8/18/2026 7:33:39 PM Winning the Verdict Is Not Enough: Houston Court Reverses Major Construction Judgment After Advocacy Crosses the Line By Robert Rankin Winning at trial is not the same as winning the case. The Fourteenth Court of Appeals’ August 18, 2026 opinion in Patriot Contracting,...
8/11/2026 2:15:43 PM Your Preservation Duties May Predate Your Litigation Hold: Delaware Chancery Court Sanctions Auto-Deleted Signal Chats By Andy Hicks A recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision confirms that discovery risk often begins long before a lawsuit is filed—and that modern...
8/10/2026 3:00:53 PM Fifth Circuit Withdraws Its Answer on Spot-Market Gas Purchases and Turns to Texas Supreme Court By Andrew Gould The Supreme Court of Texas's answer could reshape how natural-gas sellers draft contracts, document supply decisions, and respond when an...
7/30/2026 2:15:57 PM Delaware Ruling Highlights Texas’s Growing Role in Corporate Litigation By Robert Rankin A recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision involving Tesla adds to a broader trend Texas companies should be watching closely: Texas is...
7/23/2026 10:27:47 PM Texas Court Clarifies Books-and-Records Rights By Robert Rankin Marc Tabolsky A new Texas appellate decision emphasizes that a limited partnership cannot defeat a partner’s statutory inspection rights merely by...
7/23/2026 4:59:21 PM AI Oversight and the New Texas Business Judgment Rule By Robert Rankin As companies increasingly deploy artificial intelligence in hiring, pricing, compliance, customer service, underwriting, and core...
7/22/2026 3:03:58 PM Texas Business Court Steps into Trade Secret Litigation By Oliwia Lukacz In 2025, the Texas Business Court was granted expanded jurisdiction over trade secret, intellectual property, and Texas Uniform Trade...
7/21/2026 2:15:50 PM First Court of Appeals reinforces broad scope of the economic loss rule By Fraser Holmes Last week, in an opinion authored by Justice Caughey and joined by Justices Rivas-Molloy and Guerra, the First Court reversed a...
7/13/2026 2:15:25 PM A Continued Jurisdictional Divide at the Fifteenth Court By Andrew Gould A jurisdictional theory first advanced in concurrence is now a holding and may divide related proceedings between the Fifteenth Court and...
7/7/2026 3:03:29 PM Plain Text Wins: Lessons from Recent Texas Business Court Energy Contract Decisions By Andy Hicks Over the past several months, the Texas Business Court has issued a series of energy-industry contract decisions with a common theme: The...
6/11/2026 7:28:19 PM The Texas Business Courts Tackle ChatGPT and Work Product Protection in a Case of First Impression By Jennifer Cordell Andy Hicks On June 3, 2026, Judge Grant Dorfman of the Texas Business Court (Eleventh Division) issued a minute entry in Tate Group Automotive, LLC...
6/9/2026 2:30:01 PM AI in the Courtroom: The Texas Case That Could Define Technology's Role in Court Reporting By Jennifer Cordell Artificial intelligence is reshaping legal practice faster than the law can keep up. A case now before the Texas Supreme Court — In re...