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Business Court Finds No Jurisdiction in Trade Secrets Dispute Between California Entities
The Business Court has ruled that it does not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant in a misappropriation of trade secrets case because the operative facts...
15th Court of Appeals Upholds TC Dismissal of Electricity Wholesaler’s Challenge to ERCOT Protocols
The 15th Court of Appeals has upheld a Travis County district court order granting pleas to the jurisdiction filed by the PUC and ERCOT in an electricity wholesalers...
Tyler Court of Appeals Upholds Take-Nothing Judgment in Favor of Operator in Royalty Dispute
The Tyler Court of Appeals has affirmed a San Augustine County district court’s take-nothing judgment on a jury verdict finding that an oil and gas operator did not...
Lt. Gov. Patrick Adds More Interim Charges
The Lieutenant Governor has added more charges to the interim call. [embeddoc...
Corpus Christi-Edinburgh Court of Appeals Holds That Crude Oil Stored for International Shipment Immune from Taxation
In a series of four rulings, the Corpus Christi-Edinburg Court of Appeals has rejected an attempt by the San Patricio County District to assess crude held in a...
House Interim Charges Released
Speaker Burrows has released the House Interim Charges for 2026. [embeddoc url="https://tcjl.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/House-Interim-Charges.pdf"...
Beaumont Court of Appeals Enforces Duty to Defend Provision Against Contractor
The Beaumont Court of Appeals has affirmed summary judgment in favor of a property owner in a dispute with a security contract over the enforcement of an indemnity...
Business Court Grants Temporary Injunction in Breach of Noncompete Agreement Case
The Business Court has granted an employer’s request for a temporary injunction to block a former employee from engaging in competitive activities despite a...
Reversing San Antonio Court of Appeals, SCOTX Holds That A Turkey Trot is “Recreational”
In a decision reminiscent of the Dallas Court of Appeals’ pronouncement that a tornado is not a windstorm, the Texas Supreme Court reversed a San Antonio Court of...
Justice Young Invites Litigants to Bring TUFTA Cases to SCOTX
In a statement in connection with SCOTX’s denial of rehearing of a petition for review, Justice Evan Young has invited litigants with disputes implicating the Texas Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act to bring cases to SCOTX for review. The case at hand, Executive...
SCOTX Reverses San Antonio Court of Appeals Decision Favoring Royalty Owner in Dispute With Operator
In a case that attracted a lot of interest from producers and royalty owners, the Texas Supreme Court has reversed a San Antonio Court of Appeals decision holding that an oil and gas deed that reserved a royalty on minerals “produced from the above described acreage”...
Houston Court of Appeals [1st] Reverses TC Order Denying Physician’s Motion to Dismiss Chapter 74 HCLC Where Intervenors Failed to Serve Expert Report
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order denying a physician’s motion to dismiss claims that he changed a liver transplant list to exclude claimants’ relatives, all of whom later died, for failure to serve an expert report. John S. Bynon v....
SCOTX Reverses Corpus Christi Court of Appeals Ruling in Slip-and-Fall Case
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Corpus Christi Court of Appeals decision overturning a Bexar County trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of HEB in a slip-and-fall case. Marissa Peterson v. HEB Grocery Co., L.P. (No. 24-0310; April 10, 2026) arose...
Dallas Mavericks Defeat Dallas Stars in Business Court Thriller
The Dallas Mavericks have prevailed over the Dallas Stars in a dispute over control of the American Airlines Center. Dallas Sports Group, LLC and Radical Arena, Ltd. v. DSE Hockey Club, L.P., et al. L.P. (2026 Tex. Bus. 15; April 2, 2026) arose from a dispute between...
Tyler Court of Appeals Upholds Denial of Chinese Tire Manufacturer’s Special Appearance in Product Liability Case
The Tyler Court of Appeals has affirmed a Gregg County district court’s denial of a Chinese tire manufacturer’s special appearance in a product liability action arising from a fatality rollover accident. Sailun Group Co., Ltd. v. Jessica Spradley, et al. (No....
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