Litigation – WEST AUSTIN LITIGATION

Details giveth and missing details taketh away.

:: Of course, as you read through any contract (a bill of sale for a car, a promissory note for a house, an employment agreement before starting a job), you are already scanning each sentence like a hawk. Where is the “gotcha” provision the other party is trying to pull over on you? The majorContinue reading “Details giveth and missing details taketh away.”

A bird in the hand

:: Whether to play it safe or to risk it all is not just a cornerstone theme of popular board games. It’s also a real choice you will have to make come settlement time. In order to stop you from taking your case to trial, an adversary will often attempt to put serious money onContinue reading “A bird in the hand”

Not all wins are the same.

:: Just because there is a clear path to victory, doesn’t mean you should blindly rush to travel it. Crushing an adversary in litigation? Priceless, maybe. But that pricelessness will turn hollow fast if, though you win on liability, you are awarded zero damages. Or suppose you do manage to score a few thousand bucks from your adversary, but theContinue reading “Not all wins are the same.”