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Op-ed: Stop unlimited penalties on environmental violators
May 12, 2015 (http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/2015/05/op-ed-stop-unlimited-penalties-on-environmental.html) by George S. Christian Important public policy is making its way through the Texas Legislature that will correct a serious and inadvertent flaw in...
TCJL HEARING ALERT 5-11-15
Texas Civil Justice League HEARING ALERT Thank you to all who have signed witness cards for our bills! It is tremendously helpful to show cross-industry business support for liability and legal reform issues, and your support is greatly appreciated. Texas Senate...
TCJL HEARING ALERT & LEGISLATIVE REPORT 5-8-15
Texas Civil Justice League HEARING ALERT Thank you to all who have signed witness cards for our bills! It is tremendously helpful to show cross-industry business support for liability and legal reform issues, and your support is greatly appreciated. Texas...
TCJL HEARING ALERT & LEGISLATIVE REPORT 5-8-15
Texas Civil Justice League HEARING ALERT Thank you to all who have signed witness cards for our bills! It is tremendously helpful to show cross-industry business support for liability and legal reform issues, and your support is greatly appreciated. Texas...
Governor Abbott Statement On Texas Ranking #1 Best State To Do Business
May 8, 2015 (http://gov.texas.gov/news/press-release/20851) Texas Governor Greg Abbott today released the following statement regarding Texas being ranked the #1 best state to do business in by Chief Executive’s 2015 Best & Worst States to Do Business survey of...
House Schedules Floor Debate on Major Civil Justice Reform Issues
The Texas House will debate three important civil justice reform bills on Friday, May 8. HB 1692 by Rep. Kenneth Sheets (R-Dallas) modifies the doctrine of forum non conveniens to clarify that the Texas resident exception applies to legal residents of Texas and...
Judge Debra Ibarra Mayfield Appointed to the 165th Judicial Court in Harris County
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 5, 2015 Contact: Carol Sims carol@tcjl.com 512-320-0474 May 5, 2015 (Austin)--The Texas Civil Justice League today commended Governor Greg Abbott’s appointment of Judge Debra Ibarra Mayfield to the 165th Judicial District Court in Harris...
Governor Abbott Appoints Mayfield As Judge Of 165th Judicial District Court
(http://gov.texas.gov/news/press-release/20836) Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Judge Debra Ibarra Mayfield as judge of the 165th Judicial District Court in Harris County for a term to expire at the next general election in November 2016. Judge Mayfield...
TCJL LEGISLATIVE REPORT 5-1-15
Texas Civil Justice League Legislative Report May 1, 2015 As mentioned on the Board call this week, we have identified about 120 bills creating or expanding new causes of action. That report is posted at www.tcjl.com. Good Faith Remediation HB 1794 by...
Texas Justices Dump Mexican Crash Suit Against Bridgestone
April 24, 2015 (http://www.law360.com/articles/647556/texas-justices-dump-mexican-crash-suit-against-bridgestone) by Jess Davis The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said a wrongful death suit against Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC can’t be heard in Texas...
Lawmakers Move to Speed Permits, Limit Protests
April 30, 2015 (http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/30/texas-lawmakers-move-limit-environmental-protests/) by Jim Malewitz Never shy in their efforts to reel in out-of-state employers, Texas’ leadership often declares the state “wide open for business” — touting a...
In Plain English: Justices finally find speech they do not like – and it’s by (would-be) judges
April 29, 2015 (http://www.scotusblog.com/2015/04/in-plain-english-justices-finally-find-speech-they-do-not-like-and-its-by-would-be-judges/) In the past few years, the Roberts Court has been very supportive of the freedom of speech, ruling in favor of protests by...