Mahendru, P.C. Trial Attorneys Ashish Mahendru and Darren Braun Share Insights on Noncompete Agreements in Texas with Texas Lawyer

Mahendru, P.C. founding partner Ashish Mahendru and fellow Mahendru, P.C. trial attorney Darren Braun contributed the article “A Noncompete Ban in Texas? Don’t Hold Your Breath,” to the Texas Lawyer Labor and Employment Special Section. The attorneys address the legislative efforts in Texas to define state law on noncompete agreements, contracts many workers are asked […]

Ashish Mahendru Earns Selection to the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers List

Veteran trial lawyer Ashish Mahendru, founder of the Houston-based commercial litigation boutique firm Mahendru P.C., has been named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers list for 2025. This is Mr. Mahendru’s fifth consecutive year to earn this honor. He was singled out for excellence in the commercial litigation and whistleblower practice categories. Lawdragon […]

Mahendru P.C. trial lawyer Darren Braun Commentary on the FTC ban of Non-compete Agreements Featured in Texas Lawyer Special Edition

The Federal Trade Commission recently made shockwaves in labor and employment law after issuing a final rule banning post-employment non-compete agreements. Darren Braun, a trial lawyer with the Houston-based boutique commercial litigation firm Mahendru P.C. contributed an article entitled “The FTC’s Noncompete Ban: Don’t Put the Cart Before the Horse” for Texas Lawyer in the […]

How to Stop Your Legal Opponents in Their Tracks

It may be that a competitor has interfered with a business contract, an employee has stolen your trade secrets or breached a non-compete agreement, or a business partner has stolen from your company.  You have to go to court to protect the company though you’d rather not. An Easier Path Many lawyers follow the hard […]

What To Do When Your Business Partner Becomes Your Enemy

As a business owner, your priority is to protect and grow your company, and the last thing you want is a critical disagreement with your business partner. A partnership dispute not only disrupts your business, it can become both a stressful personal and professional experience.  “If you find yourself in a bitter fight with a […]

Beware of Arming Yourself With Trade Secrets That Don’t Belong to You

Texas aligned itself with the vast majority of the country by passing the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act.  Importantly, this new law provides that a court may enjoin “actual or threatened misappropriation” of Trade Secrets. The act broadly defines Trade Secrets as “[I]nformation, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, process, financial data, […]

Commercial Litigation Advice to Prevent a Lawsuit

Many times in partnership disputes, litigators arrive at the scene after the dispute has erupted and the lawsuit has started or parties are entrenched in their positions and a lawsuit is the only way out. Since that is the usual set of facts I get confronted with, there are always instances in the lawsuit when […]