Texas Government and Property Law Blog Subscribe to the Texas Government and Property Law Blog Email Address Sign Up We respect your privacy. Thank you! Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 9/14/16 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 9/14/16 Down Into the Ground Goes the Bubblin’ Crude Read More Regulatory Risk Analys... Bill Cobb 9/6/16 Regulatory Risk Analys... Bill Cobb 9/6/16 Don’t Mess with Texas Signs: Highway Beautification Does Not Mean Content Regulation Read More Government Investigati... Bill Cobb 8/16/16 Government Investigati... Bill Cobb 8/16/16 Corporate Miranda Warnings after the Great Recession Read More Regulatory Risk Analys... Bill Cobb 7/13/16 Regulatory Risk Analys... Bill Cobb 7/13/16 The Art of Data Breach Response and Protection Read More Litigation & Local... Bill Cobb 6/21/16 Litigation & Local... Bill Cobb 6/21/16 Make a Class Action Moot, An Empty Hand Does Not Read More Government Investigati... Bill Cobb 6/20/16 Government Investigati... Bill Cobb 6/20/16 The 5th Circuit Once was Blind, but Now It Sees! Read More Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 6/17/16 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 6/17/16 Texas High Court Eliminates Sales Tax Exemption for Wellbore Equipment, Yet Potentially Extends Exemption to Additional Equipment Read More Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 6/13/16 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 6/13/16 EPA Acted Unreasonably When it Failed to Consider Costs in Rule-Making— but Supreme Court Declines to Hear Whether those Rules Require Vacatur Read More Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 5/3/16 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 5/3/16 Texas Supreme Court Clears the Air: Houston Ordinance Preempted by State Law Read More Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 12/10/15 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 12/10/15 Texas Supreme Court rules incorporation of defective products does not constitute physical injury under the standard form commercial general liability policy Read More Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 7/30/15 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 7/30/15 States Successfully Challenge EPA Emissions Budgets, Requiring Re-Examination by EPA Read More Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 7/24/15 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 7/24/15 Fifth Circuit Affirms EPA Approval of Texas’s Flexible Permit Program (Again) Read More Regulatory Risk Analys... Bill Cobb 7/8/15 Regulatory Risk Analys... Bill Cobb 7/8/15 Supreme Court Quashes Town’s Sign Ordinance Read More Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 7/3/15 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 7/3/15 EPA Must Consider Cost When Regulating Power Plants Read More Public Information Act... Bill Cobb 6/28/15 Public Information Act... Bill Cobb 6/28/15 Texas Supreme Court Protects “Private” Entities from the Purview of the Texas Public Information Act Read More Public Information Act... Bill Cobb 6/21/15 Public Information Act... Bill Cobb 6/21/15 Texas Supreme Court Opens the Floodgates to Open Records Litigation Read More Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 5/11/15 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 5/11/15 Bottoms Up! Maker’s Mark Defeats “Handmade” Class Action Read More Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 4/12/15 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 4/12/15 “All Natural” Labeling Class Fails for Lack of Ascertainability of Class Members Read More Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 4/6/15 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 4/6/15 Advertising Products as “Handmade” or “Handcrafted”? Beware: The Tito’s Vodka Class Action Continues… Read More Government Investigati... Bill Cobb 3/2/15 Government Investigati... Bill Cobb 3/2/15 Are Civil Penalties “Damages”? Read More Newer Posts Older Posts
Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 9/14/16 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 9/14/16 Down Into the Ground Goes the Bubblin’ Crude Read More
Regulatory Risk Analys... Bill Cobb 9/6/16 Regulatory Risk Analys... Bill Cobb 9/6/16 Don’t Mess with Texas Signs: Highway Beautification Does Not Mean Content Regulation Read More
Government Investigati... Bill Cobb 8/16/16 Government Investigati... Bill Cobb 8/16/16 Corporate Miranda Warnings after the Great Recession Read More
Regulatory Risk Analys... Bill Cobb 7/13/16 Regulatory Risk Analys... Bill Cobb 7/13/16 The Art of Data Breach Response and Protection Read More
Litigation & Local... Bill Cobb 6/21/16 Litigation & Local... Bill Cobb 6/21/16 Make a Class Action Moot, An Empty Hand Does Not Read More
Government Investigati... Bill Cobb 6/20/16 Government Investigati... Bill Cobb 6/20/16 The 5th Circuit Once was Blind, but Now It Sees! Read More
Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 6/17/16 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 6/17/16 Texas High Court Eliminates Sales Tax Exemption for Wellbore Equipment, Yet Potentially Extends Exemption to Additional Equipment Read More
Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 6/13/16 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 6/13/16 EPA Acted Unreasonably When it Failed to Consider Costs in Rule-Making— but Supreme Court Declines to Hear Whether those Rules Require Vacatur Read More
Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 5/3/16 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 5/3/16 Texas Supreme Court Clears the Air: Houston Ordinance Preempted by State Law Read More
Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 12/10/15 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 12/10/15 Texas Supreme Court rules incorporation of defective products does not constitute physical injury under the standard form commercial general liability policy Read More
Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 7/30/15 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 7/30/15 States Successfully Challenge EPA Emissions Budgets, Requiring Re-Examination by EPA Read More
Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 7/24/15 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 7/24/15 Fifth Circuit Affirms EPA Approval of Texas’s Flexible Permit Program (Again) Read More
Regulatory Risk Analys... Bill Cobb 7/8/15 Regulatory Risk Analys... Bill Cobb 7/8/15 Supreme Court Quashes Town’s Sign Ordinance Read More
Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 7/3/15 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 7/3/15 EPA Must Consider Cost When Regulating Power Plants Read More
Public Information Act... Bill Cobb 6/28/15 Public Information Act... Bill Cobb 6/28/15 Texas Supreme Court Protects “Private” Entities from the Purview of the Texas Public Information Act Read More
Public Information Act... Bill Cobb 6/21/15 Public Information Act... Bill Cobb 6/21/15 Texas Supreme Court Opens the Floodgates to Open Records Litigation Read More
Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 5/11/15 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 5/11/15 Bottoms Up! Maker’s Mark Defeats “Handmade” Class Action Read More
Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 4/12/15 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 4/12/15 “All Natural” Labeling Class Fails for Lack of Ascertainability of Class Members Read More
Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 4/6/15 Business & Profess... Bill Cobb 4/6/15 Advertising Products as “Handmade” or “Handcrafted”? Beware: The Tito’s Vodka Class Action Continues… Read More
Government Investigati... Bill Cobb 3/2/15 Government Investigati... Bill Cobb 3/2/15 Are Civil Penalties “Damages”? Read More