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,...
by George Christian | Sep 28, 2026
The Business Court has held that Plaintiffs’ notice of removal was timely, rejecting Defendant’s argument that the notice was untimely because a previous pre-suit demand letter put Plaintiff’s on notice that if Defendant actually filed those claims, it would push the...
by George Christian | Sep 25, 2026
In a case that has us scratching our heads, the San Antonio Court of Appeals has denied USAA’s petition for writ of mandamus in a no-answer default judgment case in which USAA clearly (in our view) met the Craddock standard for setting aside the judgment. It obviously...
by George Christian | Sep 24, 2026
The San Antonio Court of Appeals has rejected the proposition that production of unleased minerals converts an owner of a floating NPRI to a co-tenant entitled to a fixed NPRI on that production. Blackrock Mineral Partners, LLC and Dynasty Land & Minerals, LLC v....
by George Christian | Sep 23, 2026
The Eastland Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order granting a Tarleton State University basketball player’s request for a temporary injunction blocking the NCAA from enforcing its five-year eligibility rule. National Collegiate Athletic Association v....
