TCJL 31st Annual Meeting Notice
Click Here to Register Now TEXAS CIVIL JUSTICE LEAGUE 31ST Annual Meeting Thursday, November 9, 2017 2:00-3:00 PM Board Meeting (Board Members Only) 3:00-6:00 PM Member Meeting & Reception Headliners Club 221 West 6TH Street Austin, Texas 78701 Please register...
House GOP Caucus Working Group Recommends Speaker Election Changes
The House Republican Caucus has circulated proposed changes to the caucus by-laws governing the process for the nomination of candidates for Speaker. The changes will be considered at a caucus meeting currently…
Lt. Governor Patrick Announces Appointments to the Sunset Advisory Commission
AUSTIN – Today, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced the appointments of Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville, Sen. Dawn Buckingham, R-Lakeway, Sen. Bob Hall, R-Canton…
Lt. Governor Patrick Releases Second Wave of Interim Charges
Lt. Governor Patrick Releases Second Wave of Interim Charges Targets Campus Free Speech and Establishes Select Committee on Election Security AUSTIN – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick released his final list of the 81 interim legislative charges he is asking the Texas Senate to...
House Interim Charges Focus on Hurricane Harvey
House Interim Charges Focus on Hurricane Harvey AUSTIN – Texas House Speaker Joe Straus released the full list of House interim charges Monday, assigning almost every committee at least one charge related to the state’s recovery from Hurricane Harvey. By issuing...
Lt. Governor Dan Patrick Releases First Wave of Interim Charges
Lt. Governor Dan Patrick Releases First Wave of Interim Charges October 23, 2017 Targets Alamo Funding Review & Establishes Select Committee on E-Verify AUSTIN – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is asking the Texas Senate to study 81 additional interim legislative charges in...
ATRA cheers 5th Circuit reversal of record-setting FCA verdict
ATRA cheers 5th Circuit reversal of record-setting FCA verdict FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Urges High Court to Reassert Congressional Intent, Help Rein in Misuse and Abuse of ‘Lincoln’s Law’ WASHINGTON, D.C., October 3, 2017 – The American Tort Reform Association is...
Federal circuit deals blow to Texas patent-trolls
Federal Circuit Deals Blow to Texas Patent-Trolls In a ruling issued earlier today, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals admonished Eastern District of Texas Federal Judge Rodney Gilstrap for abusing his discretion in refusing to transfer venue of a patent...
Governor Abbott appoints Kent Sullivan Commissioner of Insurance
Governor Abbott appoints Kent Sullivan Commissioner of Insurance Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Kent Sullivan as Commissioner of Insurance for a term set to expire February 1, 2019. Kent Sullivan of Austin is a partner at Jackson Walker. He previously served as a...
Zachry Construction prevails in decade-long legal battle with Port of Houston
Zachry Construction prevails in decade-long legal battle with Port of Houston Earlier this month the Texas Supreme Court denied review of a 14th District Court of Appeals [Houston] decision awarding Zachry Construction Company $23 million against the Port of Houston...
Governor Abbott announces changes to senior staff
Governor Abbott announces changes to senior staff Governor Greg Abbott today announced changes to his senior staff as the transition to the interim and preparations for the 2019 legislative session begin to take place. The Governor’s long-time Chief of Staff, Daniel...
House Speaker Joe Straus issues five Hurricane Harvey-related interim charges
House Speaker Joe Straus issues five Hurricane Harvey-related interim charges AUSTIN – Texas House Speaker Joe Straus on Thursday asked three House committees to begin studying issues related to Hurricane Harvey and state preparations for future natural disasters. In...
John Sharp appointed to lead Hurricane Harvey recovery
John Sharp appointed to lead Hurricane Harvey recovery Faced with what is probably the biggest natural disaster in the state’s history, Gov. Greg Abbott turned Thursday to Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp, a savvy, no-nonsense politician with a track record...
Oral argument scheduled in TWIA case
Oral argument scheduled in TWIA case The 14th District Court of Appeals [Houston] has scheduled oral argument in Texas Windstorm Insurance Association v. Dickinson Independent School District on September 14. TCJL filed an amicus brief in this case last week. Although...
TCJL Files Amicus Brief in TWIA Case
TCJL files brief in TWIA case This week TCJL filed an amicus curiae brief in the Fourteenth Court of Appeals [Houston] in a case involving claims against the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) arising from Hurricane Ike in 2008. In this case the Dickinson...
Judge sanctions Voss Law for handling of hail suit, finds firm ‘hijacked’ litigation for own benefit
Judge sanctions Voss Law for handling of hail suit, finds firm ‘hijacked’ litigation for own benefit SE Texas Record by David Yates | DEL RIO – From producing fraudulent documents to “hijacking the litigation process for its own benefit,” a federal judge has found the...
Texas business has to gear up for more politics after beating the ‘bathroom bill’
Texas business has to gear up for more politics after beating the ‘bathroom bill’ DALLAS MORNING NEWS - Business just beat back the so-called bathroom bill in a special session, but there’s little time to celebrate. Not with the lieutenant governor vowing to bring...
Governor Abbott Statement On The Death Of Former Texas Governor Mark White
Governor Greg Abbott today released the following statement on the death of former Texas Governor Mark White. The Governor also ordered flags statewide be lowered to half-staff in honor of Governor White. "Mark White cared deeply about Texas, and he devoted his life...