Opinion: The Texas Supreme Court’s latest amendments to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 166a represent an important step forward for summary-judgment practice in Texas.

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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 ...

The American Health Care Association, LeadingAge and other plaintiffs on Friday formally asked a federal court to issue a quick judgment in their favor in their case opposing a national nursing home ...

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 ...

U.S. District Court Judge Kristine G. Baker did not rule from the bench Friday on a summary judgment in the lawsuit over theTen Commandments monument located at the Arkansas State Capitol. Baker spent ...

In a ruling that will affect high school athletic classification throughout the state, a judge has granted summary judgment to the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed ...