http://www.elseylaw.com The Best Law Firm in Denton County Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:29:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en GENDER DISCRIMINATION And the Working Mother   You were engaged in your career for several years and had managed to successfully navigate through that illusory balance between work and family. You loved your job, your boss loved your work and you just got the opportunity to lead an eighteen month long project that ... http://www.elseylaw.com/2009/01/gender-discrimination-and-the-working-mother/ Women In Business The Force is with You!   Are you interested in partaking in a statistical experiment?   If the approximately 20 million firms that exist in American were each assigned identification numbers and you were selected to randomly select a single phone number to call from those firms, odds are that when you ... http://www.elseylaw.com/2009/01/women-in-business/ DO YOU HAVE WILL (POWER) What you should know   Do you want to hear an amazing statistic? More than sixty per of the eligible people in the U.S. have no will (power). No, I’m not talking about the willpower it takes to be able to push away from the table; I’m talking ... http://www.elseylaw.com/2009/01/do-you-have-the-will-power-estate-planning/ YOU AND THE LAW (The Stories Men Tell)   A repeating scenario that plays itself out in the offices of lawyers throughout Texas goes something like this:   A woman, distraught over the eminent break-up of her marriage arrives at the offices of her chosen attorney for the initial consultation. Before the attorney has a ... http://www.elseylaw.com/2009/01/community-property-the-stories-men-tell/ TORT REFORM GOOD OR BAD? By Chuck Elsey   Most of us are aware of the McDonalds case where a 79 year old woman was awarded $200,000 in compensatory damages and $2.7 million in punitive damages because she spilled a cup of McDonald’s hot coffee in her own lap. I’m sure like most Texans ... http://www.elseylaw.com/2009/01/tort-reform/ TO DRILL OR NOT TO DRILL….. The issue of urban drilling has become a political maelstrom tearing at the fiber of our peaceful community.   The Town of Flower Mound, known to have one of the strictest oil and gas drilling ordinances in north Texas, recently supported a decision by its Oil and ... http://www.elseylaw.com/2009/01/to-drill-or-not-to-drill/ MARITAL AGREEMENTS   As we are all aware the divorce rate in the United States has continued to rise. Accordingly, there are more divorced people entering into second marriages. An offshoot to this is a rise is the use of marital agreements which can address a myriad of issues as couples enter ... http://www.elseylaw.com/2009/01/marital-agreements/ FORCED TO DRILL Until the promulgation and passage of the “Mineral Interest Pooling Act of 1965” (“MIPA”) there was no specific code in Texas that addressed the consequence of a mineral owner being left out of or refusing to participate in a pooled unit. The law seemed to satisfy the rights ... http://www.elseylaw.com/2009/01/forced-to-drill/ Our first offering will be a short recitation on the mediation process, which provides a means to attempt to resolve a variety of disputes in a time sensitive and cost efficient manner. Although mediation is employed in many different dispute resolution venues and disparate areas of law, this article will ... http://www.elseylaw.com/2009/01/mediation-as-it-were/ YOU AND THE LAW   Uh oh! You’ve been you’ve been sued or injured (financially or personally)!   What for you ask? Possibly its a matter affecting your business, maybe a dispute with your neighbor, and all too often it’s for divorce, or over a custody issue or child support payments, but put that ... http://www.elseylaw.com/2009/01/frequently-asked-questions/