AUSTIN – The 14th Court of Appeals today dismissed two appeals brought in litigation accusing Facebook of permitting sex traffickers to prey on children to proceed.
AUSTIN – Attorney General Paxton led a 10-state coalition that filed an amicus brief in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Florida’s law that regulates censorship on Big Tech platforms by requiring them to apply their content-moderation practices in a consistent manner and to provide disclosures to affected users.
HOUSTON – A filing error has led to no benefits for a man who suffered a heart attack while training to be a Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy, according to an opinion issued by the First Court of Appeals today.
A defendant is accused of soliciting the sexual performance of a child. What to do? A hundred years ago they may have tar and feathered him without a trial, but certainly such drastic actions wouldn’t occur in a modern society, right?
AUSTIN – The California municipalities bringing climate change lawsuits against oil companies seek to benefit from suppressing Texas free speech and attacking Texas policy, according to ExxonMobil’s recently filed brief.
HOUSTON – Last August, Brent Coon was hit with a legal malpractice lawsuit alleging the Beaumont attorney botched his representation of a Deepwater Horizon oil spill claimant.
FORT WORTH – If a judge is going to slap stun cuffs on an accused child predator in his or her courtroom, make sure there’s a record as to why the defendant is zapped three times during the trial – that’s the lesson a Texas judge learned recently.
HOUSTON – A lawsuit brought against Union Pacific Railroad alleging the company failed to adequately warn them about cancer-causing soil and groundwater contaminants has been allowed to continue, thanks to a recent opinion by the First Court of Appeals.
HOUSTON – The First Court of Appeals recently reversed a ruling granting The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center governmental immunity from a disability discrimination lawsuit.
HOUSTON – Signing a release form was not enough of a reason to axe a lawsuit brought by a man alleging an opposing player attacked him during a soccer match, according to a recent 14th Court of Appeals opinion.
BEAUMONT – Today, the Ninth Court of Appeals affirmed Judge Mitch Templeton’s decision to deny a motion to dismiss in a lawsuit brought against Texas Farmers Insurance.
HOUSTON – Two years ago, Tammy Tran and her law firm filed a $10 million lawsuit against Sparks Funding, accusing the lawsuit lending company of being a “loan shark” that charged her interest under hidden calculation devices.
HOUSTON – The First Court of Appeals recently affirmed a summary judgment win favor of Sonic Momentum JVP, better known as Land Rover of Southwest Houston.
HOUSTON – The First Court of Appeals recently affirmed summary judgment wins in favor of the defendants in a lawsuit alleging the plaintiff was injured in a parking lot assault.
BEAUMONT – The Ninth Court of Appeals today granting a summary judgment win in favor of an insurance broker in a lawsuit seeking payment of proceeds from a life insurance policy following her husband’s death.
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND – The 13th Court of Appeals determined yesterday that a lawsuit accusing South Padre Island of keeping Food Trucks from setting up merits oral argument.
