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Category Archives: Civil Issues
Texas Supreme Court orders in response to pandemic address court procedures, deadlines
In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Texas Supreme Court since mid-March has issued several emergency orders affecting the operations of the judiciary and civil matters such as evictions and consumer debt collection.
Posted in Civil Issues, Coronavirus, Criminal Justice, Judiciary and Jurisprudence
Tagged child custody, consumer debt, COVID-19, evictions, judiciary, remote proceedings, Texas Supreme Court
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New Texas law affects property damage lawsuits
Recent flooding and property damage caused by Hurricane Harvey in Houston and other Gulf Coast communities have drawn public attention to the potential impact of HB 1774 by G. Bonnen, a new law that revises state statutes governing lawsuits on weather-related … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Issues, Insurance, Regulation and Licensing
Tagged 85th Legislature, flood, harvey, Houston, hurricane, Insurance
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Lawmakers review growing concerns about patent ‘trolls’
As lawsuits over ambiguous patent infringements become a growing concern in several states, including Texas, committees in the Texas Legislature are reviewing the issue this interim. The issue involves patent assertion entities (PAEs) acquiring vaguely worded patents for products or processes … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Issues, Judiciary and Jurisprudence
Tagged DTPA, interim charges, patent abuse, patent troll, technology
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