I have yet to write on SCOTX’s Lilith Fund opinion. But Robert Francis O’Rourke, Appellant v. Kelcy Warren, Appellee, No. 03-22-00416-CV, 2023 WL 3914278 (Tex. App.—Austin June 9, 2023, no pet. h.) is hot off the electronic presses, becoming the
TCPA nerds were watching USA Lending Group, Inc. v. Winstead PC to see how the Court would handle the application of the TCPA to malpractice claims based on actions taken inside of litigation.SCOTX sidestepped that issue and assumed that the
It has been awhile (578 days if you are into precision) since my last blog. My plan had been to wait until SCOTX issued another TCPA opinion. Well they showed me. And since I have no desire to rebuild my
The venn diagram of people that know who the Tiger King is and the Landry’s, Inc. and Houston Aquarium, Inc v. Animal Legal Defense Fund et al, lawsuit is a perfect circle. In the underlying case the ALDF threatened suit
Nothing says Spring like top water bass fishing on Texas ponds. And nothing says not so fast like my Westlaw alert going off with a Texas Anti-Slapp opinion. So this post will be bereft of my usually astute legal dissection.Montelongo
Years ago I began reading about guardianship abuse cases and how elderly had their rights stripped from them by unscrupulous guardians using the judicial system in Las Vegas.* The black comedy “I Care a Lot” staring Rosamund Pike and Peter
Choctaw Constr. Services LLC v. Rail-Life R.R. Services, LLC, 01-20-00216-CV, 2020 WL 7702186 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 29, 2020, no pet. h.) provides a glimpse of how COAs will handle application of the New TCPA (post the September 1,
As one First Amendment attorney I’m friends with once said to his detractors, “Try Harder!” which is part of the takeaway from the 1st Houston COA in Chesser v. Aucoin, 01-20-00425-CV, 2020 WL 7391711 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 17,
Mogged et al v. Lindamood et al, 02-18-00126-CV, 2020 WL 7074390 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Dec. 3, 2020, no pet. h.) started back in May 2015 and involves a local election with some “dirty pool” by someone, although who remains something
With child-like glee I’ve been waiting to see the first TCPA opinion based on the 2019 changes (effective September 2019). First on the board is the Dallas COA with an opinion written by Justice David Evans in TERRI J. VAUGHN-RILEY,