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Prelude to the Business Court and 15th Court of Appeals: More Questions Than Answers | Tyler Talbert | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Exploring Procedural Justice | Judge Steve Leben | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Focus Groups as a Trial-Preparation Tool | Elizabeth Larrick | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Tips for Persuasive Legal Writing | Luther Munford | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Winning Cases on Legal Issues Before and During Trial | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Navigating Federal Tort Claims on a National Scale | Tom Jacob | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Why Judges Should Take the Legal Accountability Project Pledge | Judge Doug Nazarian & Aliza Shatzman | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Tackling Bullying in the Legal Profession | Scott Stolley | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
How Lawyers Should Approach Implementing AI into Their Practices | Tim Armstrong | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Emerging Ethical Issues For Lawyers Using AI | Derek Bauman | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
A Longtime Trial Judge’s View from the Appellate Bench | Justice Gisela Triana | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Inside the Fourth Court of Appeals’ Clerk’s Office | Michael Cruz | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Supersedeas and Other Recent Rule Changes | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Business Courts and Other Highlights of the 88th Texas Legislature | Jerry Bullard | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Don’t California My Texas! | Tim Kowal & Jeff Lewis | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Checking in On the 88th Texas Legislature | Jerry Bullard | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Jury Charges and Oral Argument | David Keltner | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Legal Writing for the New Generation | Chad Baruch | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
When operating a business, it is nearly impossible not to have to interact with state or other local government agencies. Decisions regarding permits, licenses, government contracts, workforce compliance, environmental...more
On April 2, 2025, the Court of Appeal for California’s Fifth Appellate District issued its decision in Bring Back the Kern v. City of Bakersfield, 2025 S.O.S. 909. That case held that courts must apply the reasonableness...more
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Alabama Aircraft v. Boeing - trade secrets, misappropriation, contractual limits - USA v. O’Steen - public official, extortion, currency disclosure - Grippa v. Rubin -...more
Montes v. Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Fla. 2d DCA, No. 2D2023-1200, February 12, 2025 - The Second District Court of Appeal revived an insurance coverage suit a homeowner brought against his insurance...more
In a February 18, 2025 unpublished opinion overruling the Circuit Court of Loudon County, the Court of Appeals of Virginia confirmed that under Va. Code § 8.01-271.1, an attorney facing sanctions must be afforded notice and...more
The Honorable Pauline Newman, Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, has been battling her suspension from the Court imposed by the Judicial Council for two years (including proceedings leading...more
We previously reported that the Illinois Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Martin v. Goodrich Corp., upholding the constitutionality of a 2019 amendment to the Illinois Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act (the...more
On January 30, 2025, the Ohio 8th District Court of Appeals held that Ohio’s medical malpractice non-economic damages cap is unconstitutional as applied to the plaintiff-appellee who permanently lost his eye as the result of...more
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Wilson v. Hearos - removal by nonparty, service of process, Ga law - USA v. Lemus - Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, constitutional challenges...more
Over the last four months, New York’s Appellate Division has finally begun to address constitutional challenges to the state’s Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA), an act that became effective in December 2022 and...more
The Michigan Court of Appeals recently issued a decision that considered the scope of the probate court’s ability to appoint a special fiduciary. In re Trueman Harrison and Modesta Harrison Trust, No 368031, 2025 WL 272281...more
In a recent decision, California’s Third Appellate Division held that a foreign automobile manufacturer could be haled into a state court in California through the indirect actions of its distributor without offending...more
Under the New Jersey Court Rules, a trial judge presiding over a custody hearing is free to conduct an in-camera interview with the children whose custody is at issue, whether on the judge’s own accord or upon a party’s...more
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department (NY) - In this asbestos action, plaintiffs allege that decedent, John Beagan, was exposed to asbestos-containing products while in work areas of New York car...more
Across the United States, courts disagree about where an insurance company may be subject to personal jurisdiction. For instance, is a territory-of-coverage provision relevant to personal jurisdiction? What about registering...more
In United States v. Nasri, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the U.S. government must satisfy Due Process requirements before it can seek civil forfeiture of assets located abroad. The 2-1 split panel...more
In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.,[1] the U.S. Supreme Court clarified last year that states can require foreign entities to consent to personal jurisdiction as a condition for doing business within their borders. ...more
Ex-CEO's lawsuit against the comedian/activist will proceed. Who ever thought personal jurisdiction could be interesting? In April 2021, the CEO of a telehealth company was eating dinner with his wife at a hotel in a suburb...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions: MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC, No. 21-1270: This bankruptcy case involved the interpretation of Bankruptcy Code § 363(m) and its...more
On June 30th, 2022, the Ninth District Court of Appeals issued a significant decision in Magnum Asset Acquisition, LLC v. Green Energy Technologies, LLC. The Court decided that virtual communication between parties to a...more
A North Carolina hospital defending a medical malpractice action was denied constitutional due process when the trial court, citing pandemic-related health concerns, forbade its attorneys from being physically present with...more
In January 2020, the Appellate Division considered an important question: how should a judge assess a party’s request to appear at a trial and present testimony by way of video transmission? The timing of this consideration...more
Three months ago, the Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld a Coastal Commission fine of $1 million on homeowners who performed major reconstruction on their Malibu home without obtaining coastal permits and refused to halt...more
On December 2, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued its opinion in West v. Bode, 2020-Ohio-5473, and determined that either the Marketable Title Act (“MTA”) or the Dormant Mineral Act (“DMA”) may be used to reunite a...more
In a recent case, a seventh grade boy was written up by his teacher because she saw him selling candy in class. The student told an assistant principal that he had hidden the candy in the bottom of a garbage can, and a later...more