Section 18.001 Counter-Affidavit Update
Early last year, I wrote about the split among the Texas courts of appeals on whether mandamus relief is available to challenge a trial court's ruling striking a Section [...]
Mike Northrup Quoted Regarding SCOTX Decision on Attorney Immunity
Shareholder Mike Northrup was recently quoted by Law360 in an article regarding Attorney Immunity. The Supreme Court of Texas recently ruled unanimously that attorney immunity extends to nonlitigation work. [...]
Personal Jurisdiction Gets a Makeover
Whether a defendant can be sued in the courts of a particular state depends upon the defendant’s presence in the state. If the defendant lives there, or in the case [...]
Dallas Court of Appeals Construes Texas Law to Prohibit Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation
The Dallas Court of Appeals has held that the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (TCHRA) and its prohibition against unlawful employment practices because of sex, encompasses claims for [...]
Review of Opinions and Memorandum Opinions in 2020
Last year, I reported that the Texas Supreme Court granted a record number of petitions for review in cases where the court of appeals had issued an opinion designated [...]
Texas Supreme Court statistics for 2020
This past year presented some unique challenges for the judiciary, and specifically for the Supreme Court of Texas. The court confronted a pandemic, a ransomeware attack, and some unusual election-year [...]
Authenticating Public Records
Cases involving questions on the admissibility of evidence rarely rise to the level of importance that the Texas Supreme Court gets involved. Yet these questions routinely arise in the trial [...]
Limitations on Responsible Third-Party Practice — Dallas Court of Appeals Affirms Trial Court’s Order Striking RTP Designation
In a decision earlier this year, the Dallas Court of Appeals denied mandamus relief to a defendant that sought to designate another business entity as a responsible third party [...]
Superseding Prejudgment Interest
At a recent continuing education seminar, one of the presenters stated as a fact that amounts awarded in a judgment for prejudgment interest do not need to be included in [...]
Interlocutory Appeals: Appeal Now or Later
Imagine that your trial counsel informs you that the trial judge has just made a significant adverse ruling against you, but then he tells you that you could file [...]
