The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit is accepting comments about proposed amendments to 5th Circuit Procedures 6, 8, 11, 15, 18, 19, and 20. Read the full notice, which includes the proposed redline changes, on the court’s website.… Continue Reading
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit is accepting comments about a proposed amendment to circuit rule 35.5. Read the full notice, which includes the proposed redline changes, on the court’s website. The court is accepting written comments through March 9 by email at Changes@ca5.uscourts.gov or by mail at: Clerk of Court U.S. … Continue Reading
Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett was sworn in to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today at the Texas Supreme Court in Austin. James Davis Blacklock, Willett’s replacement on the Supreme Court, was also sworn in. Willett, who was nominated to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by President Donald J. Trump … Continue Reading
Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett and attorney James C. Ho were nominated to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals today by President Donald J. Trump. Willett was appointed to the Texas Supreme Court in 2005 by then-Gov. Rick Perry. Willett replaced former Justice Priscilla Owen, who had been nominated for the 5th Circuit … Continue Reading
Medical malpractice claims and the ever-evolving Chapter 74 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code are not for the faint of heart. In Passmore v. Baylor Health Care Systems, a recent 5th Circuit opinion, the court stepped into an area most medical malpractice attorneys thought was clear: whether Texas’s “threshold expert report” requirement in … Continue Reading
