Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA)
Texas anti-SLAPP law, in practice.
Notes on recent Texas cases and rulings under the Texas Citizens Participation Act — the decisions that matter to attorneys handling everyday cases that run into a TCPA motion to dismiss.
- Attorney's Right to Petition vs. Client's Right to Petition An attorney who represents a client in court, is exercising his own right to petition even though he represents the client.
- Probate, Anti-Slapp and Attorneys Being Sued Attorneys who prepared a will and later filed it for probate were sued by disgruntled heirs. They filed a Anti-Slapp motion which they lost on one part.
- Texas Anti-Slapp appeals - 20 days A notice of appeal in a Texas Anti-Slapp suit must be filed within 20 days whether a party is appealing a denial or granting of the motion,
- Lis Pendens and Texas Anti-Slapp A motion to move and expunge a Lis Pendens is a legal action under the Texas Anti-Slapp (TCPA) statute and can be dismissed on proper proof.
- A remand after finding the Texas Anti-SLAPP, TCPA law applies After finding that the Texas Anti-SLAPP law applied, the appeals court remanded the case to the trial court so the non-movant could put on evidence.
- Change of direction I am changing this blog to focus on the average attorney handling average cases that might occasionally file or encounter a Texas anti-slap motion.
- Can you appeal an oral order denying an anti-SLAPP motion to dismiss? If the trial judge orally denies a motion to dismiss under the Texas Anti-SLAPP law, you may not be able to file an interlocutory appeal.
- Nonsuits and the Texas Anti-SLAPP, TCPA law - not Always? A nonsuit after a motion to dismiss under the Texas Anti-SLAPP, TCPA law does not affect the motion to dismiss but it can, in some circumstances.