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Questions concerning the laws, criminal justice system, civil court procedures and related topics specific to the state of Texas.
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Is it legal for a company to enter an agreement not to hire employees from another company?
Is it legal for ACME Corp to enter a reciprocal agreement with another company to not hire from their workforce. This seems like it may have ramifications for price fixing the labor market.
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Do Texas municipalities have to go to small claims court to collect on their civil fines?
From this answer in a related question I'm told,
This makes parking violations under municipal ordinances civil offenses punishable by civil fines imposed in administrative hearings before a "hearing …
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Can you contest a parking citation in Houston and get a jury trial?
I've always wondered aside from a "hearing" to contest a citation, as described here is there any way to get an actual Jury Trial for a parking citation?
There is a mention of an appeal if you're "dis …
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How does the Uniform Plumbing Code apply to me, for the purposes of home renovation?
According to my state, Texas, Occupations code, Chapter 1301. PLUMBERS, it says in
SEC. 1301.255. … The statute notes that the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners may adopt later versions of this code. …
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Can you serve a drunk alcohol in Texas?
If a TABC certified bartender believes someone is inebriated, can they serve them alcohol in Texas? To what degree are you criminally and civilly liable for this transaction? …
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Can an insurance company compel a tobacco test of any sort?
My insurance company has a disclosure I must make that I am not a smoker: I am not a smoker, so no problem. But I'm wondering why anyone would ever say that they are a smoker? Shy of being seen smokin …
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Is it legal to blanket prohibit outside employment?
I live in Texas. Our labor laws are some of the worst. However, even here I think a blanket clause from a startup that prohibits outside employment sounds fishy. … Researching this I found the Texas Guidebook for Employees which has this to say in Conflict of Interest,
It is generally inadvisable to flatly prohibit all outside employment. …
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Can a company own intellectual property created off the clock?
In an employment agreement, can a company claim intellectual property created off the clock unrelated to your their core business?
Specifically if their core business is in a narrow domain of software …
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How long do restrictive covenants apply on property willed to the state?
If I devise real property to the state of Texas in my will, and it specifies that the homeless can not be evicted on the property, how long will that restriction apply for? …
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Where is the Houston anti-Food Sharing Ordinance?
Accoring to this article about the anti-Food Sharing Ordinance in Houston,
Mayor Anise Parker and city council passed an anti-food sharing ordinance that bans serving charitable meals on properties, …
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For the purposes of notarizing, does the stamp have to be placed on the document?
Instead she affixed a document from the National Notary Association titled "Texas Ordinary Certificate of Acknowledgement" which cites Civil Practices & Remedies Code § 121.007. …
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Can you drink alcohol on a public sidewalk in Houston?
Are you allowed to consume alcohol in the City of Houston on a public street? If not to the point of intoxication (BAC > 0.08)?
For the purposes of this question, let's say it's your alcohol not purch …
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In Texas, can they turn you away from the ballot box for your t-shirt?
Today I went to vote. I was told I couldn't vote with my t-shirt, which had a political statement on it that included the call to "abandon" one of the candidates by name.
Is there a law that prevents …
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Can my COA's Board of Directors amend the bylaws citing Texas Business Organizations Code 22...
My local Condo Board of Directors is trying to amend our Condo Association's Bylaws citing Texas Business Organizations Code 22.102(c).
Sec. 22.102. BYLAWS. … Corporation arising from the Declaration applicable to the Property, as amended from time to time, and recorded or to be recorded in the Condominium Records in the Office of the County Clerk of Harris County, Texas …
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How does a clause of reverter or "possibility of reverter" interact with the Rule Against Pe...
This is a follow up to another more broad question. According to Wikipedia on the possibility of reverter,
There is a possibility of reverter when an estate will return to the grantor if a condition …
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