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Plenty of Room for Negotiations Between House, Senate Versions of Business Court Expansion
Bills have now been introduced on both sides of the Capitol expanding the jurisdictional reach of the business courts and, most importantly for the judges, fixing an...
HEARINGS ALERT! Set for Monday Morning
Several bills of particular interest to TCJL members are set for hearing today. Please consider attending the hearings or sending a representative to sign cards....
TCJL Tracking Report 3-21-25
TCJL Tracked Bill List March 21, 2025 New bills are in red. This list is current through 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 20, 2025. TCJL PRIORITY BILLS New Causes of...
Senate Links Judicial Pay Raise to Judicial Conduct Commission Reforms, Performance Standards
Throwing down something of a gauntlet, the Texas Senate passed legislation linking a much-needed and overdue judicial pay raise to a package of disciplinary reforms,...
New Causes of Action Tracker – 89th Lege 2025
Texas legislators have filed hundreds of new causes of action and penalties against business through March 21, 2025. Brief bill summaries are available on our weekly...
Recently Elected Dallas Court of Appeals Justice Calls Out Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Claims
In a concurring opinion in a TCPA case (which will be separately reported), Justice Mike Lee, a newly-minted justice of the new-look Dallas Court of Appeals, has...
15th Court of Appeals Reverses Trial Court Order Remanding Permit Approved by TCEQ
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Max Midstream, LLC v. San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper, Texas Campaign for the Environment, and S. Diane Wilson...
SCOTX Holds That 15th Court of Appeals Does Not Have General Statewide Jurisdiction
The Texas Supreme Court has resolved two disputes over the scope of the jurisdiction of the statewide 15th Court of Appeals. In both cases, the Court concluded that...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Announces Second Round of Top 40 Priority Bills for the 2025 Legislative Session
AUSTIN – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued this statement today upon announcing the second round of his top 40 priority bills for the 89th regular legislative session:...
TCJL Tracked Bill List 3-14-25
TCJL Tracked Bill List March 14, 2025 New bills are in red. This list is current through 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 13, 2025. The filing deadline is March 14,...
Beaumont Court of Appeals Throws Out Case in Which Rumors of Plaintiff’s Death Were Greatly Exaggerated
In one of the strangest cases we’ve ever seen, the Beaumont Court of Appeals has finally put to rest a dispute over homeowner’s coverage that dragged out over five years and featured conflicting representations of whether the plaintiff was alive or not. Michael...
TEXANS PAY $1,725 MORE FOR GOODS AND SERVICES EVERY YEAR IN A LAWSUIT TAX: TALA
LAWSUITS TAKE TOLL ON TEXAS: TEXANS PAY $1,725 MORE FOR GOODS AND SERVICES EVERY YEAR IN A LAWSUIT TAX—HIGHER THAN NATIONAL AVERAGE March 25, 2025 Legislature Considering Bill to Address “Nuclear Verdicts,” Which Are Driving Up Consumer Costs in Texas AUSTIN,...
TCJL Tracked Bill List 4-3-25
This list is current through 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 3, 2025. New actions are in red. TCJL PRIORITY BILLS New Causes of Action Tort Liability Construction Law Freedom to Contract Health Care Liability Judicial Matters/Practice of Law Eminent Domain Dobbs/SB...
SCOTX Reverses Austin Court of Appeals in Dispute Over Scope of APA’s Declaratory Judgment Provision
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed an Austin Court of Appeals decision throwing out a declaratory judgment action challenging the applicability of a rule requiring a possessor of radioactive material to obtain a license where a lienholder foreclosed on real property...
AI Regulatory Legislation Clears House Committee
A unanimous vote of the House Delivery of Government Efficiency Committee has sent much-discussed artificial intelligence regulatory legislation to the Calendars Committee. CSHB 149 makes reorganizes and makes significant changes from the filed version. Those changes...
Federal District Court Rules That ERISA Preempts Tennessee Statute Requiring Health Plans to Accept Any Willing Provider for Pharmacy Benefits
A federal district court has ruled that an any-willing provider statute virtually identical to legislation currently proposed in Texas is pre-empted by ERISA. The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals had previously reversed the court’s dismissal of the employer’s...
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