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Lloyd Gosselink is pleased to announce the four distinguished law students selected to take part in the first part of our Summer 2023 Law Clerk Program!
Lloyd Gosselink is pleased to announce the four distinguished law students selected to take part in the first part of our Summer 2023 Law Clerk Program! This summer, we are excited to welcome law clerks Emily Gustafson, Chloe… Read More
Employment Law Update: Updated Department of Labor Posting Requirements
In response to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act, the Department of Labor is in the process of updating required Employment Law posters. At the end of April, the Department of Labor issued… Read More
The Lone Star Current – April 2023 Edition
Don’t forget – if there is ever a topic that you would like for us to cover, please reach out to our Managing Editor, Sara Thornton, at 512.322.5876 or sthornton@lglawfirm.com. Otherwise, enjoy our latest issue! If you would like to… Read More
Texas Supreme Court to Determine ERCOT’s Winter Storm Uri’s Liability
by Rick Arnett On January 9, 2023, the Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. v. CPS Energy, 648 S.W.3d 520 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2021, pet. granted) and Panda Power Generation Infrastructure… Read More
Taking Advantage of the Fair Market Value Methodology for Ratemaking Purposes in Water/Sewer System Acquisitions
by David Klein and Chloe Daniels It is commonplace in Texas for retail water and sewer systems to be bought and sold, and when the parties to such a transaction involve a for-profit utility and/or non-profit water supply… Read More
Municipal Corner
Chapter 176 of the Local Government Code requires a local government officer to file a specified disclosure form when contracting with a vendor if the vendor has a business or family relationship with the officer. Tex. Att’y Gen. Op. Read More
Third Court of Appeals Decides Public Utility Commission Exceeded Authority During Winter Storm Uri
by Wyatt Conoly and Samantha Miller Luminant Energy Company (“Appellants”) filed a direct appeal in March 2021 to the Third Court of Appeals challenging the Public Utility Commission of Texas’s (“PUC’s”) First and Second Orders (the “Orders”) as… Read More
“Ask Sarah” Column
Dear Sarah, We have an employee who recently requested intermittent FMLA leave. He is non exempt and works a non-typical schedule in that he is regularly scheduled for more than 40 hours per week, usually around 45 hours… Read More
In the Courts
Water Cases City of Ames v. City of Liberty, No. 09-22-00092-CV, 2023 WL 2180967 (Tex. App.—Beaumont Feb. 23, 2023, no pet. h.). The City of Liberty (the “Plaintiff”) owns and operates a wastewater collection system and treatment… Read More
Agency Highlights
United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Texas’s Clean Water Act Permitting Under Investigation by the EPA. EPA is conducting an “informal investigation” of the state of Texas’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permitting program. The investigation is… Read More