by Carol Sims | May 12, 2020
May 12, 2020 | Press Release Attorney General Ken Paxton today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general urging Congress to implement liability protections for businesses, manufacturers of personal protective equipment, first responders, healthcare workers,...
by Carol Sims | Apr 9, 2020
ATRA’s New Corona Liability Resource Page We are pleased to announce that ATRA has developed a new coronavirus liability resource page to serve as a repository of information on corona-related activity, including: state and federal legislation; executive orders issued...
by Carol Sims | Apr 2, 2020
Texas Supreme Court advisory Contact: Osler McCarthy 512.463.1441 or email Twitter: @OslerSCTX TEXAS SUPREME COURT CORONAVIRUS UPDATE Clarifies that the latest order is for statute-of-limitations deadlines All service and statute-of-limitations deadlines have been...
by TCJL Staff | Jan 27, 2017
By Marie Albiges 1/26/17 Community Impact Newspaper Uber and Lyft may be back on Austin’s streets this year, according to Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, D-Austin, who told a group of residents last night that he expects statewide ride-hailing regulations to pass, thus...
by TCJL Staff | Jan 12, 2017
• Abbott Appoints Former Assistant Attorney General to Dallas’ Fifth Court of Appeals John Council, Texas LawyerJanuary 11, 2017 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Jason Boatright, a lawyer who once served as chief of the opinion division during Abbott’s...
by Carol Sims | Dec 16, 2016
http://www.corpcounsel.com/id=1202774881070/Patent-Bar-Braces-for-GameChanging-Supreme-Court-Case?mcode=1202617073467&curindex=0&curpage=ALL The ruling in ‘TC Heartland’ could shut down Texas
as a center for patent litigation—and that could...
by Carol Sims | Dec 15, 2016
More evidence that Texas federal and state courts are having none of meritless hailstorm claims. Earlier this week McAllen federal judge Micaela Alvarez warned the Mostyn Law Firm that it would sanction the firm if it continued filing baseless hail claims, concluding:...
by Carol Sims | Dec 15, 2016
More good news on the hailstorm litigation front from Jay Old & Associates PLLC: In an unanimous opinion, the Houston 1st Court of Appeals the first appellate opinion addressing the 2011 reforms to Ch. 2210 of the Texas Insurance Code, otherwise known as “House...
by Carol Sims | Dec 13, 2016
The following summary has been provided by Jay Old & Associates, PLLC, which took the case to the Court of Appeals: The Houston 14th Court of Appeals issued an opinion today, in-re-texas-windstorm, which will solidify and strengthen the strategy of using one’s...
by Carol Sims | Nov 29, 2016
Senator Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) has prefiled legislation to limit state agency rulemaking that imposes a cost on a regulated person. S.B. 210 prohibits a state agency from adopting a rule that imposes an additional cost on a regulated person (including another...
