March 20, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Breaking the Pocket Veto: Using Mandamus to Force Compliance with Rule 18a Recusal and Trial Court Rulings.
March 20, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: The ‘Plea of True’ Trap: Why Criminal Revocation Admissions are Fatal to Sufficiency Challenges in SAPCR and Enforcement Suits
March 20, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Defeating the ‘I Didn’t Know Anyone Was Hurt’ Defense in Vehicular Family Violence Cases
March 20, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: BIPP Failure as a Catalyst for Guilt Adjudication: Leveraging Criminal Probation Violations to Prove a Pattern of Family Violence in SAPCR Cases.
March 20, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Strict Deadlines Trump Clerk Errors: Thirteenth COA Reverses Mandamus Where Official Misled Party on Filing Date
March 20, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Stop the ‘Divide and Conquer’: Using the Interwoven Claims Doctrine to Block Improper Severances in Complex Property and Tort Litigation.
March 20, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: The Oral Word Rules: Correcting Criminal Judgments in Child Pornography Cases and Leveraging Judicial Confessions in Family Court
March 20, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Sentencing Discrepancies in Child Pornography Cases: Why the Family Court Needs the Appellate Mandate for Safety Planning
March 20, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: The ‘Reputational Harm’ Fallacy: High Burden for Professionals Seeking to Enjoin Reporting of Disciplinary Records during Litigation
March 20, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: No Shortcut for Recusal: Dallas Court Reaffirms Mandamus is Unavailable to Challenge Denied Recusal Motions in Civil Litigation