The Dallas Bar Association Appellate Law Section will have its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, October 18th, 2012, at noon at the Belo Mansion. The speaker this month is Stacy Obenhaus of the Gardere law firm. Stacy will be
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Should Clients Attend Oral Argument?
Often clients will ask me whether they should attend an oral argument. I usually tell clients that it’s not expected and may even be distracting to the court and the lawyers, but I never tell clients that they simply cannot…
Dallas Bar Appellate Section Continuing Education
The Dallas Bar Appellate Law Section will not meet at its regularly-scheduled time this month. Instead, there is a special meeting this month to hear from author and Supreme Court advocate David O. Stewart. Mr. Stewart will be speaking…
Dallas Court of Appeals transitions to TAMES website
Beginning this Wednesday, August 29, 2012, the Dallas Court of Appeals’s website begins a 9-week transition to a TAMES website.
The Court’s notice may be viewed here. The 2 main issues to be aware of are that (1) case information…
Formation of the Attorney-Client Relationship
How and when does an attorney-client relationship form? The Dallas Court of Appeals says that the attorney-client relationship is contractual in nature and may be either express or implied. But the relationship must be based upon an intent by BOTH…
Fort Worth Court of Appeals Begins Accepting E-filings
The Fort Worth Court of Appeals will begin accepting electronically-filed documents in appeals and original proceedings through the texas.gov portal on Monday, August 6, 2012. Electronic filing is voluntary at this time. The court previously adopted local rules addressing electronic filing. …
Mandatory Trial Amendment
The Dallas Court of Appeals recently decided a case in which it held that it was mandatory for the trial court to grant a trial amendment. The opinion is interesting because its procedural facts suggest other scenarios in which a mandatory…
Run-off election
Lest anyone forget, today is the start of early voting for the run-off elections and there are a few judicial positions still up for grabs.
- State-wide on the Republican side, there’s the race for Texas Supreme Court, Place 4,
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Revised Local Rules for the Dallas Court of Appeals
The Dallas Court of Appeals has revised its local rules. The new rules were effective July 1, 2012. Electronic filing is now included with the rules themselves. The revised rules may be accessed here.
Texas Supreme Court to decide whether attorney’s fees must be superseded pending appeal
By Byron Henry
The Texas Supreme Court recently set In Re Nalle Plastics Limited Partnership for oral argument indicating that it will decide whether attorney’s fees must be superseded pending appeal. The Court will resolve a split of authority that has developed in Texas courts of appeals…