For the Record
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire
By: Lucy Nashed, TLR Communications Director For watchdogs of the Texas legal system, the American Tort Reform Association’s annual Judicial Hellholes report provides some good
Hitching Your Wagon to the Lone Star State
By: Lucy Nashed, TLR Communications Director With 2018 winding down, Texas managed to squeeze in one more big national economic ranking before the ball drops.
Third-Party Litigation Financing 101
By: Lucy Nashed, TLR Communications Director For those of us who only play lawyers on TV, the legal world and its jargon can be perplexing.
The Tort Tax Lives On
By: Lucy Nashed, TLR Communications Director $3,535. What would you buy with $3,535? You could pay for a couple of months’ rent in a nice
Judges Matter
The buck stops with Texas judges. Whether it’s upholding laws passed by the Legislature or deciding cases that have an impact on our economy, education
Storm Chasing Lawyers: Where Are They Now?
September 1 marks the one-year anniversary of the enactment of House Bill 1774, the Texas Legislature’s solution to stop storm-chasing lawyers from taking advantage of
Does Man’s Best Friend Stand a Chance in Court?
Picture this: You are the defendant in a lawsuit. You spend thousands of dollars and months preparing to defend your case in a court of
When an Abundance of Caution Leads to an Abundance of Cost
The New York Times recently looked into “defensive medicine,” or the practice of doctors ordering excessive medical tests in an attempt to stave off medical
The Great Tuna Settlement of 2015
A recent newspaper article spurred us to look into The Great Tuna Settlement of 2015. What we found, of course, was more evidence of client
Keeping the Texas Economy Humming
Texas is turning heads, yet again. The latest national recognition comes from CNBC, which recently named Texas the Best State for Business in 2018.
Mass Marketing by Mass Tort Lawyers
By: Lucy Nashed, TLR Communications Director “Have you been injured in a car accident?” “Are you one of the thousands of Americans taking this prescription
The End of an Era for One Storm-Chasing Lawyer
TLR spent the 2015 and 2017 legislative sessions working to fix the problems storm-chasing lawyers were creating for Texas property owners. Fortunately, the Texas Legislature
Ambulance Chasing Our Veterans
Ambulance Chasing Our Veterans Barratry—more commonly known as ambulance chasing—is one of the biggest challenges currently facing Texas’ legal system. Barratry has been illegal in
Texans Overwhelmingly Support Common-Sense Reform
The Texas Legislature last year overwhelmingly passed a common-sense lawsuit reform to keep storm-chasing lawyers from hijacking property insurance claims and making insurance coverage
Gov. Greg Abbott credits TLR and lawsuit reform
Welcome to TLR’s new blog, For the Record! Check back periodically for posts from our leadership and staff on everything from the lawsuit reform and