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Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses Multimillion Contract Damages Award
The Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed a multimillion dollar trial court judgment in a case involving an aborted sale of a Houston specialty grocery store. World Food Imports and KGF World Food Warehouse v. HHO United Group, as Assignee of Nihaya Qaddura and...
Legislation Filed to Overhaul Judicial Conduct Commission
Last session, the Legislature considered several proposals aimed at reforming the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, but nothing ultimately came of it. That could be a different story this session, however, as Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston), Sen. Royce West...
Here We Go Again (and Again): SCOTX Stays Dallas Trial Court Order Compelling Deposition of Insurer’s Corporate Representative Before Liability Established under UM/UIM Policy
For the eleventh time in the last year, the Texas Supreme Court has granted an emergency stay while it considers an insurer’s petition for writ of mandamus in an underinsured motorist case. As in the other three cases, In re State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance...
TCJL Tracking Report 12-5-24
New Causes of Action Tort Liability Construction Law Freedom to Contract Health Care Liability Judicial Matters/Practice of Law Eminent Domain Dobbs/SB 8/Obergefell/LGBTQ Landlord-Tenant Employment Law Workers’ Compensation Pandemic Liability/Emergency Powers...
SCOTX Kicks SB 8 Challenge Back to Austin Court of Appeals on Standing Issue
In a case challenging the constitutionality of SB 8, the Texas Supreme Court has reversed and remanded to the Austin Court of Appeals to determine whether the plaintiffs have standing to sue. As you may recall, abortion and women’s health care providers have...
Proposed Legislation Would Bar State Agencies from Considering Public Comments by Nonresident Individuals and Businesses
Out-of-state entities accustomed to submitting public comments to state regulatory agencies in response to proposed rules or other matters calling for comments will be wasting their time if the Legislature enacts a proposal introduced earlier this week. SB 520...
New Cause of Action Tracker: 89th Legislature Picking Up Where the 88th Left Off
As you may recall, during the 88th Legislative Session in 2023 legislators introduced a record number of bills creating or expanding private causes of action, imposing civil, criminal, or administrative penalties, and authorizing the recovery of attorney’s fees and...
DOJ: US Law Firms Receiving TPLF from Foreign NGOs Must Register as Foreign Agents
On November 18, 2024, the Department of Justice’s Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) Unit published a June 24, 2024 Advisory Opinion discussing whether a Foreign Non-Governmental Organization’s funding of U.S. litigation required the Law Firm representing a U.S....
SCOTX Grants Review in Dispute Over Ownership of Salt Dome Used for Hydrocarbon Storage
9-13-24 The Texas Supreme Court has granted review in a case from the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals raising the question of whether a mineral lessee owns subsurface caverns the lessee created in its salt mining operation. Myers-Woodward, LLC v. Underground...
TCJL Comments on AI Bill Draft
TCJL submitted comments this week on Representative Gio Capriglione's AI bill draft, the Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (TRAIGA). All materials are posted on the AI resource...
TCJL Legislative Tracking Report 11-20-24
Prefiling for the 89th Texas Legislature began on Tuesday, November 12, 2024. A total of 1,511 bills and resolutions were filed in the House and Senate on the first day, which is a new record. By contrast, 920 bills were filed on the first day of prefiling in...
TCJL Files Brief in $10 Billion Mass Litigation Arising From Winter Storm Uri
Today TCJL filed an amicus curiae brief in in support of the investor-owned transmission and distribution utilities’ petition for writ of mandamus in the ongoing Winter Storm Uri MDL in Harris County. In In Re ONCOR Electric Delivery Co. LLC; ONCOR Electric...