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Brief of Amicus Curiae Regarding Petition for Review in Allison v. Borunda, P.C. jdsupra.com/legalnews/brief-…

Brief of Amicus Curiae Regarding Petition for Review in Allison v. Borunda, P.C.

The Texas Supreme Court has the opportunity to accept a petition for review in an important case dealing with a spendthrift trust, trustee capacity, and trustee due process rights. In Allison v....

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Branded Living: Key Developer Considerations in Branded Residential Condominium Projects jdsupra.com/legalnews/brande…

Branded Living: Key Developer Considerations in Branded Residential Condominium Projects

Over the past decade, branded residential condominium projects have expanded beyond the traditional mixed-use hotel model. Increasingly, hospitality brands are licensing their names, standards...

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From Concept to Contract: Effectively Handling Business Idea Submissions jdsupra.com/legalnews/from-c…

From Concept to Contract: Effectively Handling Business Idea Submissions

New and innovative ideas keep businesses one step ahead of the competition. However, dealing with idea submissions from third parties, such as independent contractors, customers, or members of...

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Court Reverses Temporary Injunction In Trust Case Where The Order Was Not Sufficiently Precise But Held That County Court At Law Had Jurisdiction Over Dispute... jdsupra.com/legalnews/court-…

Court Reverses Temporary Injunction In Trust Case Where The Order Was Not Sufficiently Precise But...

In In the Est. of Ledbetter, Lonnie Ledbetter Jr. married Tawni in December 2023 at age 81, shortly after his wife of 44 years died. No. 02-25-00263-CV, 2025 Tex. App. LEXIS 9540 (Tex. App.—Fort...

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Court Discusses Whether Texas’s Anti-SLAP Statute Applies To Certain Trust Claims jdsupra.com/legalnews/court-…

Court Discusses Whether Texas’s Anti-SLAP Statute Applies To Certain Trust Claims

In Frost Bank v. Glenn, Jo Ann Turrentine created a revocable living trust in 2007, naming herself and Raymond James as co-trustees. No. 13-23-00595-CV, 2025 Tex. App. LEXIS 9484 (Tex....

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HSR Notification: A Return to Pre-2025 Form Requirements (For Now) jdsupra.com/legalnews/hsr-no…

HSR Notification: A Return to Pre-2025 Form Requirements (For Now)

For decades, the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR) has required certain business combinations and related transactions to be reported to the Federal Trade Commission...

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Presentation: Top Trust and Estate Issues the Texas Supreme Court Should Address jdsupra.com/legalnews/presen…

Presentation: Top Trust and Estate Issues the Texas Supreme Court Should Address

Trust and estate litigation is an incredibly important area of law in Texas and elsewhere. Once thing is certain: every person will die at some point. The amount of wealth transferred from the...

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Court Affirmed Rejection Of Executor As Being Unsuitable Who Had Assaulted A Beneficiary jdsupra.com/legalnews/court-…

Court Affirmed Rejection Of Executor As Being Unsuitable Who Had Assaulted A Beneficiary

In In re Est. of Terrell, the decedent Sue died on May 15, 2010. No. 12-25-00177-CV, 2025 Tex. App. LEXIS 8901 (Tex. App.—Tyler November 19, 2025, pet. denied).

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Court Held That An Illegitimate Child Was Not A Beneficiary Of A Trust Due To The Law In Effect At The Time Of The Trust’s Creation jdsupra.com/legalnews/court-…

Court Held That An Illegitimate Child Was Not A Beneficiary Of A Trust Due To The Law In Effect At...

In Zeller v. Allen, William and Elizabeth Moncrief created a trust in 1966 that would distribute to Tex’s children and lineal descendants upon his death. No. 13-24-00200-CV, 2025 Tex. App. LEXIS...

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Court Reversed A Jury Trial Due To Inadequate Damage Evidence And Reversed Summary Judgments Based On The Trustee’s Discretion To Make Distributions And An... jdsupra.com/legalnews/court-…

Court Reversed A Jury Trial Due To Inadequate Damage Evidence And Reversed Summary Judgments Based...

In Marshall v. Marshall, the Marshall Grandchildren’s Trust (“Trust”) was established in 1987 for Preston Marshall’s benefit, with his parents Elaine and E. Pierce Marshall as trustees. No....

