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Mayer Brown

Licensing Link June 2025 Special Edition

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Licensing Link is a periodic publication that will keep you informed on hot topics and new developments in state licensing laws, and provide practice tips and primers on important issues related to state licensing across the...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Texas Enacts Liability Shield From Punitive Damages for Certain Small Businesses That Adopt Cybersecurity Programs

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On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 2610 into law, joining a growing number of states that aim to incentivize sound cybersecurity practices through legislative safe harbors. Modeled on laws in states like...more

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When Less Isn’t More: the Texas Hemp Ban and the Risks of Unregulated Markets

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Late last Wednesday evening the Texas House of Representatives dealt the hemp industry in the Lone Star State what can only be described as a Texas size heartache with the passage of Senate Bill 3 (SB3), effectively banning...more

Hendershot Cowart P.C.

Texas Senate Bill 29: New Business Liability Protections and Governance Reforms for SMBs

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Texas Senate Bill 29 (SB 29), signed into law by Governor Abbott on May 14, 2025, and effective immediately, introduces substantial changes to the Texas Business Organizations Code that affect how businesses operate in the...more

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The New CFPB Small Business Lending Rule Moves Forward

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The new small business finance rule passed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) requires “Covered” financial institutions to collect and report data on applications for credit for small businesses. This rule,...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Countdown to 3 new data privacy laws: Texas, Oregon, Florida

The past couple of years have seen a number of states enact comprehensive privacy laws. Thus far, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia have enacted state privacy laws. In July, we will see three new privacy...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Texas Data Privacy and Security Act – An Overview

The Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA) became law on June 16, 2023. Texas becomes the 11th state to enact a comprehensive consumer data privacy law, joining California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Iowa,...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights: V 7, Issue 4, April 2023

The Cost of "Electrification" “Electrification” has become a ubiquitous term these days, although depending on who you ask, it might have different meanings. However defined, a critical component of electrification as a...more

Adams & Reese

For Veterans Starting a Texas Business - No Formation Fee and No Franchise Tax for Five Years

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As a veteran and now corporate services attorney, it is important to be aware of the resources available to assist business owners and entrepreneurs with properly setting us business entities. Now, veterans are provided a...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

COVID Confusion: Texas Governor Issues Executive Order Effectively Banning Vaccine Mandates

In a move sure to generate controversy, confusion, and litigation, on October 11, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an Executive Order effectively prohibiting all private businesses from requiring employees or customers...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

New Texas Law Shields Businesses From COVID-19 Liability

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On June 14, 2021, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law SB 6, a bill granting retroactive civil liability protections for large and small businesses, and a variety of health care providers and first responders subjected to...more

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Under Texas Law, You Can Have Your Cake, But Not Always Eat it Too: Choice of Forum Clauses Are Enforceable, Choice of Venue Has...

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Small, private companies are often viewed as a key to the growth of the GDP in the U.S. Even small companies quickly realize, however, that they are competing for business not just in their own neighborhood, but as part of a...more

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COVID-19 Guidance for Texas Businesses

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Texas Governor’s Business and Community Development Division has published helpful frequently asked questions for local small businesses and community economic development partners to...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Texas: State and Local COVID-19 Social Distancing Measures

Aiming to protect public health within a large and diverse geography and an independent-minded culture, Texas responds to the COVID-19 pandemic with an evolving patchwork of state and local social distancing orders. To date,...more

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