by George Christian | Oct 12, 2026
The Dallas Morning News reported earlier this week that “[t]rial lawyers who both sue and defend large technology companies predict state courts from Texas to California are about to see their dockets swell with lawsuits that accuse AI developers of knowingly making...
by George Christian | Oct 9, 2026
In case you missed it, CNBC recently reported that Burford Capital, a publicly-traded litigation funding behemoth headquartered in the United Kingdom, stands to cash in to the tune of $1.4 billion in a huge patent infringement case in the U.S. District Court for the...
by George Christian | Oct 9, 2026
In a long running dispute between the Southwest Airlines Pilot’s Association and Boeing, the Business Court has granted Boeing’s motion for summary judgment disposing of the Association’s claims for consequential damages from the grounding of the 737 MAX. Southwest...
by George Christian | Oct 8, 2026
The Business Court has granted summary judgment in favor of a purchaser of bulk-bleach from a Greenville manufacturer. FSTI, Inc. v. PVS Minibulk, Inc., et al. (2026 Tex. Bus. 69; October 1, 2026) arose from a dispute over a purchase agreement whereby DPC, PVS’s...
by George Christian | Oct 7, 2026
TCJL has submitted an amicus curiae brief in support of an oil and gas producer’s petition for writ of mandamus in the Texas Supreme Court. The petition asks the court to disqualify the plaintiff’s counsel for wrongfully obtaining and using information...
by George Christian | Oct 6, 2026
The Business Court has once again sent a message to those wishing to transfer litigation from district court: make sure you nail down the amount in controversy first. Runner Runner LLC v. BLPP Holdings, LLC, FM 900, LLC, Nikolay Frolov, Gregory L. Miller, Prous Family...
by George Christian | Oct 5, 2026
In a case transferred from the Austin Court of Appeals, the 15th Court of Appeals has reversed a Travis County trial court’s denial of an engineering firm’s motion to dismiss a personal injury case on the basis of a deficient certificate of merit. Encotech Engineering...
by George Christian | Oct 1, 2026
The 15th Court of Appeals has sorted out a something of a fire drill involving suits filed by the same plaintiff against the same defendants in two Business Court Divisions that produced different rulings regarding arbitrability. Karl Drusch and TrueAero, LLC v....
by George Christian | Sep 30, 2026
TCJL has filed an amicus brief in a case in which the Houston [14th] Court of Appeals ruled that an indemnity provision contained in a document incorporated by reference into an agreement between a railroad and a contractor was not enforceable because the provision...
by George Christian | Sep 29, 2026
In a setback for the business and health care communities’ longstanding efforts to place an effective cap on supersedeas bonds, the Texas Supreme Court has denied defendants’ motion for rehearing in In re Greystar Development & Construction, L.P.; Gabriella Tower,...