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Texas Supreme Court Will Review What Evidence A Court Can Review To Effectuate A Testator’s Intent jdsupra.com/legalnews/texas-…

Texas Supreme Court Will Review What Evidence A Court Can Review To Effectuate A Testator’s Intent

The Texas Supreme Court recently granted the petition for review in the Estate of Charles Edward Long, No. 25-0601. This case deals with a will that provided for bequests to the testator’s...

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One Year In: Practical Insights from Tennessee’s Infrastructure District Frontier (Part 1 of 5) jdsupra.com/legalnews/one-ye…

One Year In: Practical Insights from Tennessee’s Infrastructure District Frontier (Part 1 of 5)

When Tennessee enacted the Real Estate Infrastructure Development Act of 2025 (codified at Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-84-801 et seq.), the legislation opened a powerful new door for developers and...

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CFTC Letter 25-50: Revival of the QEP Exemption from CPO Registration Offers Reduction in Compliance Burden jdsupra.com/legalnews/cftc-l…

CFTC Letter 25-50: Revival of the QEP Exemption from CPO Registration Offers Reduction in Complia...

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (“CFTC”) Market Participants Division (the “Division”) issued No-Action Letter No. 25-50 (the “No-Action Letter”) on December 19, 2025, effectively...

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Designing Planned Community Documents to Reduce Defect Litigation Exposure jdsupra.com/legalnews/design…

Designing Planned Community Documents to Reduce Defect Litigation Exposure

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal (“Home Builders Are Getting Buried in Claims of Shoddy Construction”) highlighted the growing wave of construction defect litigation facing...

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SEC Announces New Inflation-Adjusted Qualified Client Thresholds jdsupra.com/legalnews/sec-an…

SEC Announces New Inflation-Adjusted Qualified Client Thresholds

Beginning on June 29, 2026 (the “Effective Date”), SEC-registered investment advisers charging performance-based fees (e.g. carried interest or performance allocation) and in certain cases exempt...

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Institutional Ownership of Single-Family Housing and Build-to-Rent Communities: Emerging Regulatory Trends and What Developers Need to Know jdsupra.com/legalnews/instit…

Institutional Ownership of Single-Family Housing and Build-to-Rent Communities: Emerging Regulatory...

Over the past several years, institutional ownership of single-family rental housing has become an increasingly significant political and regulatory issue at both the federal and state levels.

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Institutional Ownership of Single-Family Housing and Build-to-Rent Communities: Emerging Regulatory Trends and What Developers Need to Know jdsupra.com/legalnews/instit…

Institutional Ownership of Single-Family Housing and Build-to-Rent Communities: Emerging Regulatory...

Over the past several years, institutional ownership of single-family rental housing has become an increasingly significant political and regulatory issue at both the federal and state levels.

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Texas Supreme Court Holds That Expert Testimony On Informal Marriage Was Inadmissible and Reverses Lower Courts’ Judgments jdsupra.com/legalnews/texas-…

Texas Supreme Court Holds That Expert Testimony On Informal Marriage Was Inadmissible and Reverses...

In In re Est. of Lopez, Guadalupe Lopez, Jr. applied for independent administration and heirship determination after his father’s death. 724 S.W.3d 847 (Tex. 2025).

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Court Held That District Court Had Concurrent Jurisdiction Over Probate Matters In County With No Statutory Probate Court jdsupra.com/legalnews/court-…

Court Held That District Court Had Concurrent Jurisdiction Over Probate Matters In County With No...

In Shaw v. Simpson, Sarah Shaw inherited her husband Shad’s business interests after his intestate death in 2018. No. 13-23-00549-CV, 2025 Tex. App. LEXIS 8545 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi November...

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Winstead is pleased to announce the opening of our Atlanta office with the addition of seven attorneys. Christina Graham, Michael Rhim, Matt Sours, and Pelham Wilder join the firm as Shareholders, along with Tammi Parker as Of Counsel, and John Cagigas and Catherine Nunez as Associates. Read the full announcement here: winstead.com/News/Firm-News/… #JoinWinstead #RealEstateDevelopment #Atlanta #Georgia
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