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Food and Beverage News and Trends - July 2025 #2

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This regular publication by DLA Piper lawyers focuses on helping clients navigate the ever-changing business, legal, and regulatory landscape....more

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Food and Beverage News and Trends - June 2025 #3

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This regular publication by DLA Piper lawyers focuses on helping clients navigate the ever-changing business, legal, and regulatory landscape. The FDA is seeking public comment on a proposed method for ranking chemicals in...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

EPA Signals Approval of Texas’ Class VI Injection Well Primacy: Streamlining Carbon Capture and Climate Action

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In a significant move for environmental policy and energy innovation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to approve Texas’ application to administer its own Class VI underground injection well...more

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Well, Well: Outlook for CCUS Projects in Texas Improves as EPA Proposes to Delegate Permitting Authority and the Texas Supreme...

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On June 17, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule to approve Texas’s application for primary permitting and enforcement responsibility (primacy) for carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration wells...more

K&L Gates LLP

Update—Senate Bill 6: A Texas Bill Impacting Large Load Development in ERCOT

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As previously reported, Senator Phil King and Senator Charles Schwertner introduced Texas Senate Bill 6 (SB6) in February 2025. After various amendments and updates, the bill has passed the Texas House and Senate and is now...more

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Request for Comments on Rulemaking to Implement Firming Reliability Requirements for Electric-Generating Facilities in the ERCOT...

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Legislative Background - On Friday, 6 June 2025, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (the PUCT or the Commission) released a memorandum detailing the new requirements set forth under House Bill 1500 (HB 1500) (88 Reg....more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Texas Progresses Toward CCS Primacy

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This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took the penultimate step to granting Texas the authority to directly issue Class VI permits under the Safe Drinking Water Act’s Underground Injection Control (UIC)...more

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Texas Clears Penultimate Hurdle to Class VI Primacy: What it Means for CCS and State-Led Permitting

On June 9, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed granting the State of Texas primary enforcement authority—commonly referred to as “primacy”—over the permitting and regulation of Class VI underground...more

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Carbon Sequestration Advances in Texas as EPA Proposes to Grant Class VI Primacy

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On June 9, 2025, EPA issued a prepublication version of the proposed rule granting Class VI underground injection control (“UIC”) primary enforcement authority (“primacy”) to Texas. Class VI UIC wells are used for the...more

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Texas Senate Bill 378, a.k.a. the "Botox Party Bill", and Its Impact on Existing Medical Regulations

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Texas Senate Bill 378, often referred to as the "Botox Party Bill", is currently making its way through the Texas legislative process. Initiated by State Sen. Charles Schwertner, the bill aims to restrict who can perform...more

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United States: SEC Appears Poised to Bolster Competition on “Y’all Street”

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On 4 April 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published Texas Stock Exchange’s (TXSE) Form 1 Application and Exhibits, indicating that the SEC intends to grant TXSE’s registration as a national securities...more

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New Texas Stock Exchange Aims at Nasdaq and NYSE

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On April 4, the Texas Stock Exchange's (TXSE) Form 1 application for registration as a national securities exchange was publicly released by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The application contains a wealth...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Texas Comptroller Proposes Rule Changes Cementing Tax on 130% of Marketplace Sales

In a controversial move, the Texas Comptroller is poised to amend Rule 3.330, Data Processing Services, effectively rewriting the rules to favor the contentious stance it has adopted in recent audits and litigation. This...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Texas Motor Vehicle Regulation Advisory Committee Rejects Attempt by Texas Dealer Association to Overhaul Vehicle Allocation...

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On June 25, 2024, the Motor Vehicle Regulation Advisory Committee of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (the “Advisory Committee”) rejected a rulemaking petition advanced by the Texas Automobile Dealers Association...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Federal Court Enjoins FTC From Implementing Non-Compete Ban

A federal judge in the Northern District of Texas has enjoined the Federal Trade Commission from implementing its Rule banning non-compete agreements and stayed the effective date of the Rule while the underlying lawsuit...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Texas Regulators to Consider Changes to Consumable Hemp Program

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission, on behalf of the Texas Department of State Health Services, recently announced that it was accepting public comments to the current rules governing consumer hemp products in the...more

Nossaman LLP

Unified Agenda Foretells Species Listings, Critical Habitat Designations for Texas

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On December 6, the Biden Administration released the Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda), which lists the regulatory and deregulatory actions the various federal administrative...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Public Facility Corporation Compliance ‎Monitoring: Texas Department of Housing and ‎Community ‎Affairs Proposes Rules

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Texas House Bill 2071 (the “Bill”), which took effect on June 18, 2023 to modify Chapter 303 of the Texas Local Government Code (the “Code”) with respect to the ownership of a multifamily residential development (a...more

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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Implements Changes to Compliance History Rules

Rule change may have impact on permitting, reporting and enforcement for sites dealing with emergencies. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has adopted changes to compliance history rules that would...more

Freeman Law

Texas Tax Roundup | February 2022 (RECOVERED!)

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Howdy y’all!  Has it been a month already?  We’ve got another action-packed month of Comptroller-related news.  Here we go! Court Cases Courts of Appeals Hegar v. Black, Mann, and Graham, L.L.P., No. 03-20-00391-CV (Tex....more

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2022 or “2020 Too?” TCEQ Resumes Major Rulemaking To Revise Compliance History Rules Affecting Industrial Companies in Texas

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In October 2020, we shared proposed changes by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) that signaled increased enforcement and penalty amounts for Texas businesses. One of those changes was TCEQ’s stated intent...more

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Governor Abbott to Pre-Screen Texas Agency Rules

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According to an article in the Quorum Report published June 27, 2018, Governor Greg Abbott wants to review all Texas agency rules before they are posted in the Texas Register for public comment. ...more

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