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TCJL Tracking Report 12-5-24
New Causes of Action Tort Liability Construction Law Freedom to Contract Health Care Liability Judicial Matters/Practice of Law Eminent Domain Dobbs/SB...
SCOTX Kicks SB 8 Challenge Back to Austin Court of Appeals on Standing Issue
In a case challenging the constitutionality of SB 8, the Texas Supreme Court has reversed and remanded to the Austin Court of Appeals to determine whether the...
Proposed Legislation Would Bar State Agencies from Considering Public Comments by Nonresident Individuals and Businesses
Out-of-state entities accustomed to submitting public comments to state regulatory agencies in response to proposed rules or other matters calling for comments will...
New Cause of Action Tracker: 89th Legislature Picking Up Where the 88th Left Off
As you may recall, during the 88th Legislative Session in 2023 legislators introduced a record number of bills creating or expanding private causes of action,...
DOJ: US Law Firms Receiving TPLF from Foreign NGOs Must Register as Foreign Agents
On November 18, 2024, the Department of Justice’s Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) Unit published a June 24, 2024 Advisory Opinion discussing whether a Foreign...
SCOTX Grants Review in Dispute Over Ownership of Salt Dome Used for Hydrocarbon Storage
9-13-24 The Texas Supreme Court has granted review in a case from the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals raising the question of whether a mineral lessee owns...
TCJL Comments on AI Bill Draft
TCJL submitted comments this week on Representative Gio Capriglione's AI bill draft, the Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (TRAIGA). All materials are posted on...
TCJL Legislative Tracking Report 11-20-24
Prefiling for the 89th Texas Legislature began on Tuesday, November 12, 2024. A total of 1,511 bills and resolutions were filed in the House and Senate on the first...
TCJL Files Brief in $10 Billion Mass Litigation Arising From Winter Storm Uri
Today TCJL filed an amicus curiae brief in in support of the investor-owned transmission and distribution utilities’ petition for writ of mandamus in the ongoing...
Beaumont Court of Appeals Mandamuses Trial Court for Issuing Sanctions Order for Discovery Abuses Without a Determination of a TCPA Motion to Dismiss
In re Bruce L. Jamison (No. 09-21-00223-CV; October 24, 2024) arose from a nasty dispute associated with the involuntary windup of a luxury auto dealer in Montgomery...
SCOTX Reverses Houston [14th] Court of Appeals in Important Excess Policy Case
In August we reported that the Texas Supreme Court had granted review of a Houston [14th] Court of Appeals case in which the court rejected the insurer’s argument that an excess policy with a “following form” provision incorporating the terms and conditions of the...
Fort Worth Court of Appeals Mandamuses Trial Court That Failed to Hear Net-Worth Discovery Motion
Section 41.0115(a), CPRC, requires before a trial court may grant a net-worth discovery order upon motion of a party, it must notify the defendant and hold a hearing on the motion. This is precisely what the trial court in In re Madera Residential, LLC and Madera...
Fort Worth Court of Appeals Reverses Insured’s Judgment in Lightning Strike Case
In one of the stranger cases we’ve seen in a while (which is saying a lot), the Fort Worth Court of Appeals has reversed a nearly $200,000 judgment against an insurer for contractual and extracontractual damages arising from an alleged lightning strike at the...
SCOTX Reverses Amarillo Court of Appeals, Finds Chapter 74 Expert Reports Sufficient
Reversing the Amarillo Court of Appeals, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled that plaintiffs in a Chapter 74 health care liability case produced sufficient expert reports to defeat defendants’ motion to dismiss. Daniel Walker and Kristen Walker v. Baptist St. Anthony’s...
TCJL Files Brief in Dram Shop Case
On Monday TCJL filed an amicus curiae brief in an important case out of the Dallas Court of Appeals, Raoger Corporation v. Barrie Myers (No. 23-0662). The case involves the application of the Texas Dram Shop Act (Chapter 2, Alcoholic Beverage Code). As you may recall...
Special Court of Review Exonerates Harris County District Judge With 30 Mandamus Petitions for Failing to Rule on Motions
A special court of review consisting of three court of appeals justices who were defeated in the recent election has exonerated as Harris County district judge whom the State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly reprimanded for willful and persistent conduct...
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