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SCOTX Takes Pass on Truth as an Affirmative Defense to a Tortious Interference with Contract Claim
The Texas Supreme Court has passed up a chance to decide whether truth is an affirmative defense to a claim for tortious interference with a contract. Inwood...
TCJL Tracking Report 2-7-25
TCJL Tracked Bill List February 7, 2025 New bills are in red. This list is current through Thursday, February 6, 2025. TCJL PRIORITY BILLS New Causes of...
Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses TC Denial of TCPA Motion to Dismiss
In a straightforward application of the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA), the Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded the trial court’s denial of a...
ERISA updates
The following documents are available on the TCJL ERISA resource page ERISA Joint Association letter to Governor 2-5-25 AG Opinion KP-0480 2-5-25 Re: ERISA ERISA...
Dallas Court of Appeals Mandamuses Trial Court Denial of Defense Motion to Transfer Venue
The Dallas Court of Appeals has conditionally granted a writ of mandamus ordering a Dallas County Court at Law to abide by the Texas Tort Claims Act’s mandatory...
Divided Fifteenth Court of Appeals Rules That State May Be Deposed
A divided Fifteenth Court of Appeals has partially granted Google’s petition for a writ of mandamus to order trial courts in Midland and Victoria to compel the...
New Causes of Action Tracker – 89th Lege 2025
New Cause of Action Tracker: 324 This list is current through Thursday, January 30, 2025. As you may recall, last session we waited until the March deadline for...
Austin Court of Appeals Reverses and Remands Class Certification Order in Dispute In Prompt Payment of Claims Act Dispute
In a decision maintaining the Texas Supreme Court’s aversion to the “certify now and worry later” approach to class-certification, the Austin Court of Appeals has...
Governor Abbott Announces Emergency Items for 2025 Legislative Session
Governor Abbott announced seven emergency items during the 2025 State of the State Address on February 2. According to the Texas Constitution, the House and Senate...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Holds That Presence of SARS-CoV-2 Virus on Insured Property Did Not Cause Direct Physical Loss or Damage
In another decision stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has reversed a Harris County trial court judgment in favor of an insured...
SCOTX Takes Pass on Truth as an Affirmative Defense to a Tortious Interference with Contract Claim
The Texas Supreme Court has passed up a chance to decide whether truth is an affirmative defense to a claim for tortious interference with a contract. Inwood National Bank and Inwood Bancshares, Inc. v. D. Kyle Fagin, Individually and as Trustee and Beneficiary of the...
TCJL Tracking Report 2-7-25
TCJL Tracked Bill List February 7, 2025 New bills are in red. This list is current through Thursday, February 6, 2025. TCJL PRIORITY BILLS New Causes of Action Tort Liability Construction Law Freedom to Contract Health Care Liability Judicial Matters/Practice...
Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses TC Denial of TCPA Motion to Dismiss
In a straightforward application of the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA), the Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded the trial court’s denial of a physician practice’s TCPA motion to dismiss after a former patient filed an unsuccessful complaint with...
ERISA updates
The following documents are available on the TCJL ERISA resource page ERISA Joint Association letter to Governor 2-5-25 AG Opinion KP-0480 2-5-25 Re: ERISA ERISA logo letter 2-3-25 ERISA logo letter 10-31-2024 TCJL Brief in Response to RQ-0539-KP Re: ERISA May 22,...
Dallas Court of Appeals Mandamuses Trial Court Denial of Defense Motion to Transfer Venue
The Dallas Court of Appeals has conditionally granted a writ of mandamus ordering a Dallas County Court at Law to abide by the Texas Tort Claims Act’s mandatory venue requirement. In re SPAN, Incorporated (No. 05-23-01071-CV; December 31, 2024) arose from a personal...
Divided Fifteenth Court of Appeals Rules That State May Be Deposed
A divided Fifteenth Court of Appeals has partially granted Google’s petition for a writ of mandamus to order trial courts in Midland and Victoria to compel the deposition of the State of Texas in enforcement actions against Google. In In re Google, LLC (No....
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