A recent Fifth Circuit decision in Majestic Oil v. Lloyd’s of London provides insight into how Texas’ concurrent causation doctrine could affect insurance cases where the cause of damage (more…)

A city south of Houston is urging Texas’ high court to review a ruling that partially kept a local man’s lawsuit over an easement alive, arguing the case was time-barred and that “undisputed” (more…)

The Texas Supreme Court has declined to hear a dispute over whether a hotel in the town of Shenandoah can run a storm drainage line through the property of a neighboring retirement community (more…)

A Texas federal court’s recent ruling in Mieco v. Pioneer Natural Resources USA diminishes the strength of force majeure provisions in industry-standard gas contracts — so parties may want (more…)

Prompt action by the Judicial Conference could curtail judge shopping and improve the efficiency and procedural fairness of the federal courts by implementing random districtwide assignment (more…)

The state of Texas and several energy companies urged the Fifth Circuit to reject environmental advocacy groups’ attempt to jump into their challenge of the U.S. Environmental Protection (more…)

A Houston-area river management agency urged a Texas appeals court to throw out residents’ claims it flooded their property during Hurricane Harvey, arguing there was no evidence that water (more…)

A Texas federal judge ruled this week that a textile firm’s lawsuit against its insurers will not be stayed for an appraisal, finding the company delayed too long by waiting one year after (more…)