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Houston Business Court Considers Standard of Proof for Separate Attorney’s Eyes Only Designation in Protective Orders
The Houston-area business court [Eleventh Division] has issued an opinion setting out how to apply a balancing test to the question of (1) whether a protective order should have a separate “Attorney’s Eyes Only” designation, and (2) if so, whether the AEO...
SCOTX Rules That District Court, Not Workers’ Comp Division, Determines Whether Alleged Injury is Work-Related if Employee Didn’t File Claim Raising the Issue
Affirming the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals, the Texas Supreme Court has held that district courts, rather than the Workers’ Compensation Division, have subject-matter jurisdiction over a determination of whether an injury is work-related for purposes of workers’...
SCOTX to Review San Antonio Court of Appeals Decision Holding That Running, Jogging, and Walking Are Not Recreational
In a decision reminiscent of the Dallas Court of Appeals’ pronouncement that a tornado is not a windstorm, the Texas Supreme Court has granted the City of San Antonio’s petition for review of a San Antonio Court of Appeals decision that (mind-bogglingly) held that...
SCOTX Splits 5-4 in Case Stemming from Service Dog Attack on Child
In a case we reported last October, the Texas Supreme Court has affirmed a Houston [1st] Court of Appeals determination that a claim against the physician based on the physician's letter regarding the suitability of a pit bull as a service animal was not a health...
Senate Version of Federal Tax Bill Imposes Tax on TPLF Proceeds
Whatever one thinks about the policy of allowing huge hedge funds, some of which are foreign-owned, monetize our court system through third-party litigation funding (and we don’t think much of it), the United States Senate Finance Committee version of the federal...
Sponsor the TCJL 39th Annual Meeting & CLE on November 5, 2025
TCJL 39th Annual Meeting & CLE on November 5, 2025 Wednesday, November 5, 2025 Headliners Club 221 West 6th Street Austin 9:00-11:00 CLE Growing Pains: Reviewing the First Year of the 15th Court of Appeals and Business...
SCOTX Grants Review in Case Involving Constitutionality of Chapter 380 Economic Development Grant
The Texas Supreme has granted a financial institution’s petition for review of a Waco Court of Appeals decision upholding the termination of a Chapter 380 economic development agreement. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. City of Corsicana and Navarro County (No....
Justice Young Invites Reconsideration of SCOTX’s Interpretation of Tort Claims Act Jurisdictional Notice Requirement
In an opinion concurring with the Texas Supreme Court’s denial of a petition for review, Justice Evan Young and three of his colleagues have called for a reconsideration of the Court’s jurisprudence around § 101.101, CPRC (Tort Claims Act). That section requires a...
HB 3441 (Vaccine Advertising Ban) Faces Long Constitutional Odds Under SCOTUS First Amendment Jurisprudence
As we reported numerous times this session, legislation was proposed and ultimately enacted imposing civil liability on a vaccine manufacturer for advertising a vaccine if the advertised vaccine “causes harm or injury to the individual.” HB 3441 directs a court to...
SCOTX: Chapter 21, Labor Code, Exclusive Remedy Does Not Extend to Tort Suits Against Other Employees
The Texas Supreme Court has responded to a U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals certified question arising from an employee’s lawsuit against SMU University and other university employees alleging both statutory discrimination and common-law tort claims. In Cheryl...
Be Patient With Us: SCOTX Opinions Coming Fast and Furious
As you know, we are nearing the end of the Texas Supreme Court’s term, and the Court is cranking out numerous opinions on important matters each Friday. While we are getting to these cases pretty much as they are released, we try to limit our posts to one case a...
SCOTX to 5th Circuit: Texas Usury Law Requires Interest Calculation Using Actuarial Method
In response to a certified question from the 5th Circuit, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled that Texas usury law requires use of the actuarial method to calculate whether an interest rate is usurious. American Pearl Group, L.L.C., a Texas Limited Liability Company;...