June 2020

June 29, 2020 Dear All: There is some indication that most courts of appeals seem to have figured out a way to get their opinions picked up by the various online reporters, so we have some error preservation decisions to examine this week–including one or two from the Texas Supreme Court. Table of Contents Very […]

June 24, 2020 Dear All: The good news is that–per Blake Hawthorne–the Supreme Court’s case management system is reconnected to the efiling system; now SCOTX will have to procees about 2,000 post-May 6 filings into its case management system.  But at least it can start moving forward. On to error preservation. This last week, I

June 6, 2020 Dear All: Gradually, the various courts’ electronic systems are coming back after the ransomware attack on the OCA system.  In the last couple weeks, only a few of the courts of appeals (San Antonio, Eastland, Corpus Christi-Edinburg), have had their opinions uploaded to the alternate OCA website (www.txcourts.net); however, the opinions of