by Cobb & Counsel | Dec 26, 2017 | Business & Professional License Defense
Historically, craft breweries have been able to sell distribution rights for their beer, allowing them to earn money to grow their business. In 2013, however, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 639, which prohibited beer manufacturers from selling these...
by Cobb & Counsel | Dec 2, 2016 | Business & Professional License Defense
How President Trump Will Rewind the Green Tape of Obama’s Environmental Legacy President-elect Trump has vowed to undo many of the Obama Administration’s environmental regulations, but doing that might be a little harder than is commonly supposed. Certainly, President...
by Cobb & Counsel | Nov 11, 2016 | Business & Professional License Defense
Texas is changing, and so is the way it regulates the oil and gas industry. Get ready. It’s about to get a whole lot tougher to operate here. Texas has earned its reputation as a place where people like to do business, and perhaps no business is more closely...
by Cobb & Counsel | Sep 14, 2016 | Business & Professional License Defense
The Texas Supreme Court will decide how long landowners can wait to sue oil and gas operators, and how much money will be at stake when they do. The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to review a case which presents issues that will grow increasingly important and common...
by Cobb & Counsel | Jun 17, 2016 | Business & Professional License Defense
Texas oil and gas companies have argued for decades that some of their equipment is exempt from state sales tax. These exemptions add up to hundreds of millions of dollars in potential costs for businesses, or tax revenue for the state. Today, the Texas Supreme Court...
by Cobb & Counsel | Jun 13, 2016 | Business & Professional License Defense
In Michigan v. E.P.A., 576 U.S. 743 (2015), the U.S. Supreme Court reigned in the Environmental Protection Agency, determining that the EPA acted unreasonably in failing to consider costs when formulating the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Rule. This decision...
