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Austin Business Court Rules That It Has Jurisdiction in Civil Lawsuit Stemming from Texas Lottery Scandal
In a case arising from an alleged scheme to rig the April 2023 Texas Lottery (which created quite a stir in the Legislature this session and resulted in the...
Dallas Court of Appeals Affirms Trial Court Order Determining That New York Law Applies to Property Damage Claim, Eliminating Extracontractual Causes of Action and Attorney’s Fees
In a decision that substantially reduced a plaintiff’s damages claim, the Dallas Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order applying New York law to an...
Dallas Business Court Tosses Minority Owners’ Challenge to Majority Owner’s Exercise of Drag-Along Sale Rights
In a massive three-part opinion, the Dallas Business Court [First Division] has ruled that a majority owner’s exercise of drag-along sale rights conferred under the...
Fort Worth Court of Appeals Affirms Temporary Injunction for Breach of Non-Compete Agreement
In an instructive opinion on the contours of Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 683, which governs temporary injunctions, the Fort Worth Court of Appeals has upheld a...
SCOTX Responds to Certified Question in Religious Freedom Case
In a case we first reported last September, the Texas Supreme Court has answered a certified question from the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals calling for an...
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Mandamuses Trial Court for Setting Aside Default Judgment
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has vacated a trial court order setting aside a default judgment where the party against whom the judgment was taken simply didn’t...
Beaumont Court of Appeals Finds No Personal Jurisdiction in Dispute Between Texas Factoring Company and Florida Construction Company
The Beaumont Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order denying a Florida-based storage facility construction company’s special appearance in a suit alleging...
Fort Worth Business Court [Eighth Division] Finds No Jurisdiction in Tortious Interference Case Involving Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
The Fort Worth business court [Eighth Division] has rejected an effort to remove to the court a case involving a dispute between a business and former employees over...
El Paso Court of Appeals Affirms Jury Finding Piercing the Corporate Veil in Negligence Lawsuit
The El Paso Court of Appeals has affirmed a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding that a business owner could be held personally liable in a negligence lawsuit...
SCOTX Grants Review of Beaumont Court of Appeals Decision (Mis)Applying Express Negligence Rule
In a case in which TCJL is likely to submit some of amicus commentary, the Texas Supreme Court has granted a contractor’s petition for review arguing that the...
TCJL Files Amicus Brief in Pennsylvania Superior Court in Case in Which Trial Court Refused to Enforce Texas Forum-Selection Clause
For the first time in its 40-year history, TCJL has filed a brief in the courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Ironically, the case, Cardinal Midstream II, LLC v. Energy Transfer LP, et al. (No. 1000 WDA 2025) pits two Dallas-based energy companies against each...
Business Court Rules Limitation-of-Liability Provisions in Telecom Contract Inappliable to Tortious Interference, Defamation Claims
The Business Court [Houston Division] has denied AT&T’s motion for partial summary judgment with regard to a wireless provider’s claims for tortious interference with contract and defamation associated with the termination of the parties’ agreement. Fiberwave,...
Amarillo Court of Appeals Dismisses Inverses Condemnation Claim Against TXDOT
The Amarillo Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order denying TxDOT’s plea to the jurisdiction in an inverse condemnation case brought by roadside convenience store. Texas Department of Transportation v. FamFive Holdings, LLC (No. 07-25-00113-CV; September...
Business Court Dismisses Veil-Piercing, Breach-of-Contract Claims Under Rule 91a
The Business Court [Eighth Division] has granted a Rule 91a motion to dismiss veil-piercing and breach-of-contract claims in a dispute between a California-based eyeware company and several Texas residents over a failed transaction purchase agreement. Lensabl, Inc. v....
Amarillo Court of Appeals Mandamuses Trial Court for Denying Defendant’s Designation of RPT in Dram Shop Case
The Amarillo Court of Appeals has granted a bar owner’s mandamus petition after the trial court denied its motion for leave to designate a responsible third party. In re Main Street Conference, LLC (No. 07-25-00267-CV; October 6, 2025) arose from a 2022 drunk driving...
SCOTX Reverses San Antonio Court of Appeals, Finds Trial Court Committed Harmful Error in Allowing Expert Witness, a Former Judge, to Instruct the Jury About the Law
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed the San Antonio Court of Appeals and remanded for new trial an heirship dispute turning on whether the deceased father had a common-law wife. In re the Estate of Guadalupe Lopez, Sr., Deceased (No. 24-0315) arose from a dispute...
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