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...
7/21/2026 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...
5/26/2026 8:57:37 PM Texas Supreme Court Resolves Critical Post-Judgment Question, Holds $25 Million Cap Applies Per Judgment Debtor By Fraser Holmes The Texas Supreme Court answered a significant question in post-judgment practice, holding that the $25-million statutory cap on the...
5/18/2026 3:00:41 PM Texas Supreme Court issues welcome explanation on the scope of permissive interlocutory appeals By Fraser Holmes Under Section 51.014(d) of Texas's Civil Practice and Remedies Code, a trial court may grant permission to appeal an otherwise...
5/11/2026 2:30:10 PM A Reminder from the Fifteenth Court: Mandamus Requires More Than a Big Issue By Andrew Gould In In re Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., No. 15-25-00207-CV (Tex. App.—15th Apr. 30, 2026), a divided Fifteenth Court of Appeals reminded...
4/27/2026 7:28:52 PM 30 Days Means 30 Days: The Supreme Court Tightens the Removal Clock By Andrew Gould In Enbridge Energy, LP v. Nessel, decided April 22, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court made a practical point unmistakably clear: If a case is...
4/13/2026 6:02:19 PM The Fifth Circuit Reminds Litigants: A Good Appeal Starts Before the Verdict By Andrew Gould In In the Matter of South Coast Supply Company, No. 25-20176 (Richman, Duncan, Oldham, JJ.), the Fifth Circuit delivered a...
3/27/2026 3:29:20 PM Fifteenth Court Flags a Bigger Jurisdictional Question: When One Qualifying Claim Brings the Whole Appeal With It By Andrew Gould Many might have missed last week's opinion by the Fifteenth Court of Appeals in Texas Department of Insurance v. Thomas, which arose from...
3/24/2026 5:06:33 PM Fifth Circuit Considers Waning Role of Administrative Agency Tribunals By Fraser Holmes In Friday's decision in Intuit, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission, the Fifth Circuit considered a question with wide-ranging implications:...
3/17/2026 3:19:58 PM Texas Supreme Court Revisits Express Negligence and Comparative Indemnity By Andrew Gould In Friday's 5-4 decision in S&B Engineers & Constructors, Ltd. v. Scallon Controls, Inc., the Supreme Court of Texas addressed an...
3/11/2026 2:27:41 PM Supreme Court Narrows “Arm-of-the-State” Immunity for State-Created Corporations By Fraser Holmes The U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Galette v. New Jersey Transit Corp. clarifies when a state-created entity can claim...