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TCJL Tracking Report 4-17-25
TCJL Tracked Bill List 4.17.25 Quick Highlights • Public Nuisance HEARING ALERT: SB 779 passed the Senate and HB 3964 is set for hearing in House JCJ on April 23....
Tyler Court of Appeals Rejects Taxpayer’s Section 25.25 Challenge to Appraisal of Compressors
In another of a series of cases involving the application of the special appraisal provision for a dealer’s heavy equipment inventory to a lessor of natural gas...
15th Court of Appeals Throws Out Challenge to the 2023 Consitutional Amendment Election
In Jane Nelson In Her Official Capacity as Secretary of State for the State of Texas v. Jarret Woodward and Heather Couchman (No. 15-24-00038-CV; April 3, 2025), the...
Alarming Expansion in Public Nuisance Litigation Revealed by ATRA Report
Alarming Expansion in Public Nuisance Litigation Revealed by ATRA Report Press Releases | March 25, 2025 From Social Media to Car Thefts, New Litigation Trends...
Austin Court of Appeals Upholds Sanctions Against Austin Developer
The Austin Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order sanctioning Austin developer Natin Paul for violations of court orders concerning post-judgment asset...
Hearing Alert FOR HB 5067
15th Court Jurisdiction Please attend the hearing or send a representative to sign a card FOR HB 5067 by Leach. House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence 8:00,...
SCOTX Affirms El Paso Court of Appeals Decision Upholding Application of TCEQ Water Degradation Standards
The Texas Supreme Court has affirmed an El Paso Court of Appeals decision rejecting an environmental organization’s challenge to TCEQ’s permitting standards for the...
SCOTX Reverses Dallas Court of Appeals in Dram Shop Case
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Dallas Court of Appeals decision that overturned a trial court order granting summary judgment to a restaurant under the Texas...
SCOTX to Hear Certificate of Merit Case in Which Plaintiff Avoided Limitations by Refiling an Already-Dismissed Claim
The Texas Supreme Court has granted review of a San Antonio Court of Appeals’ decision affirming a trial court order reviving a plaintiff’s already-dismissed suit...
TCJL Bill Tracking Report 4-11-25
This list is current through 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 10, 2025. New actions are in red. HEARING ALERT 15th Court Jurisdiction HB 5067 by Leach (R-Plano): Clarifies...
Tyler Court of Appeals Affirms TC Denial of Chapter 74 Motion to Dismiss
The Tyler Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order denying a hospital’s motion to dismiss a health care liability claim for a deficient expert report. Quitman Hospital, LLC d/b/a UT Health Quitman v. W.S., A Minor by Duane Stuart, ANF (No. 12-24-00313;...
Cutting Through the Noise on SB 30 (Medical, Noneconomic Damages)
The load of misinformation about SB 30 currently inundating the Legislature not only falsely represents or distorts the actual language in the bill, but it wrongly accuses legislators who support the legislation of abandoning injured persons by eliminating causes of...
Why Bills That Expand Civil Penalties, New Rights of Action, and Attorney General Enforcement Authority Do Serious Damage to the Texas Civil Justice System and Business Climate
We have reported at length this session about the explosion of bills proposing new or expanded civil penalties, private rights of action, and attorney general enforcement power. The number of such bills has increased tenfold since last session and account for nearly...
Hearing Alert FOR HB 3964 Public Nuisance
Public Nuisance Please attend and sign a card FOR HB 3964. If you cannot attend the hearing or send someone to sign a card, you may enter public comments of support here: https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c330 House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence 8:00,...
TCJL Tracking Report 4-17-25
TCJL Tracked Bill List 4.17.25 Quick Highlights • Public Nuisance HEARING ALERT: SB 779 passed the Senate and HB 3964 is set for hearing in House JCJ on April 23. Please attend and sign a card FOR HB 3964. If you cannot attend the hearing or send someone to sign a...
Tyler Court of Appeals Rejects Taxpayer’s Section 25.25 Challenge to Appraisal of Compressors
In another of a series of cases involving the application of the special appraisal provision for a dealer’s heavy equipment inventory to a lessor of natural gas compressors, the Tyler Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of an appraisal district that included...
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