Reid Dennis & Frick

11/21/2023

Partner John M Frick recently received another rare "reverse and render" judgment on appeal. Representing a dentist accused of defaming a colleague in connection with the purchase of a dental practice, Mr. Frick appealed a judgment against his client for $240,000 damages for loss of reputation and mental anguish. Successfully arguing that the evidence did not support the damage award, Mr. Frick persuaded the court of appeals that the statements made did not actually tarnish the reputation of the plaintiff or cause her any compensable mental anguish. Boeke v. Collins, Case No. 05-22-01066-CV, Dallas Court of Appeals, (11-16-23).

06/02/2023

05/04/2023

Dance like no one is watching, but text and email like it will be read in court one day.

01/06/2023

President Biden appears poised to fulfill one of his campaign promises. The FTC is currently considering rules to ban noncompete agreements in most employment agreements.

Many employers rely on noncompetes to protect their trade secrets, proprietary customer information, or confidential business strategy. Others use noncompetes to preserve their workforce after investing time and money on valuable training.

As the FTC moves to eliminate noncompetes nationwide, employers may need to rethink their strategies to protect their valuable information and investment in their workforce.

Our attorneys have considerable experience helping Texas businesses and business people protect their livelihoods when employees depart their workforce.

Your initial consultation is only a phone call away 214.618.1400

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which enforces antitrust law, proposed a rule that would ban companies from requiring workers to sign noncompete provisions as well as some training repayment agreements, which companies use to keep workers from leaving for better jobs, the agency said on Thursday.

01/06/2023

As this article states, it is common for the number of lawsuits against real estate professionals to increase in a cooling market. Unhappy home buyers and sellers often seek to cast blame on their real agents and brokers, and on the other party’s agent and broker, when their expectations are disappointed.

Our attorneys have experience defending real estate professionals who are wrongly blamed by buyers and sellers in litigation, in mediation, and in the complaint process before TREC. We also have experience pursuing litigation against such professionals when wrongful errors and omissions do harm the parties to a transaction.

An initial consultation with one of our real estate litigation attorneys is only a phone call away: 214.618.1400

These lawsuits are driven by "unhappy consumers" after having a negative emotional experience during a real estate transaction, an expert told Insider.

12/21/2022

Reid Dennis & Frick partner John M. Frick and his paralegal Chandra Rodriguez were part of a trial team that secured a rare directed verdict in favor of their clients on all claims in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on December 15, 2022.

Together with David Delrahim and Courtney Fernald of St Petersburg, Florida’s Englander & Fischer, LLP represented ICON EV, LLC and NexGen Lithium Batteries,LLC in two-year legal battle with DFW-based Ancor Holdings LP arising out of a proposed $25M transaction.

Ancor was suing for tortious interference, breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing (under Florida law), and fraud by non-disclosure seeking actual damages of not less than $2,676,452.59, plus exemplary damages.

“I am honored to have been part of this litigation team and highly recommend my colleagues from Florida to anyone with a business litigation or commercial litigation dispute.” - John M. Frick

12/21/2022

Viewing court records online will still cost attorneys and their clients despite bipartisan support to eliminate these charges.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/no-free-pacer-us-lawmakers-exclude-proposal-spending-bill-2022-12-20/ No free PACER as U.S. lawmakers exclude proposal from spending bill

U.S. lawmakers have left a proposal to make the federal judiciary's PACER online court records system free out of a sprawling, $1.66 trillion spending measure unveiled on Tuesday, a setback for advocates as the current Congress nears its end.