David Chamberlain has been selected by the State Bar of Texas to lead this year’s Business Disputes Litigation Institute as its Course Director
This Institute is the premier continuing legal educational course in Texas on business litigation issues. continue reading...
Texas Update!
The bill filing deadline has come and gone, and we are over half way to the close of this year’s regular legislative session. But in some respects, things are just getting started. Some bills were filed only recently, others were assigned to committees, and others are being set for hearings. … continue reading...
TWEET: “You’ve been sued”
Bill Would Allow Suits to be Served on Defendants via Social Media: HB 1989, filed by Re Jeff Leach, R-Plano, would all allow service of lawsuit citations by social media if other traditional means of service cannot be effectuated. The text of the bill is as follows: Sec. 17.031. SUBSTITUTED… continue reading...
Bill Would Change Subrogation Rights of Health Insurers in Personal Injury Cases
A Legislative Compromise Between the Fortis Benefits Case and the Made-Whole Doctrine: HB 1869 filed by Texas State Representative Price would conditionally limit the subrogation rights of a health insurer in a recovery by an injured party against a third party tortfeasor. Under current law, embodied in the Texas Supreme… continue reading...