by Carol Sims | Nov 1, 2017
The House Republican Caucus has circulated proposed changes to the caucus by-laws governing the process for the nomination of candidates for Speaker. The changes will be considered at a caucus meeting currently…
by Carol Sims | Sep 27, 2017
Federal Circuit Deals Blow to Texas Patent-Trolls In a ruling issued earlier today, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals admonished Eastern District of Texas Federal Judge Rodney Gilstrap for abusing his discretion in refusing to transfer venue of a patent...
by Carol Sims | Sep 18, 2017
Zachry Construction prevails in decade-long legal battle with Port of Houston Earlier this month the Texas Supreme Court denied review of a 14th District Court of Appeals [Houston] decision awarding Zachry Construction Company $23 million against the Port of Houston...
by Carol Sims | Sep 6, 2017
Oral argument scheduled in TWIA case The 14th District Court of Appeals [Houston] has scheduled oral argument in Texas Windstorm Insurance Association v. Dickinson Independent School District on September 14. TCJL filed an amicus brief in this case last week. Although...
by Carol Sims | Aug 30, 2017
TCJL files brief in TWIA case This week TCJL filed an amicus curiae brief in the Fourteenth Court of Appeals [Houston] in a case involving claims against the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) arising from Hurricane Ike in 2008. In this case the Dickinson...
by Carol Sims | Feb 2, 2017
The text of Chief Justice Hecht’s February 1 address to the Legislature: Lieutenant Governor Patrick, Speaker Straus, Members of the 85th Legislature, former Chief Justice Phillips, former Chief Justice Jefferson, Members of the Judiciary, distinguished guests,...
by Carol Sims | Feb 1, 2017
Rep. John Smithee (R-Amarillo) today filed H.B. 1463 to discourage so-called “ADA Drive-by litigation.” Similar to “patent trolling,” some plaintiff’s lawyers have developed a practice of sending demand letters to Texas businesses threatening to sue them...
by Carol Sims | Dec 16, 2016
http://www.corpcounsel.com/id=1202774881070/Patent-Bar-Braces-for-GameChanging-Supreme-Court-Case?mcode=1202617073467&curindex=0&curpage=ALL The ruling in ‘TC Heartland’ could shut down Texas
as a center for patent litigation—and that could...
by Carol Sims | Dec 15, 2016
More evidence that Texas federal and state courts are having none of meritless hailstorm claims. Earlier this week McAllen federal judge Micaela Alvarez warned the Mostyn Law Firm that it would sanction the firm if it continued filing baseless hail claims, concluding:...
by Carol Sims | Dec 15, 2016
More good news on the hailstorm litigation front from Jay Old & Associates PLLC: In an unanimous opinion, the Houston 1st Court of Appeals the first appellate opinion addressing the 2011 reforms to Ch. 2210 of the Texas Insurance Code, otherwise known as “House...
