Newsroom
House To Take Up Anti-Employer COVID-19 Vaccination Prohibition Today (SB 7)
This morning the Texas House will take up legislation that sets an ominous precedent for the future and puts businesses and health care providers on notice that, when it comes to appeasing somebody’s electoral base, the Legislature will now feel free to substitute...
Corpus Christi Court of Appeals Grants Mandamus in Death Penalty Sanctions Case
In a case involving serious personal injuries caused by plaintiff’s contact with a high voltage power line, the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals has for the second time granted the power company’s petition for writ of mandamus directing a Hidalgo County trial court...
Vote Now! Constitutional Amendments on the November Ballot
Texas Constitutional Amendment Election November 7, 2023 Where's My Polling Place? See www.VoteTexas.gov Early Voting Begins October 23, 2023 Early Voting Ends November 3, 2023 Election Day November 7, 2023 During the 2023 Regular Session and 2nd Called Session,...
Corpus Christi Court of Appeals Rejects Oil Company Franchise Tax Deduction Case
The Corpus Christi Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court denial of an oil company’s petition for a refund for overpayment of state franchise taxes in a case arising from the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Anadarko Petroleum v. Glenn Hegar, Comptroller of Public...
SCOTX Grants Emergency Relief in Discovery Dispute Involving Mistaken Admissions
The Texas Supreme Court has granted an emergency stay pending consideration of a petition for writ of mandamus in a case in which the trial court denied a defense motion for leave to amend its Original Admissions when defendant learned that they were factually...
Fort Worth Court of Appeals Reverses Denial of TCPA Motion to Dismiss
The Fort Worth Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court’s denial of a motion to dismiss under the Texas Citizens Participation Act (Ch. 27, CPRC) in a dispute arising out of the administration of a marital trust by the stepmother of decedent husband’s two...
SCOTX Names Judicial Administration Specialization Task Force (HB 2384)
In accordance with HB 2384, which passed the Legislature by a nearly unanimous vote last spring, the Texas Supreme Court has appointed a task force to develop standards for and advise the Texas Board of Legal Specialization regarding a new Board Certification in...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Affirms Denial of Special Appearance
The Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has affirmed a Harris County district court’s denial of an out-of-state defendant’s special appearance in a multi-party fraud suit. RDF Agent, LLC, Related Fund Management, LLC and Brian Sedrish v. Electric Red Ventures, LLC,...
Special Session Sees More Punitive Proposals for Employers and Health Care Providers
As we observed during the regular session this spring, the Legislature seems intent on taking out their COVID-19 frustration on Texas employers and health care providers. Only this time, such measures have a gubernatorial stamp of approval. Let’s get one thing...
Divided SCOTUS Oks Exercise of Personal Jurisdiction under State Foreign Entity Registration Statute Subjecting Entity to Jurisdiction in State Courts
A deeply divided U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a Pennsylvania statute requiring a foreign entity to subject itself to general jurisdiction in state courts as a condition to transacting business applies to a lawsuit brought by a Virginia resident in Pennsylvania...
TCJL Files Amicus Brief in UIM Case
TCJL has filed an amicus curiae brief in a case that raises knotty issues regarding a Collin County court at law’s pre-trial rulings in the underinsured motorist context. Tjhe Texas Supreme Court has already granted an emergency stay pending consideration of the...
Rules Implementing New Business Courts Coming Soon (HB 19)
A subcommittee charged with recommending procedural rules for the new business courts made its report to the Supreme Court Advisory Committee. The SCAC will take up the recommendations at its next meeting on October 13. The subcommittee consisted of practitioners,...