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Business Court Grants Special Appearance to California Resident Who Acted as Defendants’ Agent in Disputed Texas Deal
The Business Court has dismissed a non-resident individual from a Texas business dispute for lack of personal jurisdiction, CWK Management, Inc., for itself and...
Business Court Throws Out Fraud Claims in Suit Between AT&T and Service Provider, But Sends Contract Claims to Jury Trial
The Business Court has dismissed competing fraud claims in a dispute between AT&T and a former service provider over the termination of a lucrative alliance over...
Dallas Court of Appeals Affirms Defense Summary Judgment in Fraudulent Lien Case
The Dallas Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order granting summery judgment to a concrete supplier who allegedly filed a fraudulent lien against a...
El Paso Court of Appeals Affirms TC Denial of Chapter 74 Motion to Dismiss Nursing Home Claim
The El Paso Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order denying § 74.351, CPRC, motions to dismiss health care liability claims against a nursing home and two...
Business Court Applies Judicial Immunity to Dismiss Receiver from Post-Divorce Dispute Over Sale of Community Property But Doesn’t Extend Immunity to Entities Created by Receiver to Conduct Sale
The Business Court has granted the Rule 91a motion of a court-assigned receiver who allegedly committed dishonest and fraudulent acts in conducting the sale of...
Divided Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Reverses TC Denial of Motion to Compel in Dispute Over Interment in Wrong Burial Plot
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has revered a trial court order denying a cemetery’s motion to compel arbitration in a dispute with a family over an interment in...
Divided Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Reverses TC Denial of Law Firm’s Motion to Compel Arbitration Where Four Years Elapsed While TCPA Motion to Dismiss Was Resolved
Over a dissent, the Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has held that a law firm did not waive its right to arbitration in a dispute with former clients although four...
Governor Abbott Reappoints Ten Judges To Texas Business Court
Governor Greg Abbott today reappointed all ten judges of the Texas Business Court Divisions to new two-year terms beginning September 1, 2026. “Businesses choose...
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Upholds Disbarment of Attorney
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court judgment disbarring a Houston-area attorney for a long list of disciplinary violations. Diogu Kalu...
Dan Patrick Releases Additional New Legislative Interim Charges
Lt. Governor Dan Patrick has released new additional legislative charges for the 2027 legislative session. [embeddoc...
Business Court Rules That Promissory Note Not a Security under the Texas Securities Act
The Business Court has granted partial summary judgment to a defendant who argued that a promissory note was not a security as defined by the Texas Securities Act. Jean Christine Thompson and Thompson Petroleum Corporation v. Anchor Capital GP LLC and Michael Mann...
Business Court Denies Motion to Remand Dispute Between Owners of Freestanding Emergency Facility
The Business Court has denied a motion to remand a case arising out of an alleged diversion of a business opportunity committed by members of an LLC that owned a freestanding emergency medical facility in Galveston County. South Shore ER, LLC and Suchmor Thomas, M.D....
Business Court Denies Boeing’s MSJ in Dispute With Southwest Airline Pilots Over 737 MAX
The Business Court has denied Boeing’s motion for summary judgment in its dispute with the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association over whether Boeing’s misrepresentations about the safety of the 737MAX induced the pilots to enter into a collective bargaining agreement...
Business Court Denies India-Based Lawyers Access to Defendant’s Confidential Information in Trade Secrets Case
The Business Court has denied lawyers with an India-based law firm access to a defendant’s highly confidential information because of the risk of inadvertent disclosure. Unimacts Global, LLC, Zetwerk Manufacturing US Inc., and Zetwerk Manufacturing Business Private...
Governor Abbott Sets Special Election For Texas Senate District 22
Governor Greg Abbott today issued a proclamation announcing Tuesday, November 3, 2026, as the special election date for the Texas Senate District 22 seat recently vacated by Senator Brian Birdwell. Candidates who wish to have their names placed on the special election...
Business Court Issues Opinion Explaining Summary Judgment Favoring the Dallas Mavericks Over the Dallas Stars
In an opinion by Judge Whitehill, the Business Court has issued a second lengthy opinion in a dispute between the Dallas Mavericks and theDallasStars over ownership of a company that operates the American Airlines Center. Dallas Sports Group, LLC and Radical Arena,...
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