by George Christian | Apr 4, 2025
A unanimous vote of the House Delivery of Government Efficiency Committee has sent much-discussed artificial intelligence regulatory legislation to the Calendars Committee. CSHB 149 makes reorganizes and makes significant changes from the filed version. Those changes...
by George Christian | Apr 3, 2025
A federal district court has ruled that an any-willing provider statute virtually identical to legislation currently proposed in Texas is pre-empted by ERISA. The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals had previously reversed the court’s dismissal of the employer’s...
by George Christian | Apr 2, 2025
In an opinion that flatly contradicts a recent decision by the 15th Court of Appeals, the Fort Worth Court of Appeals has held that a small group of voters have standing to contest the outcome of a bond election. Sharon P. Jorolan, Logan B. Young, Michelle Pique,...
by George Christian | Apr 1, 2025
The Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court denial of a German manufacturer’s special appearance in a product liability case arising out of the high-profile redevelopment of the Statler Hotel in Dallas. Aquatherm GmbH v. Commerce Statler Development, LLC...
by George Christian | Mar 31, 2025
The Fort Worth Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of BNSF in a coverage and duty to defend dispute with Zurich arising from policies in effect from 1965 to 1974. Zurich American Insurance Company, As Successor By Merger to Maryland Casualty Company v. The Burlington...
by George Christian | Mar 28, 2025
The Corpus Christi Court of Appeals has conditionally granted an energy services company’s petition for writ of mandamus ordering a Hidalgo County trial court to transfer venue in an employment dispute from Hidalgo to Tarrant County. In re Baseline Energy Services, LP...
by George Christian | Mar 27, 2025
The Beaumont Court of Appeals has in all likelihood closed the door on MDL plaintiffs’ attempts to hold various investor entities liable for a chemical plant explosion. In re First Reserve Management, L.P., First Reserve Corporation, L.L.C., FR XII Alpha AIV, L.P., FR...
by George Christian | Mar 26, 2025
The Texas Supreme Court has cleared the way for a property owner to pursue a regulatory takings claim against the City of Houston for blocking a residential development on Lake Houston. The Commons of Lake Houston, Ltd. v. City of Houston, Texas (No. 23-0474; March...
by George Christian | Mar 24, 2025
Bills have now been introduced on both sides of the Capitol expanding the jurisdictional reach of the business courts and, most importantly for the judges, fixing an oversight in last session’s legislation that left those judges without the supplemental compensation...
by George Christian | Mar 21, 2025
Throwing down something of a gauntlet, the Texas Senate passed legislation linking a much-needed and overdue judicial pay raise to a package of disciplinary reforms, including a requirement that judges produce quarterly timesheets detailing the amount of work they...
