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Smokable hemp ban upheld by Texas Supreme Court
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court recently held that a ban prohibiting the processing and manufacturing of smokable hemp products is not in violation of the Texas Constitution. -
Gov. Abbott reappoints Evans presiding judge of Eighth Administrative Judicial Region
AUSTIN – Gov. Greg Abbott has reappointed David L. Evans as presiding judge of the Eighth Administrative Judicial Region for a term set to expire four years from the date of qualification, a press release states. -
Katherine Franco Recognized in Houston Business Journal's 40 Under 40 Class of 2022
Katherine Franco Recognized in Houston Business Journal's 40 Under 40 Class of 2022. -
Texas SC finds discovery requests seeking drug tests of nonparty UPS drivers are overbroad
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court held on Friday that a trial court erred in compelling disclosure of confidential drug-test records of UPS employees who are non-parties in a wrongful death lawsuit against the company. -
Divot that caused trip & fall in store’s parking lot not an unreasonably dangerous condition, Texas SC opines
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court reversed an appellate court that held that a fact issue exists as to whether a defect in a grocery store parking lot presented an unreasonable risk of harm. -
Texas SC holds evidence supports TCEQ’s finding that waste wells near Conroe would protect water supply
AUSTIN - The Railroad Commission rescinding an approval letter for proposed injection wells did not deprive the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of its jurisdiction to grant the permit application, the Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday. -
Texas Supreme Court finds Houston taxpayers have standing in suit alleging misallocation of tax revenue
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court recently held that a pair of taxpayers have standing to assert their claims that the Houston mayor and city council members allegedly misallocated tax revenue in fiscal year 2020 in violation of the City Charter. -
Texas Bar releases latest disciplinary actions report
AUSTIN - The State Bar of Texas has released disciplinary actions for June 2022. The report shows three individuals have been disbarred while four others have resigned in lieu of discipline. -
Texas Supreme Court to hear arguments in dispute between Walmart and Xerox over food stamp processing system crash
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether a federal regulation protecting food stamp consumers and state governments in charge of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from lawsuits by retailers also gives technology contractors complete immunity from all state-law causes of action brought by retailers. -
Texas town lacks lacks authority to impose trash hauling fee, justices find
FORT WORTH - The Town of Westlake lacks authority as a general-law municipality to impose a percentage-of-revenue licensing fee on construction trash-hauling companies, according to the Texas Supreme Court’s May 20 opinion. -
Texas SC finds expert report adequate in med-mal over negligent perinatal care
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court reversed an appellate court that found that an expert report in a medical malpractice lawsuit was “legally insufficient.” -
Appellate court issues mandate to deny Exxon’s petition in climate change case
FORT WORTH - On Thursday, the Second Court of Appeals issued a mandate on its earlier judgment denying ExxonMobil’s Rule 202 petition. -
Texas Supreme Court clarifies periodic payments provision element of 2003 medical liability reforms
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court issued an opinion providing guidance on how courts should apply the periodic payments provision, a key element of the state’s 2003 landmark medical liability reforms, holding that the structure must in some way conform to the evidence presented to the jury at trial. -
Insurer owed no duty to warn insured after crash, Texas Supreme Court opines
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court recently found that Elephant Insurance did not owe a duty to an insured motorist whose spouse was killed while taking photos of her single-car accident. -
Texas Supreme Court axes $6.3 million judgment against Memorial Hermann
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court rendered a take-nothing judgment in favor of Memorial Hermann Health System, wiping a $6.3 million judgment against the medical provider. -
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Texas Supreme Court restores attorney’s fees award to defendant condo association
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court recently reversed an appellate court decision wiping an award of attorney’s fees to a defendant condominium association that prevailed in a breach of contract lawsuit. -
Petitioners suing San Antonio over Chick–fil-A airport ban can replead case, Texas Supreme Court opines
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court is allowing a group of claimants to replead their case against the city of San Antonio – individuals who sued over the city’s exclusion of Chick-fil-A from the San Antonio airport. -
Texas Supreme Court sides with Sirius XM in dispute over franchise taxes
AUSTIN - The amount of franchise taxes Sirius XM Radio should pay to Texas is based on where the company produces its programs – not where customers listen to them, according to the state’s highest court. -
Texas Supreme Court sends wrongful death suit against strip club to arbitration
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court reversed a judgment denying a strip club’s motion to compel arbitration in a wrongful death lawsuit.