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Entries from December 2009

Employer’s promise to pay employees a merger bonus; discovery cannot go back forever; correction deeds [orders of Dec. 18, 2009]

December 18th, 2009 · No Comments

The Texas Supreme Court issued four opinions with today’s order list. It did not set any new cases for argument.

According to the Court’s online [...]

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Tags: Order Lists

On the docket: cities being sued for back pay; remedies for breaching duty to a partner; who must a manufacturer of defective products reimburse

December 17th, 2009 · No Comments

The Court is hearing three oral arguments this morning. The issues include:

whether cities have sovereign immunity against claims for back pay;

whether someone who professionally [...]

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Tags: Case Notes

Judges friending lawyers on Facebook and social media: Florida’s clumsy overreaction

December 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments

“Human sacrifice, judges and lawyers ‘friends’ on Facebook… mass hysteria!”

The greatest source of terror that lawyers face online is not from spyware, malware, phishers, or [...]

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Tags: Legal Tech

On the docket: Selling your lottery winnings; retaliatory discharge; land under easement hauled away for building materials

December 16th, 2009 · No Comments

The Court is hearing arguments this morning in three cases.

Does the Lottery Act prohibit selling your final two lottery payments?

Texas Lottery Commission v. First State [...]

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Tags: Case Notes

Texas Supreme Court expands electronic briefing through a tech-savvy order

December 15th, 2009 · 4 Comments

For a few years, the Texas Supreme Court has made limited requests for PDF versions of briefs. The request was made only for those [...]

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Tags: Electronic Briefs · Legal Tech · Practice Notes

On the docket: Ratio for punitive damages; landowner’s duty to clear ice; later-discovered heirs

December 15th, 2009 · No Comments

The Texas Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments this morning in three cases.

The questions include the permissible ratio of punitive-to-actual damages, what duty rule [...]

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Tags: Case Notes

The test for causation under the DTPA; an insurer’s duty to cover a homebuilder for mold; expert testimony [orders of Dec. 11, 2009]

December 11th, 2009 · No Comments

In this week’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court issued three opinions and set one new case for argument in February.

Today’s opinions involved:

whether the same [...]

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Tags: Order Lists

Texas Supreme Court arbitration cases from the past year

December 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Disputing has a this helpful recap of the Texas Supreme Court’s arbitration cases from the year 2009.1

How many of those cases could there be, from [...]

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Tags: News and Links

No opinions; TxSG amicus about takings via the police power [Order List for Dec. 3, 2009]

December 4th, 2009 · No Comments

The Texas Supreme Court did not release any opinions with today’s order list.

The Court did grant the State’s motion to particpate in the [...]

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Tags: Order Lists