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, [...]
If you are ever working on a good-sized construction project, you will in all likelihood have to deal with lien claims. Many times the lien claims are invalid, either for substantive reasons [...]
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 [...]
According to Community Associations Institute, it is estimated that, as of 2015, 68 million Americans lived in common-interest communities such as homeowners associations, condominium regimes, [...]
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 [...]
(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 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 [...]
On May 14, 2015, Darryl W. Pruett of the Weichert Law Firm obtained dismissal of a lawsuit filed against the director of one of the firm’s HOA clients. The order also assessed attorney’s fees [...]