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TPLF: US Chamber Coalition Letter on H.R. 1109
H.R.1109 - Litigation Transparency Act of 2025, 119th Congress (2025-2026) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1109/text [embeddoc...
Hearing Alert AGAINST HB 4256 Expansion of Antitrust Liability
Oppose Expansion of Antitrust Liability Please attend or send someone to sign a card AGAINST HB 4256. If you cannot attend the hearing or send someone to sign a...
Justice Gunn Urges Different Approach to Sufficiency Challenges to Attorney’s Fee Awards
In a concurring opinion in an appeal involving a dispute over attorney’s fees, Justice David Gunn urged the intermediate courts of appeals to review the legal...
SB 30: Cutting Through the Noise on Medical, Noneconomic Damages
The load of misinformation about SB 30 currently inundating the Legislature not only falsely represents or distorts the actual language in the bill, but it wrongly...
Proposed Legislation Vastly Expands Antitrust Liability (HB 4256)
On Wednesday, the House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee will hear HB 4256, which expands Texas antitrust law by rejecting the so-called “Illinois Brick...
15th Court of Appeals Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Diseased Deer Management Statute
In a suit challenging the constitutionality of a statute that authorizes the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to depopulate diseased breeder deer, the 15th Court...
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Barratry Suit Against Louisiana Law Firm for Want of Jurisdiction
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order granting a Louisiana law firm’s special appearance in a barratry lawsuit. Wayne J. Adams,...
El Paso Court of Appeals Affirms Summary Judgment for Uber in Personal Injury Lawsuit
Guillermo Acosta and Jose Molina v. Uber Technologies, Inc. and Raiser, LLC (No. 08-24-00099-CV; February 28, 2025) arose from an auto accident involving an...
Public Nuisance Legislation: What Does It Really Do?
The House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee heard SB 779/HB 3964, the so-called “public nuisance” bill, on April 23. As you might expect, this bill cuts...
Beaumont Court of Appeals Reverses $25 Million Summary Judgment for Exxon Mobil in Coverage Dispute with Insurer
The Beaumont Court of Appeals had reversed a $25 million summary judgment in favor of Exxon Mobil in a case in which Exxon’s OCIP provided workers’ compensation...
TCJL Bill Tracking Report 5-16-25
TCJL Tracked Bill List 5.15.25 May 15, 2025 Quick Highlights • Nuclear Verdicts: SB 30 substitute expected from House JCJ shortly. SB 30 passed the Senate on 4-16. HB 4806 heard in House JCJ this week. Nuclear Verdicts Resource Page ARTICLE: House JCJ Hearing on SB...
SCOTX Reverses Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Decision That Defendant Had Actual Notice of Judgment by Virtue of an Unopened Email
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Houston [14th] Court of Appeals decision holding that a defendant who received notice of judgment by email, when the former version of Rule 306a required the clerk to send notice by first-class mail, had actual knowledge of the...
Business Court Clean-up Passes House (HB 40)
An apparently agreed version of the business court clean-up legislation, HB 40, has passed the House. The Senate version, SB 2883, has already been heard in Senate Jurisprudence. The agreed version is somewhat skinnier than the bill originally filed in the House (only...
SCOTX Recognizes Public-Safety Officer’s Rule in Home Depot Shooting Case
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Dallas Court of Appeals decision in a case stemming from a fatal shooting at a Dallas-area Home Depot in 2018. The facts of Chad Seward, Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., and Point 2 Point Global Security, Inc. v. Rogelio Santander Sr....
SCOTX: TCPA Does Not Apply to Motions to Compel and for Sanctions
In an important decision for narrowing the scope of the Texas Citizens Participation Act (Ch. 27, CPRC), the Texas Supreme Court has held that the TCPA does not apply to a motion to compel discovery and for monetary sanctions for discovery abuses. In so doing the...
Waco Court of Appeals Affirms Rule 91a Dismissal of Plaintiff’s Claims Against Insurer in Dispute Over Policy Proceeds
The Waco Court of Appeals has affirmed a Navarro County district court order dismissing claims against State Farm as without a basis in law and fact under Rule 91a, TRCP. Scarlett Robbins v. State Farm Life Insurance Company (No. 10-24-00047-CV; April 17, 2025) arose...
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