by George Christian | Mar 7, 2023
Recently introduced legislation would require a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) contracted to administer a self-funded, employer-sponsored employee benefit plan governed by the Employer Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.) to comply...
by George Christian | Mar 2, 2023
On Tuesday the Austin Court of Appeals handed down a decision in a case challenging the validity of the Division of Workers’ Compensation’s rules that specify eligibility requirements for supplemental income benefits (SIBs) for injured employees searching...
by George Christian | Mar 1, 2023
In two cases currently pending before the Fort Worth Court of Appeals, TCJL has filed amicus letters urging the Court to adjudicate the constitutional issues raised by SB 8, the legislation creating a no-injury cause of action by any person against any person for...
by George Christian | Feb 28, 2023
The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that characterizing abortion support organizations as “murderers” engaged in criminal activity is constitutionally protected political speech. In two cases consolidated for oral argument, The Lilith Fund for Reproductive v. Mark Lee...
by George Christian | Feb 28, 2023
In a delightful (that is, unless you’re on the losing side) opinion by Justice Young, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled that the use of the term “one-half of one-eighth” in a 1924 deed reserving a mineral interest reserved one-half of the interest, not one-sixteenth....
by George Christian | Feb 27, 2023
In a case of great significance to the 2003 medical and tort liability reforms, the Texas Supreme Court has upheld the application of the dollar-for-dollar settlement credit and ordered the trial court to award part of the plaintiff’s damages in periodic payments, as...
by George Christian | Feb 23, 2023
TCJL mourns the passing of Red McCombs earlier this week. Red was a special friend of this organization. For at least the past three decades, he served as the Chair of the TCJL Political Action Committee. In that capacity, Red made an invaluable contribution to the...
by George Christian | Feb 20, 2023
In a case involving a sitting Travis County district judge and three former justices of the Austin Court of Appeals, the Austin Court of Appeals has upheld a trial court order granting the judicial defendants relief from a vexatious litigant. Mary Louise Serafine v....
by George Christian | Feb 17, 2023
Today the Texas Supreme Court issued its ruling in Jesus Virlar, M.D. and GMG Health Systems Associates, P.A., a/k/a and d/b/a Gonzaba Medical Group v. Jo Ann Puente (No. 20-0923), a medical malpractice case in which plaintiffs asserted that the Chapter 33, CPRC,...
by George Christian | Feb 17, 2023
Over a dissenting opinion, the Austin Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court denial of the City of Austin’s plea to the jurisdiction in a lawsuit stemming from the alleged negligence of a police officer. The City of Austin v. Amy-Marie Howard, Individually and as...
