A law focused on expanding the Texas Business Courts' authority, HB 40, passed in both the House and the Senate and now ...

In Austin, tucked behind the Texas Capitol, a modern building made from the same sunset red granite as the Capitol’s signature dome houses the state’s highest appellate courts. Two courts are ...

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, speaking on behalf of the DOJ, believes the Texas Dream Act treats some U.S. residents like ...

Lawyers representing foster children asked the high court to reinstate a contempt order against the state, and the judge who issued it.

“Our state judicial selection system is broken,” said former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Phillips, responding to questions in an email. He added: “I am a longtime advocate of ...

and his offense was minor enough that elsewhere in Texas, he might not have been jailed at all. But he was in the dysfunctional Maverick County court system, where basic tenets of American justice ...

Texas is now giving its version a shot. But questions remain about whether the courts will gain traction. A new system for settling business disputes started as the state's business courts and the ...

Gov’t Code Ann. Section 25A.004(b). HB 19 marks one of the largest reforms of the Texas court system in a generation. It affects all litigation filed after Sept. 1. In most counties, a Texas ...