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Register Today! TCJL 38th Annual Meeting & CLE on November 7, 2024
TCJL 38th Annual Meeting 2024 Thursday, November 7, 2024 Headliners Club 221 West 6th Street Austin 9:00-11:00 CLE AI Legal And Ethical Pitfalls: What You Need...
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Reverses Class Certification Order
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order certifying a class action against a manufacturer of electronic valves for water filtration...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Chapter 74 Malpractice Claim
Patricia Martin v. Methodist Health Centers d/b/a Houston Methodist Willowbrook and Diego C. Marines Copado, M.D. (No.14-23-00418-CV; filed July 16, 2024) arose from...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Affirms TC Attorney’s Fees Award under UDJA Despite Dismissing the Case Under Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine
Manohar Singh Mann, Narinder Singh Nagra and Bhupinder Singh v. Sikh National Center, Inc. (No. 14-23-00272-CV; filed August 1, 2024) arose from a dispute between...
Following SCOTX, Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Holds That Type A Economic Corporations Do Not Have Governmental Immunity
The Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has ruled that Type A economic development corporations, although their liability is limited by statute, are not entitled to...
SCOTX Grants Emergency Stay in Motion for New Trial Case Where Trial Court Set Aside a Final Judgment Based on Rule 11 Settlement Agreement
The Texas Supreme Court has granted a temporary stay pending consideration of a petition for writ of mandamus in a divorce case in which a trial court granted a...
SCOTX Denies Mandamus in Case Pitting Powerhouse Appellate Firms
In a case pitting appellate firms who are frequent flyers at the Texas Supreme Court, the Court has denied several defendants’ petition for writ of mandamus that...
SCOTX Grants Review of Dallas Court of Appeals Decision Involving Texas Dram Shop Act
The Texas Supreme Court has granted a restaurant’s petition for review of a Dallas Court of Appeals’ decision reversing a summary judgment in its favor. Raoger...
Governor Abbott Appoints Gunn To First Court Of Appeals
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed longtime appellate lawyer David Gunn to the First Court of Appeals, Place 4, for a term set to expire on December 31, 2026. Gunn...
SCOTX Agrees to Hear Chapter 74 Case Involving Pit Bull Attack at Restaurant
In a somewhat unusual case, the Texas Supreme Court has granted a physician’s petition for review of a Houston [1st] Court of Appeals determination that a claim...
Here We Go Again (and Again): SCOTX Stays Dallas Trial Court Order Compelling Deposition of Insurer’s Corporate Representative Before Liability Established under UM/UIM Policy
For the eleventh time in the last year, the Texas Supreme Court has granted an emergency stay while it considers an insurer’s petition for writ of mandamus in an underinsured motorist case. As in the other three cases, In re State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance...
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 8/Obergefell/LGBTQ Landlord-Tenant Employment Law Workers’ Compensation Pandemic Liability/Emergency Powers...
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 plaintiffs have standing to sue. As you may recall, abortion and women’s health care providers have...
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 be wasting their time if the Legislature enacts a proposal introduced earlier this week. SB 520 would...
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, imposing civil, criminal, or administrative penalties, and authorizing the recovery of attorney’s fees and...
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 Non-Governmental Organization’s funding of U.S. litigation required the Law Firm representing a U.S....
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