by George Christian | Jun 2, 2020
Comptroller of Public Accounts Glenn Hegar has announced a decline in May sales tax receipts of 13.2% from May 2019. According to the Comptroller, this represents the largest year-over-year reduction since the financial crisis in 2010. Unsurprisingly, business...
by George Christian | May 29, 2020
The Texas Supreme Court has renewed and extended its emergency order suspending most proceedings in trial courts until September 30. Deadlines for the filing or service of any civil case falling on a day between March 13, 2020, and July 1, 2020, are extended until...
by George Christian | May 27, 2020
Today’s edition of the Southeast Texas Record reports the joint letter of the Institute for Legal Reform and TCJL urging congressional action on COVID-19 liability protection. You can read the story here:...
by George Christian | May 26, 2020
The Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University’s Monthly Economic Review paints a grim picture, but not quite as bad as the rest of the country: April 2020 Summary The Texas economy is suffering from COVID-19 pandemic and low oil prices. The state’s...
by Carol Sims | May 22, 2020
May 21, 2020 As Congress considers how to establish liability protections at the federal level, it is essential that state lawmakers take up the complementary task of creating protections tailored to meet local needs. States like New York, Illinois, and Michigan have...
by Carol Sims | May 22, 2020
Harold Kim, President of the US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, discusses liability risks for businesses all over the country, but especially small businesses. “There is no playbook for this. Litigation is particularly damaging to Main Street because the level of...
by George Christian | May 22, 2020
OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION DAVID SLAYTON Administrative Director Updated Statement on IT Security Breach Affecting Judiciary On Friday, May 8th, the Office of Court Administration (OCA), the information technology (IT) provider for the appellate courts and state...
by George Christian | May 21, 2020
Texas Supreme Court Justice Debra Lehrmann and her husband Greg announced this morning that they tested positive for COVID-19. “We began to exhibit symptoms last week, despite diligently complying with stay-at-home rules,” Justice Lehrmann tweeted....
by George Christian | May 20, 2020
TCJL has joined with the Institute for Legal Reform of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and numerous other national and state associations to press Congress to enact protections for health care providers, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and educational institutions....
by George Christian | May 20, 2020
The Governor, Lt. Governor, and Speaker have sent a letter to state agencies and institutions of higher education directing them to find ways to cut their budgets for the 2020-21 biennium by five percent, subject to COVID-19 exceptions. Read the announcement here:...