Texas Appeals Court–TCPA Defendants Win Again

On July 14, 2017, the Third Court of Appeals in Austin, Texas, issued its opinion in Cavin v Abbott, a case involving the Texas Citizens Participation Act (“TCPA”).  As some of you already know, [...]

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Another Texas Supreme Court Win For The TCPA

On June 30, 2017, the Texas Supreme Court issued its latest judgment and opinion in a case involving the Texas Citizens Participation Act (the “TCPA”).  The TCPA is Texas’s version of an [...]

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Texas Supreme Court Rules On Defamation Per Se And The TCPA

In a per curiam opinion issued today, the Texas Supreme Court reversed a Court of Appeals’ failure to reverse and dismiss, under the Texas Citizens Participation Act (“TCPA”), a defamation [...]

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The Secrets To Avoiding And, If Necessary, Winning Litigation–Part 2

(This is the second of a two-part article on avoiding and, if necessary, winning litigation.  Part 1 may be found here). Secret No. 2 The second secret to avoiding and, if necessary, winning, [...]

The Secrets To Avoiding And, If Necessary, Winning Litigation–Part 1

The complaint is now ubiquitous—the threat of litigation supposedly stops businesses from doing otherwise valuable things.  Whether that statement is objectively true or not is not the subject of [...]