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Mar 24, 2020 | By Massingill Staff | Read Time: < 1 minute | Healthcare Business Law

Texas Chiropractors: Protect Your Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic

On Monday, March 23, Texas healthcare attorney Joshua Massingill joined Darla Sees, an organizational development and human resources consultant, in a webinar hosted by the Texas Chiropractic Association: Protecting Your Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic. The webinar featured important legal, financial, and human resources updates related to the novel coronavirus crisis and is essential viewing for Texas chiropractors. Also, the Texas...

Feb 22, 2020 | By Massingill Staff | Read Time: 3 minutes | Business Law

Five Things to Know Before Selling Your Business

EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS IS A GUEST POST BY JOHN FINCHER, A CERTIFIED BUSINESS INTERMEDIARY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. JOHN IS NOT AN ATTORNEY, BUT WE ASKED HIM TO SHARE SOME THOUGHTS WITH OUR READERS WHO MAY BE CONTEMPLATING SELLING A BUSINESS. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT JOHN. 1. SELLING A BUSINESS IS A COMPLEX PROCESS AND CAN TAKE 9 MONTHS OR...

Oct 15, 2019 | By Massingill Staff | Read Time: 4 minutes | Healthcare Business Law

Texas Stem Cell Law Update

THE FOLLOWING IS AN EDUCATIONAL ARTICLE INTENDED TO HIGHLIGHT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST TO PHYSICIANS AND OTHER HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS. IT IS NOT A LEGAL OPINION AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING SO FACTS, CIRCUMSTANCES, RULES AND REGULATIONS MAY CHANGE THAT WOULD ALTER THE ANALYSES BELOW. In recent weeks,...

Aug 8, 2019 | By Massingill Staff | Read Time: < 1 minute | Business Law

Labor Poster Scams

Forming a business entity provides business owners with many advantages: liability protection, tax flexibility, access to capital, and more. But there is at least one downside: occasional junk mail. If you’ve recently incorporated, an “Important Notice” may arrive in an official-looking envelope informing you that you must post various labor notices in your workplace or face fines. Conveniently, they include...

Mar 29, 2018 | By Massingill Staff | Read Time: 3 minutes | Healthcare Business Law

Sex and Subluxation: A Legal Guide for Texas Chiropractors

Engaging in sexual activity with patients is, as we say in the legal field, a very bad idea. Sexual misconduct can trigger severe disciplinary action by the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners (“TBCE”) and civil liability for damages. Doctors who behave responsibly with patients can nevertheless face liability for sexual discrimination and harassment in the workplace. And even doctors whose personal...

Apr 17, 2017 | By Massingill Staff | Read Time: < 1 minute | Massingill News

Massingill Named “Rising Star” Lobbyist by Capitol Inside

Capitol Inside released its 2017 Texas Lobby Power Rankings and named principal attorney Joshua Massingill a “rising star” lobbyist. The publication’s biennial power rankings are a staple of Texas politics and recognize the state’s most prominent and effective advocates.

Dec 15, 2016 | By Massingill Staff | Read Time: 2 minutes | Healthcare Business Law

Employment Law Basics: Tips for the Entrepreneurial Doctor

Note: This article first appeared in the Fall 2016 edition of the Texas Journal of Chiropractic, the premier resource for Doctors of Chiropractic in Texas. In his book The E Myth Revisited, Michael E. Gerber opines that the fatal assumption made by many small business owners is that “if you understand the technical work of a business, you understand a business that...

Sep 7, 2016 | By Massingill Staff | Read Time: 2 minutes | Healthcare Business Law

Starting a Business: Tips for the Entrepreneurial Doctor

Note: This article first appeared in the Summer 2016 edition of the Texas Journal of Chiropractic, the premier resource for Doctors of Chiropractic in Texas. Many new doctors graduate from chiropractic school, decide to launch their own practice, and subsequently discover that while their education prepared them to deliver quality care to patients, it did not prepare them to own and...

Aug 23, 2016 | By Massingill Staff | Read Time: 2 minutes | Estate Planning

Community Property Basics

As you may know, Texas is a community property state. This means that Texas law differentiates between community property, which belongs to both spouses equally, and separate property, which belongs to one spouse. In general, property acquired during marriage is community property. Separate property consists of anything one spouse owned before marriage, property acquired by one spouse by gift or inheritance,...

Jul 28, 2016 | By Massingill Staff | Read Time: 2 minutes | Business Law

What’s an Operating Agreement and Why do I Need One?

One of an entrepreneur’s first legal decisions often is deciding to create a limited liability company (“LLC”). This can be a great decision as it helps provide a limitation on the entrepreneur’s personal liability. But filing the paperwork to create an LLC is the beginning of the formation process, not the end. In order to preserve the limited liability...