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Business Court [Eighth Division] Determines It Has Jurisdiction in Dispute Between Oil and Gas Producers
In an opinion that interprets the statutory definition of “qualified transaction” in the context of an agreement between oil and gas operators, the Fort Worth-based...
Austin Court of Appeals Affirms Significant DTPA Judgment Against Sham Entity and Its Owner
In a case that demonstrates that the DTPA is still alive and kicking, the Austin Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court judgment against an individual and his...
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Lets Plaintiff Whose Counsel Neglected to Respond to Rule 91a Motion Off the Hook, Revives Dismissed Lawsuit Against Hermann Hospital
In a case that leaves us scratching our heads a bit, the Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has given a plaintiff a second chance in an employment discrimination suit...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Dismisses Contract, Tort Claims on Jurisdictional and TCPA Grounds
The Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has dismissed breach of contract and tortious interference claims against a corporate shareholder for breach of contract and...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Announces Legislation for the First Called Special Session of the 89th Legislature
July 22, 2025 AUSTIN – Today, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced the following legislation for the First Called Special Session of the 89th Legislature: SB 1 – Natural...
Dallas Court of Appeals Affirms Defense Summary Judgment in Slip-and-Fall at DFW Airport
In a case transferred from the Fort Worth Court of Appeals, the Dallas Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order granting an airline’s motion for summary...
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...
SCAC Set to Take Up TPLF As Other States (Even New York and California!) Move to Regulate the Industry
We understand that the Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee has placed proposed rule-making concerning third party litigation financing on its August 29 meeting agenda. This is certainly timely, given that four states--Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, and Oklahoma--have...
Corpus Christi Court of Appeals (Again) Mandamuses Hidalgo County Trial Court in Windstorm Case
Stop us if you’ve heard this before, but the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals has once again mandamused a Hidalgo County trial court (this time a district court) for denying an insurer’s motion to compel appraisal in a windstorm case. In re Germania Farm Mutual...
Austin Business Court Denies Antitrust Case Defendants’ Attempt to Shield Customer List from Discovery
The Austin Business Court (Third Division) has denied a motion to reconsider its prior ruling allowing Plaintiff in an antitrust suit to obtain discovery of a Defendants’ customer list. The facts in SafeLease Insurance Services LLC v. Storable, Inc., et al. (2025 Tex....
Corpus Christi Court of Appeals Chastises Hidalgo County JP, County Courts for Exceeding Their Jurisdiction by Resolving Title to Real Property
The Corpus Christi Court of Appeals has reversed a Hidalgo County court’s decision granting a party possession and ownership of commercial property and dismissed the case, holding that the lack of a landlord-tenant relationship deprived the court of subject matter...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Rules Highway Contractor Immunity Doesn’t Apply to Accident That Occurred During Construction
In a negligence suit involving the immunity of highway construction contractors employed by TxDOT, the 14th Court of Appeals has ruled that the ultimate certification of a project’s contractual compliance does not grant immunity from accidents that occurred while the...
Tyler Court of Appeals Denies Mandamus Relief in Discovery Dispute in Chapter 74 Health Care Liability Case
In re: Regency HIS of Longview, LLC d/b/a Longview Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (No. 12-25-00082-CV; July 31, 2025) arose from a Chapter 74 health care liability claim in which Plaintiff alleged that she sustained numerous injuries from allegedly negligent...
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