In a case in which TCJL is likely to submit some of amicus commentary, the Texas Supreme Court has granted a contractor’s petition for review arguing that the Beaumont Court of Appeals erroneously applied the express negligence rule to a narrow-form indemnity...

The Texas Supreme Court has granted a taxpayer’s petition for review of an Austin Court of Appeals that upheld a Comptroller rule that governs sourcing of a taxpayer’s gross receipts for purposes of apportioning them to Texas for franchise tax purposes. NuStar...

Governor Greg Abbott today issued a proclamation identifying 18 agenda items for the upcoming Special Session that begins at 12:00 PM on Monday, July 21. "We delivered on historic legislation in the 89th Regular Legislative Session that will benefit Texans for...

Taking up a case arising out of the Business Organizations Code, the Fort Worth [Eighth Division] of the business court has applied Rule 91a to dispose of some claims and stayed the litigation pending arbitration over the plaintiff’s status as a member of the LLC....

The Texas Supreme Court has ordered the dismissal with prejudice of thousands of nuisance claims against electric transmission and distribution utilities in a massive $10 billion lawsuit arising from Winter Storm Uri. The last defendants left standing in this...

The Texas Supreme Court has affirmed a Dallas Court of Appeals’ decision holding that the federal Railway Labor Act (RLA)(45 USC § 151a) does not pre-empt a pilots association’s suit against Boeing in a dispute over the pilots’ agreement to fly the 737 MAX...

In a per curiam opinion, SCOTX sent the matter back to the court of appeals. Issue one was the dispute over ex-husband’s net worth. After detailing the applicable statutes (§§ 52.006, .007) and TRAP 24.1 and 24.2, the Court noted that the parties agreed that the...

The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a divided El Paso Court of Appeals’ ruling that a plaintiff in a commercial trucking case presented more than a scintilla of evidence to overcome defendants’ no-evidence summary judgment motion where plaintiff didn’t have any...

In a case in which we and just about every other organization on the defense side of the bar appeared as amici, the Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Houston [14th] Court of Appeals opinion affirming a $100 million verdict against a commercial trucking company....

TCJL 39th Annual Meeting 2025 Wednesday, November 5, 2025 Headliners Club 221 West 6th Street Austin   9:00-11:00 CLE Growing Pains: Reviewing the First Year of the 15th Court of Appeals and Business Courts  Continuing Legal Education - CLE Course #174287028 Hon....