Author Archives: LG Law Firm
Employment Law Update: Status Update on FLSA Exemption Salary Threshold
Author: Michelle White, Associate Attorney On November 15, 2024, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule to increase the salary threshold for overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was vacated by the Eastern District… Read More
Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C. Ranked by Best Law Firms® in 2025
Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C. has been recognized in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms®, ranked by Best Lawyers®, regionally in 5 practice areas. Firms included in the 2025 Best Law Firms® list are recognized for professional excellence… Read More
PUC Rulemaking: Comments Due 11/7/2024!
The Public Utility Commission (Commission) is proposing amendments to 16 Texas Administrative Code § 24.233 relating to Contents of Certificates of Convenience and Necessity (CCN) Applications. The proposed amendments will implement Texas Water Code §§ 13.244 and 13.246 as revised… Read More
The Lone Star Current – October 2024 Edition
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Service Failures During Hurricane Beryl Attract Legislative and Regulatory Attention
by Roslyn Warner and Jake Dyer On the heels of a May 2024 derecho, Hurricane Beryl made landfall near Matagorda, Texas on July 8, 2024 leaving more than 2.7 million Texans without power and resulting in ongoing political and regulatory… Read More
SUD Conversion: A Hail Mary for WSCs
by Danielle Lam While the population in Texas hit 30 million in 2022, the State’s water supplies are struggling to keep up with the growth.1 The Texas Water Development Board’s (“TWDB”) 2022 State Water Plan predicts that in the next… Read More
Public Utility Commission Establishes the ERCOT Reliability Standard
by Rick Arnett The Public Utility Commission of Texas (“PUC”), after a year and a half of deliberation, adopted the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (“ERCOT”) reliability standard. ERCOT will now simulate market conditions—such as available power supply, weatherization efforts,… Read More
Impact Fees: What’s the Impact OF That?
by David Klein Adopting and implementing water and wastewater impact fees can be a very useful (and in some instances critical) tool for a municipality or water district (“District”) to generate the needed revenues to pay for the rising costs… Read More
Texas Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Critical Water Quality Case
by Nathan Vasser The Supreme Court of Texas heard oral argument on October 1, 2024 in a case that carries implications for both deference to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (“TCEQ’s”) discharge permitting as well as to underlying antidegradation… Read More
Municipal Corner
The Attorney General resolves question concerning public service appointments and nepotism laws. Tex. Att’y Gen. Op. KP-0471 (2024). The Erath County Attorney requested an opinion from the Texas Attorney General (the “AG”) to resolve questions relating to the Erath County… Read More
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