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St. Mary’s Law Journal: Texas Citizen Participation Act
Volume 52 | Number 1 10-20-20 Targeting the Texas Citizen Participation Act: The 2019 Texas Legislature's Amendments to a Most Consequential Law Amy Bresnen, Bresnen Associates, Inc. Lisa Kaufman, Davis Kaufman, PLLC Steve Bresnen, Bresnen...
Bill Filing Under Way for 87th Legislative Session
With the prefiling period for the 2021 legislative session only 10 days old, legislators have already filed more than 800 bills and resolutions. Bills filed so far indicate a broad range of policy priorities from both sides of the aisle, including pandemic...
TCJL Files Amicus Brief in Medical Expense Affidavit Case
Late yesterday TCJL filed an amicus brief in the Texas Supreme Court in In Re Leon Paul Savoy, Texas Curb Cut, LP, and Texas Cutting & Coring, LP (No. 20-0843). This personal injury lawsuit arises out of a February 2016 traffic accident in Travis County. The...
Corporate Counsel Reporting Litigation Funding Boom Around COVID-19
In-House Counsel, Firm Lawyers Expect the COVID-19 Recession Will Trigger a Litigation Funding Boom “You’re talking about a staggering sum of money that’s waiting to be turned into cash and waiting to be financed and monetized,” said David Perla, co-chief operating...
Governor Abbott Appoints Rebeca Huddle To The Texas Supreme Court
October 15, 2020 | Austin, Texas | Press Release | Appointment AUSTIN - Governor Greg Abbott today held a press conference in El Paso to announce his appointment of Rebeca Huddle to the Texas Supreme Court. Huddle will replace Justice Paul Green on the bench, who...
TCJL Files Brief in DTPA Case
TCJL today filed an amicus brief in a matter pending before the Texas Supreme Court regarding a key provision of the 1995 reforms to the Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA). Khosrow Sadeghian v. David Jaco (No. 20-0285) arises from a sale of residential real...
TCJL PAC 2020 Judicial Endorsements – November General Election
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 1, 2020 CONTACT: Carol Sims, 512-320-0474 TCJL PAC Releases 2020 Judicial Endorsements (Austin): The Texas Civil Justice League Political Action Committee today released its slate of endorsements for the Texas Supreme Court, Texas...
TCJL, TAPA Brief Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse Regarding COVID-19 Legislation
Texas Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse held a webinar this afternoon regarding COVID-19 liability legislation at the federal and state levels. George Christian, TCJL’s Senior Counsel, and Jon Opelt, Executive Director of Texas Alliance for Patient Access, discussed...
TCJL Files Amicus Supporting Pre-suit Discovery in California Lawsuit Against Texas Energy Producers
TCJL today filed an amicus curiae brief in the Texas Supreme Court in Exxon Mobil Corp. v. The City of San Francisco, et al (No. 20-0558). This case arises from a lawsuit filed in a California state court against ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Shell, and 15 other...
TCJL Files Amicus in U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Joining a diverse group of amici that include the Texas Oil & Gas Association, Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and others, TCJL has filed as amicus curiaein Plaquemines Parish v. Riverwood Production Co., Inc., et...
Candidates on the Texas General Election Ballot
Texas General Election November 3, 2020 Early Voting Begins October 13, 2020 Early Voting Ends October 30, 2020 See TCJL PAC for Candidate List...