Photo by Gustavo Fring from Pexels Towards the end of last year, Moderna and Pfizer developed vaccines for coronavirus. Now that the technology exists, the challenge at hand involves distributing the vaccine across the nation. Currently, Texas has nearly a million vaccines available, and just over half a million have been administered. This means that, in a state […]

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to plague our country, Minces Rankin PLLC remains hard at work doing what we can to help our clients and their employees remain safe and financially solvent.  A wide range of businesses, including gyms, other law firms, and more, have trusted us for advice on weathering the pandemic.  Minces Rankin PLLC is […]

Texas governor Greg Abbott received a lot of media attention recently when announcing that he would not consider “any more lockdowns” in response to increasing coronavirus cases in the Lone Star State.  On November 23rd, there were 6,576 new cases in Texas (an increase of 1,666 from the previous week’s average), putting the state’s total […]

Last week, the United States Senate held hearings to decide whether to confirm Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, to the Supreme Court. The similarities between Justice Barrett and the late Justice Ginsburg end at their use of both their maiden and married last names. Barrett’s judicial philosophy, the timing […]

Last week, Minces Rankin PLLC prevailed for our clients in a $45 million complex commercial arbitration. The claims involved were breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, conversion, fraud, and fraud in the inducement. The final hearing lasted one week. The three-arbitrator panel sided with Minces Rankin PLLC’s clients, who were also awarded 100% of their attorney’s […]

In the past week, President Donald Trump has exercised his executive powers in ways that will greatly affect employers and employees alike. The Executive Order on Aligning Federal Contracting and Hiring Practices With the Interest of American Workers, issued on August 3rd, will influence federal employees and businesses that contract with the federal government. The […]

On May 5, Governor Abbott began taking steps to reopen Texas businesses at a limited capacity. We wrote about the highlights of that Executive Order here. Since then, the governor has continued in the direction of allowing more economic activity to continue, through executive orders issued on May 18 and May 26. Here are some business highlights from these Executive […]

Yesterday, Governor Abbott unveiled plans for reopening additional Texas businesses at limited capacity. The reopening parameters depend on the type of business you have. Below, are the highlights for each business by type. Offices Single-person offices may operate now Offices with more than one person may reopen on May 18 and allow the greater of […]

Today, in a published opinion by Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Texas Southern District Court Magistrate Judge Frances H. Stacy’s judgment in favor of 11 property tax consultants represented by Minces PLLC. Judge Stacy found, and the Fifth Circuit affirmed, that O’Connor & Associates violated the Fair Labor Standards […]

Families First Coronavirus Response Act We posted about the key provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on our blog last week (accessible here). At that time, the FFCRA was just signed into law and there were numerous unanswered questions and wrinkles to be ironed out by the Department of Labor (DOL) and […]