Tag Archives: Joe Ahmad

Execs Can Be Fired for Off the Clock Speech or Behaviors 

C-Suite executives need to know that they represent the company even when they are off the clock. The recent jettisoning of Kroger’s chief for activities away from work is a sobering reminder.  Personal conduct away from the office, even if … Continue reading

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Executive Safety May Hinge on Corporate Responsibility 

CEOs of major corporations are accustomed to high stress, high pressure and public-facing roles that can be dangerous to their mental health. But the shocking shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is a sobering reminder that on rare occasions, the … Continue reading

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Non-compete breach in business contract nets client $25.6M 

My colleagues at AZA and I won a $25.6 million breach of contract jury verdict in Houston court this week in a non-compete case pitting AZA client doctors’ group Fondren Orthopedic Ltd. against healthcare giant HCA Healthcare.   While the Federal … Continue reading

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Northern District of Texas temporarily enjoins FTC from enforcing its non-compete ban

It’s not surprising that a federal court enjoined the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) non-compete ban. Many non-compete lawyers, including me, predicted that the FTC ban on worker non-compete agreements would be struck down.  And the first court to rule on … Continue reading

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Whistleblower client helps government settle $15 million Baylor heart surgery Medicare fraud case 

Working in concert with the federal government for five years, my law firm colleagues and I saw our whistleblower client receive $3 million of the $15 million settlement of a lawsuit alleging that Houston surgeons were letting unqualified trainees perform … Continue reading

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Tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch acquitted of defrauding HP; he was smart to testify 

A San Francisco jury that heard three months of testimony unanimously acquitted Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch of 15 criminal charges of conspiracy and wire fraud over the 2011 sale of his company to Hewlett-Packard. The government charged that Lynch misrepresented … Continue reading

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Paxton and Succession – What if you are the coup target?

Though politics, in the more formal political party sense of the word, had a leading role in the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, there were definite similarities between that attempted takeover and what happens in the hit … Continue reading

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FTC Non-Compete Rule Change Could Boost Wages and Innovation

In April, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) closed comments on a proposed rule change that would drastically limit employers’ uses and abuses of non-compete agreements in employee contracts.  When the FTC announced the proposed rule change its press release suggested … Continue reading

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Unjust Accusations Against Doctor Highlight a Pervasive Prejudice

I’m proud to be able to help Dr. Hasan Gokal start down the road toward justice and begin putting his life back together. The damage he suffered to his reputation and the injustice he experienced shine a light on the … Continue reading

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Texas Appellate Court Goes the Extra Mile (literally) in Non-Compete Dispute, Expands Geographic Scope of Injunction

An appellate ruling from the Dallas Fifth Court of Appeals in January is an important read for those who closely follow Texas non-compete litigation.    The opinion in Richard Gehrke and Pacific Companies Inc. v Merritt Hawkins and Associates is a rare example … Continue reading

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