ArticleLien And Bond Claims In August 2024: Dates To RememberUse this guide as a reference when filing lien and bond claim notices for the month of August. United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionGray Reed
ArticleThe Gift That Keeps On Giving: CTA Compliance Requirements Change Yet AgainAs noted in our previous alert, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., issued an injunction temporarily...United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawGray Reed
ArticleCybersecurity Is Relentless!Last week I had the privilege of attending the Construction Financial Management Association Dallas/Ft Worth Chapter's monthly membership education luncheon as a prospective member.United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionGray Reed
ArticleSamsung's $45 Billion Texas Chipmaking Facility: A Goldmine And Minefield For ContractorsTexas is currently experiencing one of the largest, most significant construction development projects with Samsung Semiconductor Chipmaking Facility in Taylor, Texas.United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionGray Reed
ArticleTexas AG Issues Opinion On Landmen And Wind Power LeasingIt would be a heavy burden to catalogue all of the wrongs one might attribute to our Texas Attorney General.United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionGray Reed
ArticleReady For Takeoff? Another Step Forward For Commercial Manufacturing At NASA's Exploration ParkNASA's Exploration Park development has taken another step forward. The American Center for Manufacturing and Innovation (ACMI) and its ACMI Properties affiliate have agreed...United StatesTransportGray Reed
ArticleSurging Construction Job Vacancies Signal Need To Reevaluate Labor PracticesAccording to a recent ConstructionDive.com article, construction job openings soared in January 2024 marking over a 40% increase from the same period in 2023.United StatesEmployment and HRGray Reed
ArticleA Brave New World – Tariffs And Force MajeureMy colleague (Graham Quinn) recently wrote an article about the potential financial impact of the impending steel and aluminum tariffs on the construction industry. United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionGray Reed
ArticlePump The Brakes: Corporate Transparency Act Compliance No Longer Required (At Least For Now)The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., issued an injunction temporarily stopping enforcement...United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawGray Reed
ArticleNew Overtime Regulations Frozen - To Death? What You Need To Know About The Overtime Rule Injunction Issued Nov. 22, 2016In response to the new regulations, 21 states and a coalition of business groups filed a federal lawsuit in Texas seeking to prevent the regulations from going into effect.United StatesEmployment and HRGray Reed
ArticleNew Overtime Regulations Frozen – To Death? What You Need To Know About The Overtime Rule Injunction Issued Nov. 22, 2016On March 13, 2014, President Barack Obama issued a presidential memorandum directing the Secretary of Labor to "modernize and streamline the existing overtime regulations".United StatesEmployment and HRGray Reed
ArticleTaxpayer's Refund Claim Survives Despite Lost DocumentsIn one of my favorite legal movies, A Few Good Men, the lack of evidence on a particular point is brought up when Demi Moore's character says to Tom Cruise's character that he knows that something is true.United StatesTaxGray Reed
ArticleIndependence Day For Non-Competes? Court Fireworks Delay FTC RuleBack in April, the FTC made an election year splash by announcing a final rule putting the future of non-compete agreements in serious doubt. Short of an injunction by a federal court, most non-compete agreements...United StatesEmployment and HRGray Reed
ArticleU.S. Department Of Labor Increases Salary Thresholds For Certain FLSA Overtime ExemptionsOn April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Final Rule, increasing the minimum salary and compensation thresholds for certain overtime exemptions...United StatesEmployment and HRGray Reed
ArticleGrandma Left The Money To Whom? Legal Options For Undue Influence And Changing Of WillsErnest "Big Daddy" Bux's great Auntie Heidi Loper moved to a retirement community when her husband Sam retired years go.United StatesFamily and MatrimonialGray Reed
ArticlePainting Over Property Rights: The Effect Of The Visual Artists Rights Act On Real-Estate DevelopmentThe Lillian Corporation purchases a vacant and dilapidated office building with plans to demolish it and build luxury condosUnited StatesReal Estate and ConstructionGray Reed
ArticleTexas Legislature Reduces Statute Of Repose For Residential HomebuildersIn residential construction, the recent legislative amendments to Chapter 27 of the Texas Property Code (the Residential Construction Liability Act or the "RCLA")...United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionGray Reed
ArticleThe Importance Of Construction Contracts In Frisco's Exploding Multifamily MarketSurprise, surprise Frisco, Texas is booming with no evidence of slowing down. In line with that growth, the Hillwood Communities Frisco Station development started in 2016...United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionGray Reed
ArticleTony Box Quoted By Tax Notes On ERC Voluntary Disclosure LimitsThe IRS's ERC voluntary disclosure program has drawn concern from tax attorneys due to uncertainty around entering into the program and still being subjected to criminal prosecution.United StatesTaxGray Reed
ArticleWhat A Difference A Day Makes, At Least When It Comes To Tax Court PetitionsThe Tax Court can be an unusually cruel place when it comes to deadlines. This is what a recent taxpayer found out in a Tax Court decision that denied their challenge of an over $4.6 Million...United StatesTaxGray Reed