by Jeremy Ward | Mar 28, 2018 | Business Transactions, Commercial Transactions, Corporate, Transactional
Every Oklahoma company must continuously maintain a registered office in Oklahoma, which may be the same as its principal place of business, and a registered agent in Oklahoma for service of process. If no office is maintained in the state on a continuous basis the...
by Jeremy Ward | Feb 26, 2018 | Employment
An employer must adhere to the Oklahoma Statutes governing drug and alcohol testing or it may face civil liability for failing to do so. Private employers are not limited to which categories of employees can be tested; however, employers are only allowed to conduct a...
by Jeremy Ward | Feb 26, 2018 | Discrimination, Employment, Wage & Hour
Business owners, more often than not, try to abide by the maxim: “The customer is always right.” Abiding by that maxim, however, may land a business in the middle of a discrimination lawsuit filed by an employee. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits...
by Jeremy Ward | Feb 26, 2018 | Employment
Employers have a legitimate interest in protecting their business as much as possible in case employees leave the company with business and client information. As such, not surprisingly, non-compete agreements are becoming commonplace in employment relationships....
by Jody Nathan | Oct 16, 2017 | Insurance
In Raymond v. Taylor, 2017 OK 80, the Oklahoma Supreme Court said the UM carrier could not subrogate against the tortfeasor’s excess policy. Raymond was killed while a passenger in a truck driven by Taylor, which was in an accident with a truck driven by...