At the behest of the State Legislature (SB 293), the Texas Supreme Court recently finalized and adopted amendments to Rule ...

Texas civil litigators take note: after nearly three decades, summary judgment practice is getting a facelift. The Texas Supreme Court has issued a complete rewrite of Rule 166a of the Texas Rules of ...

We previously wrote about the requirements many jurisdictions impose for affidavits or declarations submitted in conjunction with motions for summary judgment, including that they must be based on ...

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A federal rulemaking advisory panel has unanimously approved two summary judgment rule revisions to help create uniformity, but critics aren't happy. One change would require parties to file a ...

Foremost, the new amendments to Rules 26(a)(2) and (b)(4) now expressly provide that work product protection extends to communications between attorneys and specially retained experts, and to drafts ...

Last week, a California court issued a ruling construed as being anti-industry. The decision defines a company's legal duty to its consumers when a competing and allegedly safer drug is in the ...