In March of 2018, the Professional Ethics Committee for the State Bar of Texas issued Ethics Opinion Number 669, which examined client confidentiality when an attorney withdraws from representing the client. Specifically, the Opinion addressed whether a defense...
Month: February 2019
Texas Supreme Court Weekly Update February 22, 2019
Last week, the Texas Supreme Court issued an opinion where the Court weighed in on the issue of whether reliance on a belief, fostered through alleged misrepresentations and concealment, yet one that is directly contradictory to the written terms of a contract, is...
Texas Supreme Court Weekly Update February 22, 2019
This week, the Texas Supreme Court released no new opinions. Check back with us next Friday to see if the Texas Supreme Court releases any new opinions.
Texas Supreme Court Weekly Update February 22, 2019
This week, the Texas Supreme Court released no new opinions. Check back with us next Friday to see if the Texas Supreme Court releases any new opinions. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Texas Supreme Court Weekly Update February 15, 2019
Last week the Texas Supreme Court issued three opinions. One opinion was of interest. In In re City of Dickinson, the court decided whether a party, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (“Association”), waived both the attorney-client and work-product privileges...
Intentional Expert Witness Disqualification
Rule 4.04(a) of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct provides: "In representing a client, a lawyer shall not use means that have no substantial purpose other than to embarrass, delay, or burden a third person, or use methods of obtaining evidence that...
Texas Supreme Court Weekly Update February 6, 2019
This week the Texas Supreme Court issued three opinions and no grants. In one opinion, the Court weighed in on the issue of whether a claim for breach of an implied warranty for repair work falls exclusively under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act. In Nghiem v. Sajib,...