Appellate Law

Legislative Watch 2009

By D. Todd Smith

Today marks the beginning of the 81st Texas Legislature.  A number of bills that would affect litigators and appellate practitioners are expected, many of which failed to pass during the last session.

I will be keeping an eye on noteworthy bills as they are introduced and will comment on them as my workload permits.  With the House relatively balanced among party lines and a change in Speaker, we could be in for an interesting time.

Full post as published by Texas Appellate Law Blog on January 13, 2009 (boomark / email).