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Agricultural Liens Guide: Taking Advantage of Agricultural Producers’ Priority Lien Right
How Farmers Can Protect Their Agricultural Lien Rights in Texas Consider this situation: A grain elevator defaults on a loan secured by grain stored in its facilities. Can its creditor...Read More
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Selling and Sharing Texans’ Data: Hot Commodity or Ripe for Hot Water?
Understanding the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act Is Essential to Remain Compliant with Customer Data Whether you’re a car wash operator using automated license plate readers (ALPRs) to see...Read More
How to Choose a Structure for Your Business—and Why You Need a Lawyer
Why It’s Essential to Hire an Attorney When Choosing a Business Structure As the business landscape has evolved, so have the available entity types, giving entrepreneurs more choice than ever—while...Read More
Understanding Data Licensing Agreements
Data Licensing Agreements Help Protect Texas Businesses and Customers Whether your company is licensing customer analytics, behavioral insights, or marketing lists, a data licensing agreement will play a key role...Read More
Mechanic’s Lien Rights for Subcontractors Under Texas Property Code Chapter 53
Understanding Mechanic’s Lien Rights for Subcontractors in Texas: What You Can Recover Under Chapter 53 A few months ago, I was tasked with drafting a letter to an entity that...Read More
Case Study: Johnny Merritt and the Real-Life Bernie Case
Merritt Law Founder Johnny Merritt Helped Keep the Real-Life Subject of Bernie Behind Bars The 2011 film Bernie, a dark comedy directed by Richard Linklater, portrayed a strange legal case....Read More