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Janet Elliott

Janet has deep knowledge of Texas government, including the Texas Legislature and Texas Supreme Court. Her policy expertise includes public and higher education funding and policy, civil justice, pension and investment funds, and state budget. Janet's news media career has also included stops at the Houston Chronicle, The Wall Street Journal and Texas Lawyer.

A Former Justice Pursues Her Continued Passion: Access To Justice

As a justice on the Texas Supreme Court Deborah Hankinson helped create the Texas Access to Justice Foundation. Although no longer on the court, she is now board chair of the foundation she helped create.

September 10, 2020 Janet Elliott

Judiciary Network Limps Back From Ransomware Attack

A ransomware attack May 8 from a Russian IP address crashed access to the state's appeals court records. But it didn't stop the business of the courts. Janet Elliott looks back at what happened and how the state responded to the unprecedented attack.

July 22, 2020 Janet Elliott

SCOTX Rejects Federal Standard for TWC Air Ambulance Claims

In a big win for private insurance companies, the Texas Supreme Court said more than $50 million in disputed air ambulance fees were covered by Texas Workers Compensation standards, not federal aviation rules.

June 29, 2020 Janet Elliott

Workers’ Comp Exemption Requires Intent to Kill ‘Particular Individual’ SCOTX Rules in ‘Tired Trucker’ Case

A calculated disregard for safety by Mo-Vac Service Company may have contributed to the death of one of its drivers, but that isn't enough to allow an exception to the Texas Workers' Compensation Act, the court ruled. The likelihood of death has to be "substantially certain" to a "particular individual" for a wrongful death claim to be excepted from the exclusive authority of TWC. Janet Elliott explains.

June 15, 2020 Janet Elliott

SCOTX Decision Preserves $1.7M Verdict in ‘Borrowed Employee’ Case

The 7-1 decision is a win for Austin lawyer Kevin Dubose in the first Texas case argued via Zoom. Janet Elliott has the details.

June 8, 2020 Janet Elliott

SCOTX: “Anti-Washout” Clauses Can Violate Texas Constitution

In a case closely monitored by oil and gas interests, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled that contract clauses designed to perpetuate royalty interests from lease-to-lease can violate the rule against perpetuities. But the outcome of the case itself is less explicit, as Janet Elliott, who has been following the case, explains.

May 20, 2020 Janet Elliott

SCOTX Returns “Fuzzy Animal” to 2nd COA

The City of Fort Worth's decades-old struggle with the "fuzzy animal" exception to state gaming laws entered a new phase Friday when a unanimous Texas Supreme Court sent its case back to the Second Court of Appeals. The state's highest court asked the lower court to make the constitutionality of Fort Worth game rooms less...well, fuzzy. Janet Elliott explains.

May 14, 2020 Janet Elliott

SCOTX: Jurisdiction Challenge Not Allowed in Parental Termination Case

The custody dispute was closely watched for its potential implications to allow challenges to other final custody rulings. It also attracted attention for the lineup of high-powered legal talent involved in the appeal. Janet Elliott has the details.

May 13, 2020 Janet Elliott

Low Tax Revenues, Interest Rates Sap Legal Aid Funds

The two-fisted beating of an coronavirus shutdown and an oil market crash is begetting yet another crisis on the horizon in Texas: the need for legal aid. Zero interest rates and dwindling tax revenues are sapping low-income legal resources, even as the need for them is set to explode. "That's the next big story," says SCOTX Chief Justice Nathan Hecht. Janet Elliott explains.

May 5, 2020 Janet Elliott

SCOTX Makes Moot Case Moot-er

The Supreme Court of Texas took the unusual step of vacating a lower court decision in an already moot case involving the Texas Education Agency. In a per curiam decision, the court said it wanted to avoid future “gamesmanship” on issues of public importance. Janet Elliott has the details.

April 20, 2020 Janet Elliott

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Michael Blankenship
Jeffrey Brill
Anita Brown
Ian Brown
Stuart Campbell
Jack Chadderdon
Paul Clement
Erin Nealy Cox
Scott Craig
Kevin Crews
Shamus Crosby
Hannah M. Crowe
Geoffrey Culbertson
Sean Cunningham
John Daywalt
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James Ducayet
Brian K. Erickson
Scott Everett
Weiru Fang
Elizabeth Freeman
Tad Freese
Melanie Fry
Geoff Gannaway
Paul Genender
John J. Gilluly III
Rodney Gilstrap
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Joseph Grinstein
Matthew Haddad
Colleen Haile
Breen Haire
Shahmeer Halepota
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Troy Harder
Rusty Hardin
Michael Hawes
Nathan Hecht
Stephen Hessler
Hillary Holmes
Marc Jaffe
Lauren Jenkins
David Jones
Atma Kabad
Susan Kennedy
David Kinder
Justin King
Allan Kirk
Melanie Koltermann
Doug Kubehl
Joe Laurel
Sang Lee
Steven Lockhart
Arthur Lotz
Barbara Lynn
Mike Lynn
Nora McGuffey
Stephanie McPhail
Mark Melton
Jeri Leigh Miller
Kimberly A. Moore
Mark Moore
Shelby Morgan
Alia Moses
Davis Mosmeyer III
Darren Nicholson
Eamon Nolan
Ivy Nowinski
Holland O’Neil
George Padis
Ian Peck
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Chase Proctor
Doug Rayburn
Joel Reese
Kevin Richardson
Andrew Rodheim
Seth Rubinson
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Ana Sanchez
Vincenzo Santini
Jeffrey Scharfstein
Robert Schroeder III
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Robert Slovak
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Jonathon Soler
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Monica Uddin
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Lynn Pinker
Mayer Brown
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Porter Hedges
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