- Business FormationFor more information on Texas business formation and to understand how our services can assist you in the formation of a Texas business entity, contact us directly or call us at 713.802.9144. For additional information on Texas business formation, you may visit the Texas Secretary of State.
- Business DisputesWe advise small businesses and employers in all areas business law, with a emphasis on early intervention counseling and outside the box problem solving to avoid unnecessary and time-consuming lawsuits. At Craft Chu, we take the time to get to know our clients in order to understand their particular business needs, and their specific problems. We can provide our clients with premium legal services tailored to the particular business needs of the client and rendered both efficiently and cost-effectively.
- Limited Liability CompaniesThe legal form of business chosen for a business entity potentially affects every aspect of its day to day operations. We assist entrepreneurs and small businesses in deciding whether to form as a sole proprietorship, limited liability company, partnership, or a corporation. All businesses operating in Texas as limited partnerships, registered limited liability partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations, professional corporations, nonprofit corporations, and professional associations must register with the Texas Secretary of State.
- Trade SecretsThe Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) was passed into law in May 2016, and provides a federal cause of action for trade-secret misappropriation. The DTSA creates the first federal civil cause of action and suite of statutory remedies for the misappropriation of trade secrets in the United States and provides a single uniform cause of action for trade secret misappropriation across the states. The law also grants legal immunity to corporate whistle-blowers with a related notice requirement for their employers, and a civil property seizure mechanism used only in extraordinary circumstances. Prior to the DTSA, as a civil matter, trade secret misappropriation claims were governed exclusively by state laws. The DTSA does not pre-empt state law, meaning that a party can file suit under the DTSA in federal court and plead a parallel state law claim arising out of the same set of facts. Under the DTSA, a party can recover injunctive relief, monetary damages, and attorneys’ fees.
- Intellectual PropertyAlthough the registration of a trademark is nonessential, the benefits that doing so bestows upon your business is invaluable. The process of registering a trademark can be intimidating, especially when it comes to navigating the complex rules and regulations that dictate trademark registration and its subsequent approval. When you work with a trademark attorney in Houston Texas at the experienced firm of Craft Chu PLLC, you will be working with a team of professionals dedicated solely to intellectual property law. Our company guarantees a transparent, simple process for your trademark registration, answering all questions that you may have along the way.
- Unfair CompetitionUnfair competition in commercial law refers to a number of areas of law involving acts by one competitor or a group of competitors which harms another in the field, and which may give rise to criminal offenses and civil causes of action.
- Antitrust
- Employment Contract
- BankruptcyEntertainment law or “media law” is a term for a broad collection of more traditional categories of law with a focus on providing legal services to the entertainment industry. The principal areas of entertainment law overlap substantially with the well-known and conventional fields of intellectual property law. The practice of entertainment law often involves questions of employment law, labor law, bankruptcy law, immigration law, securities law, security interests, agency, intellectual property law involving trademarks, copyright, and the “Right of Publicity”, privacy rights, defamation and slander, clearance of rights, product placement, advertising, International law, and insurance law.