HOUSTON -- A Texas appeals court refused Oct. 15 to dismiss a defamation case against two people who accused a Houston woman of being a member of a top-secret Viet Cong scheme to scam locals.
DALLAS – An appellate court recently found that an act meant to safeguard free speech against retaliatory litigation does not apply to an open records lawsuit brought by an Austin law firm against the State Fair of Texas.
HOUSTON — A Texas Attorney claiming Music World Properties owes her nearly $50,000 in unpaid legal service fees and the owner of the company auctioned Destiny's Child memorabilia to avoid creditors has been denied her appeal of a motion to dismiss counter and cross claims.
BEAUMONT — A Texas court of appeals has affirmed the ruling of a trial court that denied the dismissal of a trespassing claim against a Texas man using a building on land leased by the Port Arthur Patrolmen's Hunting Club.
HOUSTON – Four months after being sued, Eric Dick, a hail attorney out of Houston, has finally answered a lawsuit claiming he stiffed an appraiser who worked with him on hundreds of cases.
BEAUMONT -- An appeals court has affirmed a trial court's ruling denying a former staffing company sales director's motion to dismiss a claim based on the Texas Citizens' Participation Act.
AUSTIN – The Texas House’s passage of a bill which seeks to reign in the Texas Citizens Participation Act has earned praise from Texans for Lawsuit Reform.
AUSTIN – The Texas House has passed HB 2730, which intends to adopt strong free speech protections and implement reforms under the Texas Citizens Participation Act.
HOUSTON – The state's First District Court of Appeals recently affirmed a decision by the Harris County 157th District Court to deny a motion by the former director of a Houston fine art gallery to dismiss a breach of fiduciary duty suit filed by the gallery.
BEAUMONT – A couple who claimed that their First Amendment rights had been violated when a development prohibited them from operating a child care center from inside their home has lost their appeal to dismiss a suit filed by their homeowners association.
BEAUMONT – A state appellate court has ruled a lower court erred when it denied an attorney's motion to dismiss a petition against him in a suit between paving contractors.
HOUSTON – A state appellate court has affirmed in part and reversed in part a company's suit against three former employees over allegations of misappropriation of trade secrets.
