by George Christian | Jan 21, 2025
The Texas Supreme Court has changed its mind and will review a case from the Dallas Court of Appeals concerning conflict pre-emption under the federal Railway Labor Act (RLA)(45 USC § 151a). The Boeing Company v. Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA) On Behalf...
by George Christian | Jan 20, 2025
TCJL will file an amicus curiae brief in support of a general contractor’s petition for review of a Beaumont Court of Appeals decision that erroneously applied the express negligence rule to a narrow-form indemnity agreement. S&B Engineers & Constructors, Ltd....
by George Christian | Jan 20, 2025
As you may recall, last session we waited until the March deadline for filing bills had passed before we tallied up the proposed new causes of action. We’re not waiting that long this session because a truly astonishing number of such bills have already been filed,...
by George Christian | Jan 20, 2025
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has wiped out a more than $20 million judgment against a midstream company in a case stemming from a contract dispute over the construction of a natural gas processing plant. Arrow Field Services, LLC v. Linde Engineering North...
by George Christian | Jan 17, 2025
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed an Amarillo Court of Appeals decision holding that an oil and gas lessee’s notation on a check reset the deadline for payment of a shut-in royalty that was made prior to the annual deadline established by the lease. Scout Energy...
by George Christian | Jan 16, 2025
The Texas Supreme Court has held that the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-El Paso did not discriminate against an employee who was passed over for a new chief of staff position for a younger candidate. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-El Paso...
by George Christian | Jan 15, 2025
In a case that increasingly resembles Jarndyce v. Jarndyce, the Texas Supreme Court has remanded a two-decades-old legal malpractice case for a third go around in the trial court. Henry S. Miller Commercial Company v. Newsom, Terry & Newsom, LLP and Steven K....
by George Christian | Jan 14, 2025
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a decision of the multidistrict litigation panel denying Facebook’s (now Meta Platforms, Inc.) motion to remand a lawsuit against it to an existing MDL involving claims arising from human trafficking. In re Jane Doe Cases (No....
by George Christian | Jan 13, 2025
In an opinion concurring with the Houston [1st] Court of Appeals’ denial of en banc review in a fraud case, newly appointed Justice David Gunn, formerly a pre-eminent appellate lawyer with the firm Beck Redden, has raised the question of whether a showing of common...
by George Christian | Jan 10, 2025
As we reported nearly a year ago, a deeply divided Texas Supreme Court lifted an emergency stay and denied the relator’s petition for a writ of mandamus to block a trial court order compelling her to turn over a video to opposing counsel’s lawyer that she asserts...
