The Supreme Court of Texas will consider whether a business version of common law marriage exists when companies do deals with each other in the Lone Star state, according to a ruling Texas’ high court issued on Friday. The case has been viewed by the Texas legal community as the most important business dispute since Joe Jamail’s $10 billion win against Texaco in the 1980s.
Police Captain Sues Wood Co., Judge, DA & Sheriff for ‘Vindictive Retaliation’
Former Quitman Police Captain Terry Bevill says he was fired from his job, charged with felony aggravated perjury, lost his family’s much needed health insurance and blackballed from law enforcement – all because he told the truth in a sworn affidavit in 2017. He’s now filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against his former bosses, including Wood County’s sheriff, its former district attorney and the judge, as well as the mayor of Quitman, a town in East Texas. The Texas Lawbook has the in-depth details.
Courtroom Sciences Rejects Pregnancy Discrimination Claims; Retains Rogge Dunn
Irving-based Courtroom Sciences Inc. has denied all claims by former employee Megan Cartwright that the litigation services firm discriminated against her and fired her 10 days before she was due for a C-section as retaliation because she was pregnant.
Recent Changes to the Texas First Amendment Landscape
The Texas Citizens’ Participation Act is changing: literally, in terms of legislative alterations, and judicially, in two new interpretations by the Texas Supreme Court. Laura Lee Prather and Wesley Lewis bring you up to date on the specifics of what’s changed, and what to expect for Anti-SLAPP defenses in this altered landscape.
TCPA Crosses New Terrain in State Securities Case
Anti-SLAPP requests have officially touched down in Texas state courts for a new kind of lawsuit. Two law firms on Friday filed
the state’s first TCPA motion to dismiss for an IPO-related securities class action. Natalie Posgate has the details