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Texas Supreme Court Lets Employers Shift Fault To Third Parties In Worker Injury Suits: Key Takeaways For Workers’ Comp...

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Texas employers that opt out of the state’s workers’ compensation program recently received a big win that will impact litigation strategies. While workers’ comp provides a no-fault system, employers that elect not to...more

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Texas Rule 202: The Advantages of Pre-Suit Depositions in Litigation

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Rule 202 refers to the pre-suit deposition rule in the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. This rule allows a person or party involved in a dispute to request deposition – sworn testimony recorded by a court reporter – to...more

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Equitable Estoppel in Texas

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Equitable estoppel is an affirmative defense that generally prevents one party from misleading another to the other’s detriment or to the misleading party’s own benefit....more

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Texas Law and Business Disparagement

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This article discusses Business Disparagement under Texas law. This article does not discuss the tort of defamation or slander of title. Although similar to defamation or slander of title, the false assertion in a business...more

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Texas Defenses to Defamation, Business Disparagement, and Malicious Criminal Prosecution Claims

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This day in time, you have to be careful what you say or write.  Indeed, the utterance of only a few words can lead to an expensive lawsuit and the potential award of damages for causes of action such as defamation, business...more

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