Starting a food retail establishment in Texas can be as thrilling and as it is challenging. It requires months of planning, producing a compelling business model, filing for insurance, settling permits and licenses and searching for the ideal location. One of the most...
Regulatory Compliance
4 common compliance issues for Texas businesses
Running a business in Texas comes with enough challenges, from chasing down clients and keeping your employees happy to growing your brand. The last thing you want is a compliance problem sneaking up on you. Legal compliance can easily slip through the cracks,...
Texas allows some energy companies to use eminent domain
In many situations, and most states, eminent domain is a power that is only used by the government. It can be exercised when the government is doing something considered beneficial to the public. For instance, the government may use eminent domain to claim private...
What should I know about selling timber in Texas?
The Texas A&M Forest Service released a report noting it expects timber needs to increase based on US Census Bureau data. This data points to a rise in demand for new, privately-owned housing developments. The completion of these developments require many...
3 things to know about Supreme Court’s recent EPA ruling
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) recently took on a case questioning the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ability to limit carbon emissions. In the case, West Virginia v. EPA, the government questioned whether the EPA could put carbon emissions...
EPA fines small business $10K for regulation violation
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a federal agency tasked with using various rules and regulations to help protect people and the environment from significant health risks. It has the authority to move forward with both civil and criminal actions against...
Will the EPA implement strict emissions standards in 2022?
In order to get to the answer, we need to dive into a bit of recent history. Back under President Barack Obama, the EPA proposed a change to emissions regulation presented as the Clean Power Plan. This plan would have required electric plants cut their emissions to at...
EPA addition to Hazardous Air Pollutants could impact dry cleaners
Dry cleaners are often small business operations that work to help their local communities. Entrepreneurs who own these businesses must balance basic business needs, like balancing their assets and liabilities, with strict compliance to applicable regulations. Since...
Hospitals and vaccination requirements
Story after story is grabbing the public’s attention and shining a light on the difficulties hospital and private practice administrations face when trying to navigate regulatory compliance. The public is currently paying attention to COVID-19 vaccination guidelines,...
Will the Supreme Court take on water rights in the next session?
Water is a precious resource. Lawmakers recognize its uniqueness and have passed numerous laws to protect it that impact the actions we take around waterways. These laws affect everyone from individual developers to states as a whole. Big water issues: Cases likely...