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​​One of the biggest risks commercial property owners face is that someone may be harmed on their property. In that event, the injured person may file a premises liability lawsuit seeking financial compensation. The main legal issues, in that case, would involve the property owner’s duty of care and whether they breached it. If they owed a duty of care and breached it, the commercial property owner would be liable.

​​Transportation carriers have plenty to worry about when they are shipping goods for their customers. They must follow a myriad of federal and state laws when doing so. In addition, they must deal with common law rules of negligence when one of their drivers is involved in an accident. Many of these rules can vary…

​​Activists have been pressing investment managers to divest from oil companies as they seek to make things more difficult for the fossil fuel industry. In response, Texas has passed a law that makes it illegal for investment managers doing business in the state to divest from oil companies. Now, the state’s comptroller is beginning efforts…

​​Although it took well over 100 years to do so, the Texas Legislature has finally addressed court precedent that was seemingly unfair to contractors who relied on owner-provided designs in construction. Previously, contractors could be held liable for design defects, even when they did not design the project on their own. Now, the Texas Business…

​​In BITCO General Insurance Corp. v. Monroe Guaranty Insurance Co., the Texas Supreme Court recently announced a new rule that applies to insurance coverage disputes and an insurer’s duty to defend. The Court’s ruling allowed for extrinsic evidence to be used in a dispute about the duty to defend, provided that it met certain strict…