The Texas Supreme Court has cleared the way for a property owner to pursue a regulatory takings claim against the City of Houston for blocking a residential...

Bills have now been introduced on both sides of the Capitol expanding the jurisdictional reach of the business courts and, most importantly for the judges, fixing an...

Several bills of particular interest to TCJL members are set for hearing today.  Please consider attending the hearings or sending a representative to sign cards....

TCJL Tracked Bill List March 21, 2025   New bills are in red. This list is current through 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 20, 2025. TCJL PRIORITY BILLS New Causes of...

Throwing down something of a gauntlet, the Texas Senate passed legislation linking a much-needed and overdue judicial pay raise to a package of disciplinary reforms,...

Texas legislators have filed hundreds of new causes of action and penalties against business through March 21, 2025. Brief bill summaries are available on our weekly...

In a concurring opinion in a TCPA case (which will be separately reported), Justice Mike Lee, a newly-minted justice of the new-look Dallas Court of Appeals, has...

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Max Midstream, LLC v. San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper, Texas Campaign for the Environment, and S. Diane Wilson...

The Texas Supreme Court has resolved two disputes over the scope of the jurisdiction of the statewide 15th Court of Appeals. In both cases, the Court concluded that...

AUSTIN – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued this statement today upon announcing the second round of his top 40 priority bills for the 89th regular legislative session:...