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Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Mandamuses Trial Court for Setting Aside Default Judgment
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has vacated a trial court order setting aside a default judgment where the party against whom the judgment was taken simply didn’t...
Beaumont Court of Appeals Finds No Personal Jurisdiction in Dispute Between Texas Factoring Company and Florida Construction Company
The Beaumont Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order denying a Florida-based storage facility construction company’s special appearance in a suit alleging...
Fort Worth Business Court [Eighth Division] Finds No Jurisdiction in Tortious Interference Case Involving Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
The Fort Worth business court [Eighth Division] has rejected an effort to remove to the court a case involving a dispute between a business and former employees over...
El Paso Court of Appeals Affirms Jury Finding Piercing the Corporate Veil in Negligence Lawsuit
The El Paso Court of Appeals has affirmed a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding that a business owner could be held personally liable in a negligence lawsuit...
SCOTX Grants Review of Beaumont Court of Appeals Decision (Mis)Applying Express Negligence Rule
In a case in which TCJL is likely to submit some of amicus commentary, the Texas Supreme Court has granted a contractor’s petition for review arguing that the...
SCOTX Grants Review in Challenge to Comptroller’s Single-Factor Apportionment Rule
The Texas Supreme Court has granted a taxpayer’s petition for review of an Austin Court of Appeals that upheld a Comptroller rule that governs sourcing of a...
Governor Abbott Announces Special Session Agenda
Governor Greg Abbott today issued a proclamation identifying 18 agenda items for the upcoming Special Session that begins at 12:00 PM on Monday, July 21. "We...
Fort Worth Business Court Dismisses Some Claims Arising from LLC Company Agreement, Stays Others Pending Arbitration
Taking up a case arising out of the Business Organizations Code, the Fort Worth [Eighth Division] of the business court has applied Rule 91a to dispose of some...
SCOTX Orders Nuisance Claims Against Transmission and Distribution Utilities Dismissed in Winter Storm Uri Litigation
The Texas Supreme Court has ordered the dismissal with prejudice of thousands of nuisance claims against electric transmission and distribution utilities in a...
SCOTX Affirms Dallas Court of Appeals Opinion Allowing Pilot Union Lawsuit Against Boeing to Go Forward in State Court
The Texas Supreme Court has affirmed a Dallas Court of Appeals’ decision holding that the federal Railway Labor Act (RLA)(45 USC § 151a) does not pre-empt a pilots...
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Mandamuses Trial Court for Setting Aside Default Judgment
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has vacated a trial court order setting aside a default judgment where the party against whom the judgment was taken simply didn’t follow the rules. In re Dannie Smith (No. 01-24-01004-CV; May 20, 2025) arose from a 2024 lawsuit in...
Beaumont Court of Appeals Finds No Personal Jurisdiction in Dispute Between Texas Factoring Company and Florida Construction Company
The Beaumont Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order denying a Florida-based storage facility construction company’s special appearance in a suit alleging that it breached a contract and committed fraud in Texas. Storage Building Company, LLC v. New Century...
Fort Worth Business Court [Eighth Division] Finds No Jurisdiction in Tortious Interference Case Involving Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
The Fort Worth business court [Eighth Division] has rejected an effort to remove to the court a case involving a dispute between a business and former employees over misappropriation of trade secrets and tortious interference with prospective business relationships....
El Paso Court of Appeals Affirms Jury Finding Piercing the Corporate Veil in Negligence Lawsuit
The El Paso Court of Appeals has affirmed a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding that a business owner could be held personally liable in a negligence lawsuit against his bankrupt business. Laboe Labrado v. Aurora Legarreta, (No. 08-23-00271-CV; May 30, 2025)...
SCOTX Grants Review of Beaumont Court of Appeals Decision (Mis)Applying Express Negligence Rule
In a case in which TCJL is likely to submit some of amicus commentary, the Texas Supreme Court has granted a contractor’s petition for review arguing that the Beaumont Court of Appeals erroneously applied the express negligence rule to a narrow-form indemnity...
SCOTX Grants Review in Challenge to Comptroller’s Single-Factor Apportionment Rule
The Texas Supreme Court has granted a taxpayer’s petition for review of an Austin Court of Appeals that upheld a Comptroller rule that governs sourcing of a taxpayer’s gross receipts for purposes of apportioning them to Texas for franchise tax purposes. NuStar Energy,...
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