No. 25-BC11B-005 NGL Water Solutions Permian, LLC v. Lime Rock Resources V-A, L.P. etc., et al. (Eleventh Division, Judge Dorfman) Civil case – Venue. Plaintiff operates wastewater disposal wells in the Permian Basin, including wells in Loving County, Texas; defendant Pecos Valley holds leasehold mineral rights and operates oil…
No. 24-BC11B-0023 Westlake Longview Corp., et al v. Eastman Chemical Co. (Eleventh Div., J. Andrews) Civil case – Protective Orders. Eastman sells plaintiffs ethylene, which plaintiffs use at their polyethylene plants in Longview, Texas. The parties agreed that a protective order was needed in this case, and agreed on…
Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 29 into law on May 14, 2025 (effective immediately), codifying the business judgment rule into the Texas Business Organizations Code. The business judgment rule empowers business leaders to manage their entities as they see fit without courts’ second guessing business decisions. The Texas…
No. 25-BC08A-003G-Force & Associates, Inc. v. Chad Bloecher, et al. (Eighth Division, Judge Bullard) Civil case – Jurisdiction – Qualified Transaction. Defendants Bloecher and Largent were employed by plaintiff in senior management positions and had access to plaintiff’s proprietary information; they agreed not to divulge this information while employed…
No. 24-BC11A-0007 CreateAI Holdings, etc. v. Bot Auto TX, Inc. (Eleventh Division, J. Adrogue’ Civil case – Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act – Mirror Image Rule. In this action plaintiff alleged defendant had willfully and maliciously misappropriated technologies constituting trade secrets under the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act; plaintiff sought…
No. 25-BC01B-004 Atlas IDF, LP v. Nexpoint Real Estate Partners, LLC, etc., et al. (First Division) Jurisdiction – Amount in Controversy – “Qualified Transaction.” Atlas, a Delaware limited partnership, sued to collect on two demand promissory notes Nexpoint (referred to HCRE in the opinion) executed and defendant…
No. 25-BC08A-0002 Jamie Tall, etc., et al. v. Scott Vanderhoef, et al. (Eighth Division, J. Bullard) 25-bc08a-0002-hall-v-vanderhoef-memorandum-opinion.pdf Texas Theft Liability Act/Fraud/Fiduciary Duty. Defendant expelled plaintiff from Direct Care Source (DCS), an LLC they formed to complement HHI, a similar, affiliated business defendant owned and which employed plaintiff under an…
No. 25-BC04A-003 In Re: J.W.B. Trust of 2007, etc. (Fourth Division) Jurisdiction. In this action, filed on February 20, 2024 in Bexar County Probate Court, plaintiff alleged the trustee of three trusts set up for his children had breached his fiduciary duty by failing to distribute all…
No. 24-BC01B-0010 Primexx Energy Opportunity Fund, LP et al v. Primexx Energy Corporation, et al., 2025 Tex. Bus. 9, — S.W.3d — (Tex. Bus. Ct. 2025) (MSJ Opinion). On March 10, 2025, the Business Court partially granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiffs’ claims that the controlling…
The Blog will occasionally summarize Supreme Court of Texas decisions which might be of interest to its readers. Here are two for your review. No. 23-0427 Pitts, et al. v. Rivas, et al. (On petition for Review from the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas) [Chief…
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