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Introduction to the Business Law Section

The Business Law Section of the State Bar of Texas serves the needs of business lawyers licensed in the State of Texas.  The area of law practice defined as “business law” involves any area of law that affects business clients, but particularly the areas of law utilized almost exclusively by people engaged in business activities.  It involves laws governing industries or transactions that are heavily regulated on the state and federal level; common law causes of action; and particular types of transactions that have developed their own unique norms and practices.   Business law is really quite broad and, as a result, there is no set of credentials recognized by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization as optimal to practice in this area of law.  That presents a challenge to practitioners to stay up to date and also maintain a general knowledge of areas that are not in their specialty or within their own experience. ‍