by George Christian | Aug 28, 2026
The Business Court has granted Brown & Root’s motion for summary judgment based on claim preclusion but denied that of Plaintiffs’ former employee, who was a nonparty in a prior suit in Chambers County district court. CAM Industrial Solutions LLC; CAM Plant...
by George Christian | Aug 27, 2026
The Business Court has granted Defendants’ Rule 91a motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ conversion claim based on a restructuring of LLC members’ interests in a Houston brewery. Duncan C. Carrington and Zachary Hiller v. Aaron Corsi, Ryan Soroka, Seaan M. Rosenbaum;...
by George Christian | Aug 26, 2026
A while back we expressed some puzzlement about why the statewide 15th Court of Appeals was receiving cases outside of its statutory mandate by way of docket equalization. Yesterday, for example, the court issued an opinion in a health care liability action brought by...
by George Christian | Aug 26, 2026
The Business Court has dismissed a Louisiana entity’s claim that Texas defendants violated Louisiana antitrust law in connection with a clean hydrogen development deal. The entity’s claim that they likewise violated Louisiana’s DTPA, however, are staying put for the...
by George Christian | Aug 25, 2026
The Business Court has denied a defendant’s attempt to escape the jurisdiction of the Business Court in an action for dissolution and winding up of several entities that own and operate numerous automobile dealerships in San Antonio and elsewhere. Abigail G. Kampmann,...
by George Christian | Aug 24, 2026
The Business Court has granted partial summary judgment to a defendant who argued that a promissory note was not a security as defined by the Texas Securities Act. Jean Christine Thompson and Thompson Petroleum Corporation v. Anchor Capital GP LLC and Michael Mann...
by George Christian | Aug 21, 2026
The Business Court has denied a motion to remand a case arising out of an alleged diversion of a business opportunity committed by members of an LLC that owned a freestanding emergency medical facility in Galveston County. South Shore ER, LLC and Suchmor Thomas, M.D....
by George Christian | Aug 20, 2026
The Business Court has denied Boeing’s motion for summary judgment in its dispute with the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association over whether Boeing’s misrepresentations about the safety of the 737MAX induced the pilots to enter into a collective bargaining agreement...
by George Christian | Aug 19, 2026
The Business Court has denied lawyers with an India-based law firm access to a defendant’s highly confidential information because of the risk of inadvertent disclosure. Unimacts Global, LLC, Zetwerk Manufacturing US Inc., and Zetwerk Manufacturing Business Private...
by George Christian | Aug 19, 2026
In an opinion by Judge Whitehill, the Business Court has issued a second lengthy opinion in a dispute between the Dallas Mavericks and theDallasStars over ownership of a company that operates the American Airlines Center. Dallas Sports Group, LLC and Radical Arena,...