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REVISION 13 HIGHLIGHTS
This 13th Edition of Texas Small-Firm Practice Tools brings you expanded coverage of the laws and procedures governing a broad range of practice specialties: consumer protection/fair trade practices; employment law; small-business formation and operation; estate planning and administration; guardianships; and DWI and misdemeanor defense. The highlights include new and updated text on issues related to:
Civil Litigation
- Attorney’s ethical duty of technology competence
- Cybersecurity and data privacy duties to clients
- Proving up attorney’s fees
Consumer Protection and Fair Trade Practices
- Tips for clients if a credit card is stolen, including how to initiate a credit
- New Form: Social Security Confidentiality Letter
Employer/Employee Relations
- Vicarious liability for conduct of employees traveling to/from work
- Circumstances under which a property owner be liable for injury to a contractor or its employee
Organizing and Operating a Small Business
- Where to file an assumed name certificate
- Why every business must obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN) and how to do so
Estate Planning
- Specific language required to ensure survivorship of a joint account upon the death of one party
- Viability of a claim for interference with inheritance
Estate Administration
- Law governing community property when a person dies without a will and is survived by a spouse and descendants Guardianship
- Impact of the OCA electronic database of personal injury or wrongful death settlement agreements for which an incapacitated minor is the beneficiary
- Preferred terms and phrases for new and revised disability-related laws to ensure that the language of the statute places the person before the disability
DWI Defense
- Detention in a sobering center in lieu of arrest
- Warrantless blood tests
- Availability of deferred adjudication community supervision for first-time offenders
Misdemeanor Defense
- Legal hemp and marijuana: misdemeanor violations; scope of medical exceptions
- Requesting a hearing to establish whether fines and costs impose an undue hardship
- A fine-only misdemeanor alleging family violence required defendant to appear in court
- Indecent assault (groping) is a class A misdemeanor, which does not require sex offender registration
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Table of contents
VOLUME 1
Chapter 1 Civil Litigation
Chapter 2 Car Accident Cases
Chapter 3 Consumer Protection and Fair Trade Practices
Chapter 4 Business Litigation
Chapter 5 Landlord-Tenant Relations
Chapter 6 Employer-Employee Relations
Chapter 7 Credit and Collections
Chapter 8 Organizing and Operating a Small Business
Chapter 9 Buying and Selling a Small Business
VOLUME 2
Chapter 10 Marriage Dissolution
Chapter 11 Estate Planning
Chapter 12 Estate Administration
Chapter 13 Guardianship
Chapter 14 DWI Defense
Chapter 15 Misdemeanor Defense
Chapter 16 Real Estate
Index