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Fort Worth Court of Appeals Affirms Temporary Injunction for Breach of Non-Compete Agreement
In an instructive opinion on the contours of Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 683, which governs temporary injunctions, the Fort Worth Court of Appeals has upheld a trial court’s grant of a temporary injunction to stop former employees of a real estate investment...
SCOTX Responds to Certified Question in Religious Freedom Case
In a case we first reported last September, the Texas Supreme Court has answered a certified question from the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals calling for an interpretation of Article I, § 6-a, Texas Constitution, the “religious-service-protections” clause....
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Mandamuses Trial Court for Setting Aside Default Judgment
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has vacated a trial court order setting aside a default judgment where the party against whom the judgment was taken simply didn’t follow the rules. In re Dannie Smith (No. 01-24-01004-CV; May 20, 2025) arose from a 2024 lawsuit...
Beaumont Court of Appeals Finds No Personal Jurisdiction in Dispute Between Texas Factoring Company and Florida Construction Company
The Beaumont Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order denying a Florida-based storage facility construction company’s special appearance in a suit alleging that it breached a contract and committed fraud in Texas. Storage Building Company, LLC v. New...
Fort Worth Business Court [Eighth Division] Finds No Jurisdiction in Tortious Interference Case Involving Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
The Fort Worth business court [Eighth Division] has rejected an effort to remove to the court a case involving a dispute between a business and former employees over misappropriation of trade secrets and tortious interference with prospective business...
El Paso Court of Appeals Affirms Jury Finding Piercing the Corporate Veil in Negligence Lawsuit
The El Paso Court of Appeals has affirmed a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding that a business owner could be held personally liable in a negligence lawsuit against his bankrupt business. Laboe Labrado v. Aurora Legarreta, (No. 08-23-00271-CV; May 30, 2025)...
SCOTX Grants Review of Beaumont Court of Appeals Decision (Mis)Applying Express Negligence Rule
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...
SCOTX Grants Review in Challenge to Comptroller’s Single-Factor Apportionment Rule
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 Abbott Announces Special Session Agenda
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...
Fort Worth Business Court Dismisses Some Claims Arising from LLC Company Agreement, Stays Others Pending Arbitration
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....
SCOTX Orders Nuisance Claims Against Transmission and Distribution Utilities Dismissed in Winter Storm Uri Litigation
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...
SCOTX Affirms Dallas Court of Appeals Opinion Allowing Pilot Union Lawsuit Against Boeing to Go Forward in State Court
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...