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The Texas Supreme Court has answered the question of whether filing with a court clerk counts as filing “with the court.” In a per curiam opinion, SCOTX said that it does. In REME, L.L.C., A Texas Limited Liability Companty v. The State of Texas (No. 23-0707;...

Please attend the hearing or send a representative to sign a card AGAINST SB 1122 SB 1122 Texas Senate Health & Human Services Committee 8:00, Wednesday, March 5, 2025 Senate Chamber Hearing agenda Video Link The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974...

Recently we reported on an El Paso Court of Appeals opinion (over a dissent) in Cactus Water Services, LLC v. COG Operating, LLC (No. 23-0676), which held that fluid oil and gas waste produced from oil and gas drilling activities belonged to the producer, not the...

The Texas Supreme Court has granted review in a venue dispute involving a products liability claim against a dealer that sold a school bus to a school district. Rush Truck Centers of Texas, L.P. and Blue Bird Body Company v. Sean Sayre and Tori Sayre, Individually...

TCJL Tracked Bill List February 28, 2025   New bills are in red. This list is current through Thursday, February 27, 2025. TCJL PRIORITY BILLS New Causes of Action Tort Liability Construction Law Freedom to Contract Health Care Liability Judicial...

The facts in The University of Texas at El Paso v. Gabriel Soriano (No. 08-24-00025-CV; January 29, 2025) are as follows. Gabriel Soriano was fired from his job as a maintenance worker at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and consequently filed suit with...

The Texas Supreme Court has granted review in a case out of the Houston [14th] Court of Appeals involving whether an arbitration agreement delegated arbitrability to the arbitrator. As we originally reported last March, Abigail Dalila Cerna A/N/F of R.W. v....

The Texarkana Court of Appeals has affirmed a Lamar County district court’s denial of a defendant’s motion to transfer venue in a trucking accident case involving several fatalities. Western Dairy, Transport, LLC; B&C Holdings Company, LLC; RK Hall, LLC; Arys...

TCJL Tracked Bill List February 21, 2025   New bills are in red. This list is current through Thursday, February 20, 2025. TCJL PRIORITY BILLS New Causes of Action Tort Liability Construction Law Freedom to Contract Health Care Liability Judicial...

The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has reversed a Travis County trial court decision that overturned a Railroad Commission order granting a permit to a landfill operator. In HR Martin County Landfill, LLC and the Railroad Commission of Texas v. John W. Mabee;...

The Texas Supreme Court has advised the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that Texas defamation law extends to a defendant whom the plaintiff cannot prove made a defamatory statement but can prove that the defendant was involved in its publication. Jane Roe v....

The Texas Supreme Court has responded to the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ request for a state-law interpretation of the term “best available control technology” for purposes of the Texas Clean Air Act and TCEQ rules. Port Arthur Community Action Network v....