Branscomb Law Supports Citizens for Educational Excellence
BRANSCOMB LAW is a participating sponsor in the June 16, 2016 Leading by Example: Educational Advocate Awards being held at the Al Amin Shriners Pavilion in Corpus Christi, Texas. For more information about the organization, visit their website.
Susana Canseco, Texas Real Estate and Water Law Attorney
Author Jillian Beck featured Susana Canseco, a real estate and water law attorney with BRANSCOMB LAW, in the June 2016 issue of the Texas Bar Journal. Susana Canseco has spent many mornings and afternoons surveying her cattle as they graze on grassy pastures lined with rows of pecan trees. It’s a stark contrast to most […]
Don’t Fall Prey to an Incomplete Overtime Exemption Analysis
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule increased the levels of salary required to be paid to employees to qualify for certain exemptions from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Some employers have mistakenly interpreted the DOL’s final rule as setting the only standard for overtime exemption, believing that if the minimum salary […]
Department of Labor’s Final Rule – Updates Overtime and “White Collar” Exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act
The Department of Labor (“DOL”) has, at last, issued its Final Rule on overtime. The key provisions of the Final Rule include: (i) increases to the minimum salary levels for employees to be classified as exempt under the FLSA from $455 to $913 per week or $23,660 per year to $47,476 per year; (ii) increase […]
Texas Open Carry Law
As of January 1, 2016, individuals who have a concealed handgun license (CHL) may openly carry a handgun. This change in the law raises questions and concerns for many employers who want to keep guns out of the workplace. The following is a summary of Texas gun laws with which employers should be familiar. The […]
BRANSCOMB LAW HIRED TO REPRESENT CREDITORS OF SHERWIN ALUMINA
BRANSCOMB LAW has been engaged to represent a significant vendor to Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC, which on January 11, 2016 filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the U. S Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi Division. For more information on Bankruptcy Law in Texas, please email Pat Autry […]
BRANSCOMB LAW Received Recognition in The 2016 Edition of “Best Law Firms”
BRANSCOMB LAW received the following Tier 1 and 2 recognition by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® in the 2016 Edition of “Best Law Firms”: Austin: Tier 2 – Corporate Law Corpus Christi: Tier 1 – Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Trusts & Estates, Tax Law, Trusts & Estates Law Tier 2 – Real Estate Law San Antonio: Tier […]
International Investors Not A Threat Copy
Kara Batey, a member of the firm’s Oil, Gas and Energy Group, discusses international investors in Texas with Anna Wiernicki, reporter for KLBK 13 TV. Click the Read More button to activate the following link: Chinese international investment company, Yantai Xinchao, plans to purchase Texas oil fields.
The NLRB Expressly Overrules Precedent to Expand Union Recognition Efforts
Recently, the NLRB reviewed the question of whether a contractor’s employees who were providing services at a facility owned by a separate entity were jointly employed by both the contractor and the facility owner. In Browning-Ferris Indus., 362 NRLB No. 186 (NLRB 2015), the Board concluded that they were. With the declared purpose to “modify […]
Susana E. Canseco Speaking On Public Trust Doctrine
Susana E. Canseco will be speaking on Public Trust Doctrine at the Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts’ Texas Groundwater Summit taking place August 25-27, 2015.
