Richards Rodriguez & Skeith LLP

Richards Rodriguez & Skeith LLP An experienced Austin-based law firm with practical solutions for growing businesses. Richards Rodriguez & Skeith LLP is a law firm with a soul.

We care deeply about our clients, our families, our community, and each other. Our firm believes that the best way to achieve our clients' goals is through clear and honest communication, hard work, and fairness to all concerned. We create financial prosperity for ourselves by providing our clients with excellent legal representation and unsurpassed personal service, and we balance our work and pe

rsonal lives to make us better family members, better legal professionals, and better citizens. We treat our clients, our colleagues, and our adversaries the way that we would like to be treated. Our firm is committed to the highest standards of ethics and integrity.

08/28/2026

In this final installment of the series, founding partner, Paul Skeith explains exactly how to apply for your ID.

📝 As mentioned in the video, you can set up your account and begin the application process directly through the official federal portal here: https://na2.hubs.ly/H06CyWJ0

🔄 Share this post with a founder or managing partner who is actively setting up their corporate compliance framework.

08/25/2026

If you are currently negotiating a business acquisition, an equity buyout, or a corporate partnership in Austin, you need to know that the legal landscape in Texas has officially changed. 👀

will not rewrite an agreement to save a buyer from a liquidity crunch, nor will they soften contract terms because a deal became difficult to close.

🔍 Bulletproof your deal structures before you head to the closing table. Review your transaction clauses and learn how to secure your business assets today:
https://na2.hubs.ly/H06Cyzb0

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08/24/2026

🌟 Most owners have no idea that Travis County is home to its own specialized judicial division: the Texas Business Court, Third Division.

Even fewer realize a massive regulatory update completely reshaped who can use it.

When Texas originally launched these specialized courts, they were reserved for massive corporate entities battling over "qualified transactions" worth at least $10 million.

But under , the Texas Legislature officially lowered that amount-in-controversy threshold from $10 million down to $5 million.

🔍 To view the official jurisdictional rules and judicial appointments, you can visit the Texas Courts Business Division here:
https://na2.hubs.ly/H06Cy2y0

08/21/2026

In this video, founding partner, Paul Skeith, shifts the conversation of ID from baseline compliance to long-term risk management.

💬 Let's discuss in the comments: What internal workflows has your team implemented to manage ongoing corporate reporting risks this year? Are they working well?

If your marketing team is using AI-generated images, here is what your legal team needs to know before the massive Midjo...
08/20/2026

If your marketing team is using AI-generated images, here is what your legal team needs to know before the massive Midjourney verdict drops. 🤔

Later this year, Hollywood’s biggest entertainment studios, including Disney, NBCUniversal, DreamWorks, and Warner Bros. Discovery, are heading to a massive trial against AI image generator Midjourney over alleged widespread in its training data.

And the recent, historic $1.5 billion settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic, the largest publicly reported copyright recovery in history, proved that AI developers can face financial consequences for using unlicensed data to train their models.

⚖️ The upcoming Midjourney trial could solidify how the courts handle AI-generated visuals.

If your uses AI images in your ad campaigns, marketing materials, or website assets, you are facing a copyright infringement risk.

📖 Read our strategic breakdown on how AI scraping impacts your business and why proactive copyright protection matters more than ever:
https://na2.hubs.ly/H06Cy2w0

08/18/2026

In commercial leases, most small to medium-sized business owners wait around for the landlord to send an extension agreement, accept the automatic rent hike, and sign it anyway. 😖

But what you don’t realize is that available sublease space has actively contracted, making highly amenitized Class A and Trophy spaces intensely competitive.

What does that mean for you? Institutional landlords want to keep high-quality, occupying tenants in place.

📝🛑 Don't sign away your corporate leverage. Review your lease terms and learn how to position your commercial real estate strategy for success:
https://na2.hubs.ly/H06Cv9X0

08/14/2026

For investors and serial entrepreneurs managing a portfolio of multi-entity structures, corporate compliance paperwork can quickly scale into an administrative nightmare.

Instead of treating compliance like a repetitive manual chore, using smart data shortcuts like applying for a ID keeps your entity secure as you grow!

🔄 Share this post with a founder or investor who is tired of dealing with redundant corporate paperwork or save this as your own reminder.

If you run a growing , you are likely sitting on a major real estate decision right now. But don’t rush to sign those p...
08/12/2026

If you run a growing , you are likely sitting on a major real estate decision right now. But don’t rush to sign those papers! 🛑

When space starts tightening in your favorite submarket, it is incredibly tempting to rush the process, skip a detailed legal review, and just sign the standard landlord contract to lock down the space.

In Texas, that can become an extreme risk to your bottom line.

‼️ Unlike renting an apartment, Texas statutory law provides virtually zero default safety nets or implied protections for commercial tenants. Responsibilities that typically lie with the landlord in residential real estate often land on tenants in poorly reviewed commercial agreements.

Before you execute your next lease, make sure you know exactly what is hidden in the fine print.

Learn more about protecting your operations and negotiating balanced commercial lease agreements today: https://na2.hubs.ly/H06CCv90

08/10/2026

🎥 As an SMB owner, do you ever get the nagging feeling that you’re missing a major legal blind spot?

Recent rulings from the newly established Texas Business Court are delivering a major wake-up call for business owners. ⏰

If you are a passive investor or a minority partner, you might assume the managing partners are bound to protect you. Or if you are the manager, you might assume all partners owe a duty of loyalty to the brand.

Under recent Texas precedent, if it isn't clearly written into the contract, those default protections likely don't exist.

Watch this video to learn more about legal risks mid-size overlook: https://na2.hubs.ly/H06CC6N0

08/06/2026

Non-profit org management and boards, you will want to pay close attention to this one! Below, one of our founding partners, Paul Skeith, addresses how the IRS requires charitable organizations to provide specific, written substantiation before a donor can legally claim a write-off.

🔄 Share this post with a CFO, controller, or nonprofit board member who manages corporate giving workflows.

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