what are they and why you need them.

Certificate of Formation in Texas – what are they and why you need them.

What is Articles of Incorporation and a Certificate of Formation? A Certificate of Formation, formerly referred to as “Articles o...

The Do’s and Don’ts of Employee Reviews

The Do’s and Don’ts of Employee Reviews

Do Match performance appraisals and performance plans to measurable objectives. Develop performance goals in an objective way s...

How to Avoid Accidental Partnerships in Business

How to Avoid Accidental Partnerships in Business

By Karen Ensley, Board-Certified Construction Law Attorney Partnerships in business can be great but bringing on a partner brings with ...

Protection From COVID-19 Lawsuits On The Horizon

Protection From COVID-19 Lawsuits On The Horizon

The Texas legislature is getting at least one thing right this session! Texas lawmakers last week reviewed a bill that will provide expanded liabil...

Talking Politics In The Office

Talking Politics In The Office

Politics – it’s the hot topic around the water cooler these days. However, discussions regarding politics can mean big trouble in the w...

Spoliation: How To Lose A Court Case Without Even Trying

Spoliation: How To Lose A Court Case Without Even Trying

And the Mysterious World of Evidence Retention and Spoliation Your site superintendent, the one that took all of those great jobsite ph...

Social Media Policy: Is It Important To Have One?

Social Media Policy: Is It Important To Have One?

Is it really that imporant? The world of today is lived largely on social media. Millennials, Gen Z, Gen Alpha, and some who are just v...

What is Indemnity and Defense? Unraveling the Mysteries

What is Indemnity and Defense? Unraveling the Mysteries

Unraveling the mysterious world of Indemnity and Defense OK, unraveling may be too strong a term, but there is a lot of mystery surroun...

How to Write a Proposal Letter

How to Write a Proposal Letter

A well-thought-out and well-written proposal is critical to your company’s ability to get work and successfully complete the work at a profit...