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Estate Planning and Your Austin Startup

I recently spoke to Austin Estate Planning Attorney Jim Norman about the need for estate planning amongst Austin’s start up community. Generally speaking, founders are slightly younger than the average estate planning client but Jim and I both agree that entrepreneurs need to plan for their incapacity or demise. When

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Workplace Investigations and NFL Bullying

Workplace Investigations and NFL Bullying A Comparison Between Richie Incognito’s Bullying Allegations and A Normal Employment Scenario The NFL is a different sort of employer, to be sure, but the NFL’s attorneys, investigators, and HR consultants are probably engaging the same type of analysis that many employers engage in when

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Texas Employees and Pregnancy

As it turns out, some employees will expand their families while working with your company. So employers have to know how to handle a pregnant employee. As always, the issues are easy to muddle, but this area is where reasonableness, similar treatment between employees, and some practical sense can lead

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