by Carol Sims | Dec 13, 2016
The following summary has been provided by Jay Old & Associates, PLLC, which took the case to the Court of Appeals: The Houston 14th Court of Appeals issued an opinion today, in-re-texas-windstorm, which will solidify and strengthen the strategy of using one’s...
by Carol Sims | Nov 29, 2016
Senator Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) has prefiled legislation to limit state agency rulemaking that imposes a cost on a regulated person. S.B. 210 prohibits a state agency from adopting a rule that imposes an additional cost on a regulated person (including another...
by Carol Sims | Oct 27, 2016
In an amicus brief filed this afternoon, TCJL asks the Texas Supreme Court to accept review of a court of appeals decision gutting the early dismissal rule enacted by the 2011 Legislature in H.B. 274 and enshrined in Rule 91a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. Among...
by Carol Sims | Oct 27, 2016
TCJL today filed an amicus brief with the Texas Supreme Court in In Re State Farm Lloyds (No. 15-0903). This is a mandamus action seeking to invalidate a discovery order issued by Hidalgo County District Judge Rose Guerra in hailstorm litigation brought by, among...
by Carol Sims | Aug 9, 2016
Wall Street Journal By SARA RANDAZZO Aug. 4, 2016 3:20 p.m. ET http://www.wsj.com/articles/litigation-funding-moves-into-mainstream-1470338402 Startups like LexShares, Trial Funder attract investors with promises of double-digit returns LexShares’ co-founder, Jay...
by Carol Sims | Jun 24, 2016
By Kevin Krause @KevinRKrause kkrause@dallasnews.com Staff Writer Published: 24 June 2016 08:00 AM Updated: 24 June 2016 01:03 PM Flower Mound resident Kirk Grady owned some Hunt County property with a woodpile for about three years before he sold it in 2002. Hunt...
by Carol Sims | Jun 24, 2016
In a case with critical consequences for the hard-fought improvements to the workers’ compensation system since 1989, the Texas Supreme Court today ruled that a court-approved settlement between an employee and the employer’s workers’ compensation...
by Carol Sims | Jun 24, 2016
A lawsuit target charges that tort bar collusion with prosecutors is illegal. Updated June 17, 2016 9:55 a.m. ET A seedy side of American law is the widespread collusion between the plaintiffs bar and government prosecutors, who trade contingency-fee lawsuits for...
by Carol Sims | Jun 22, 2016
by John COUNCIL June 17, 2016 In a case that may be a replay of one of the most notorious tort cases in American history, a Houston attorney recently filed a case against Starbucks alleging that she was seriously burned by hot coffee that was served to her from a...
by Carol Sims | Jun 22, 2016
Steve Kardell, a partner at Dallas’ Clouse Dunn, represents corporate executives in internal investigations and litigates whistleblower cases. June 22, 2016 In the whistleblower world, there is a pecking order of “haves” and “have nots. In one...
