No. 15-25-00150 In re: Colossusbets Limited, et al., Petitioners (Business Court Div. 3A (Travis County) [Brister, Author, with Field and Ferris) Jurisdiction. This action (Reed v. Rook, 2025 Tex. Bus. 34) arises out a claim that defendants created entities to rig the Lotto drawing, thereby depriving Reed, a subsequent…
No. 25-BC04B-0017 Alamo Title Company v. WFG National Title Company of Texas, LLC (Fourth Division, Judge Sharp) 25-bc04b-0017-alamo-title-company-v-wfg-national-title-company-2026-tex-bus-6.pdf Jurisdiction. Alamo sued WFG alleging WFG raided its employees and customers and misappropriated sensitive business information; it also accused WFG of tortiously interfering with customer contracts and of aiding and abetting Alamo’s…
No. 25-BC01B-0030 Preston Hollow Capital, LLC, et al. v. Truist Bank, etc. (First Div., Judge Whitehill) Designation of Responsible Third Parties – Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Sec. 33.004(f). Truist’s predecessor-in-interest BB&T was the initial trustee for Senior Care Living VI’s construction project. As part of their business…
No. 25-BC08A-0014 Michael E. Crain, etc., v. William Northern (Eighth Division, Judge Bullard) 25-bc08a-0014-crain-v-northern-2026-tex-bus-4.pdf Company Agreements (Buy-Sell Agreements). Crain and Northern created a realty company and two property management subsidiaries in 2020, with each of them owning 50% of each entity; the entities are governed by Company Agreements, which…
No. 25-BC01A-022 Esteban Quintero, et al. v. Urban Infraconstruction LLC and Anup Tamrakar (First Division, Judge Bouressa) 25-bc01a-0022-qunitero-v-urban-infraconstruction-2026-tex-bus-3.pdf Contracts. This breach of contract and fraud action comes before the court on Rule 166 briefing. Based on that briefing, the court orders a partial summary judgment in favor of defendants.…
No. 25-BC01A-0013 Fiberwave, Inc., etc. v. AT&T Enterprises, etc. (First Div., Judge Bouressa) 25-bc01a-0013-fiberwave-v-att-enterprises-2026-tex-bus-2.pdf Ruling on Defendant AT&T’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Fiberwave’s Defamation Claim. The motion is granted, the court holding the summary judgment record contains no evidence of either a false, defamatory statement or that…
No. 25-BC01A-0050 Sun Metals Group, LLC. v. Shuangcheng Yu, et al. (Division One, Judge Bouressa) 25-bc01a-0050-sun-metals-group-v-yu-2026-tex-bus-1.pdf Motion for Reconsideration/Permissive Appeal. On December 5, 2025, the Business Court remanded this case to the District Court on untimeliness grounds – see Sun Metals Grp. v. Yu, 2025 Tex. Bus. 48 (1st…
No. 25-BC01B-0030 Preston Hollow Capital, LLC, et al. v. Truist Bank, etc. (Division One, Judge Whitehill) 25-bc01b-0030-preston-hollow-capital-v-truist-bank-2025-tex-bus-55.pdf Punitive Damages/Termination of Trustee Duties. Senior Care Living was created to develop and operate a senior living facility, and it financed the project with bond financing; Truist Bank was the initial trustee…
On December 22, 2025, the Business Court issued three opinions in No. 24-BC08A-0002 Slant Operating LLC, et al. v. Octane Energy Operating, LLC. Slant Operating LLC, et al. v. Octane Energy Operating, LLC. Division (Eighth Division, Judge Bullard) 24-bc08a-0002-slant-operating-v-octane-energy-operating-25-tex-bus-52.pdf Jurisdiction/Contracts and Third-party Beneficiary Claims. Slant Operating and Octane operate…
No. 25-BC04B-0014 Sandra Hensarling v. J. George Carmichael, et al. (Fourth Div., Judge Sharp) 25-bc04b-0014-hensarling-v-carmichael-2025-tex-bus-50.pdf Jurisdiction and Rule 91a Attorneys’ Fees. Plaintiff brought this action seeking dissolution of defendant Northglen; she pleaded the action concerns the entities’ governing document and governance, that it arises out of the Texas…
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