Friends,
The second I saw the news alert pop up on my phone, I couldn’t help myself: Dude, Texas is getting a Dell!
The once-famous marketing slogan from the early 2000s rang true for the Lone Star State this week as Dell’s board announced its unanimous recommendation to move its corporate home from Delaware to Texas. The Round Rock-based computer company is joining the “DEXIT” movement and working to make its HQ and corporate redomicile align. They’re not alone.
ExxonMobil shareholders are set to vote later this month on its board recommendation to reincorporate from New Jersey to Texas. Both companies follow Tesla, SpaceX, Coinbase, Dillard’s, eXp Realty and others moving their legal home here. Jobs. Prosperity. Opportunity. That’s what awaits a new generation of Texans benefiting from so many companies moving here. But we must work to maintain those gains, or risk seeing companies start reversing course.
That message is not lost on Texans. Longtime business owners and community leaders continue to call for new lawsuit reforms to protect jobs and ensure the ability of businesses to grow. The solutions are straightforward, but the road to getting those policies enacted is complicated and full of challenges. When we succeed, Texas wins.
For the future of Texas,
Ryan Patrick
CEO | TLR
TLR continues to hit the road, talking to companies, community leaders, and organizations around the state. This week, TLR was a guest at the Greater Houston Pachyderm Club, where the focus was on growing the Texas economy, fighting back against billboard lawyers, and the upcoming general election. The recent news about Dell Computers reincorporating in Texas was a highlight as we talked about the impact of Senate Bill 29 on reshaping the corporate landscape. There is great interest in protecting what Texas has built and not allowing the same failed policies that ruined Delaware, New York, and others to creep into our state.
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Last month, the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) began raising the alarm about a scam targeting Texas drivers. The scam? Auto insurance coverage at a price that is literally too good to be true. Three years ago, the number of insurance card fraud reports was relatively low. Last year, the number more than tripled, and in 2026, we have likely already passed that reporting number from 2023.
News outlets began amplifying the warning call last week and this week, following up on a consumer alert by TDI warning consumers not to purchase insurance using third-party payment apps. Some drivers looking for a bargain ended up falling for scams boasting affordable premiums—and by the time they needed the insurance coverage for an accident or traffic stop, it was too late. TDI offers tools to help consumers:
Last week, TLR highlighted how the rising cost of insurance is forcing some drivers to forego coverage. TLR continues to advocate for common-sense lawsuit reform that would reduce or eliminate fraud in the civil justice system. Responsible policies bring down costs, expand competition (which lowers costs for consumers), and remove the incentives driving these scams. Without legislative action, it is clear that lawsuit abuse will continue to hurt affordability in Texas.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a sweeping tort reform law a year ago, and the savings are proving that policy change delivered results over rhetoric. Last week, Georgia’s Insurance Commissioner penned an OpEd that highlights the significant improvement on affordability in a state that was once a leading “judicial hellhole” because of runaway lawsuit abuse. The infographic highlights the key savings, but there is much more to this policy shift, as John F. King explains in this editorial.
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