Appellate Law News and Insights

In Lake Jackson Med. Spa, Ltd. v. Gaytan, No. 20-0802, 65 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 512, 2022 Tex. LEXIS 197 (Feb. 25, 2022), the Texas Supreme Court clarified a plaintiff's expert report obligations, under Chapter 74 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, in relation to an amended petition. Under...

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On March 16, 2022, in a unanimous decision the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed a Superior Court ruling that a securities class action and a later-filed opt out action were related claims, and thus the subsequent action was excluded from coverage under later-issued policies. First Solar, Inc. v. Natl. Union Fire Ins....

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Since its enactment in 2005, the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) has provided defendants with additional opportunities to remove state-law claims to federal court. Among other things, the statute expands federal courts' diversity jurisdiction to cases where at least one proposed class member is a citizen of a state different...

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