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citation_id ▼ filing_id case_name citation court year proposition cited_by
764 65 65 Prudential Ins. Co. v. Fin. Review Servs., Inc. 29 S.W.3d 74, 77 Tex. 2000 JNOV proper when directed verdict would have been proper Kassab
765 65 65 B&W Supply, Inc. v. Beckman 305 S.W.3d 10, 15-16 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2009 JNOV when evidence conclusive and one party entitled to recover as matter of law, or legal principle precludes recovery; scintilla standard Kassab
766 65 65 United Parcel Serv., Inc. v. Tasdemiroglu 25 S.W.3d 914, 916 n.4 Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2000 JNOV if legal principle prevents party from prevailing on its claim Kassab
767 65 65 Title Source, Inc. v. HouseCanary, Inc. 612 S.W.3d 517, 527 Tex. App.—San Antonio 2020 TUTSA claimant must first show it owns a trade secret Kassab
768 65 65 In re George 28 S.W.3d 511, 516 Tex. 2000 Attorney is agent of client; work product generated by attorney belongs to client Kassab
769 65 65 In re McCann 422 S.W.3d 701, 704-706 Tex. Crim. App. 2013 Client owns contents of file; attorney's lien is transitory interest in someone else's property — attorney asserting lien never owns the property Kassab
770 65 65 RMS Software Dev. v. LCS, Inc. No. 01-96-00824-CV, 1998 Tex. App. LEXIS 1053, at *11 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1998 Non-owner of trade secret has no standing to sue for misappropriation Kassab
771 65 65 Fmc Techs. v. Murphy No. 01-21-00455-CV, 2023 Tex. App. LEXIS 5984, at *62 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2023 To meet burden of independent economic value, plaintiff must prove competitive advantage; combination of information alone doesn't qualify as trade secret Kassab
772 65 65 ERI Consulting Eng'rs, Inc. v. Swinnea 318 S.W.3d 867, 872 Tex. 2010 Fiduciary who acquires interest adverse to principal without full disclosure commits betrayal of trust Kassab
773 65 65 J.C. Kinley Co. v. Haynie Wire Line Serv., Inc. 705 S.W.2d 193, 198 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1985 Subject matter of a trade secret must be secret Kassab
774 65 65 Landry v. Burge No. 05-99-01217-CV, 2000 Tex. App. LEXIS 6606, at *18 Tex. App.—Dallas 2000 General rule that client's identity is not privileged or considered confidential information under disciplinary rules Kassab
775 65 65 Borden, Inc. v. Valdez 773 S.W.2d 718, 720-21 Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 1989 Terms and conditions of attorney's employment and purpose of engagement are nonconfidential matters Kassab
776 65 65 Jim Walter Homes, Inc. v. Foster 593 S.W.2d 749, 752 Tex. Civ. App.—Eastland 1979 Fee arrangement is not privileged Kassab
777 65 65 Jordan v. Sony BMG Music Entm't, Inc. No. H-06-1673, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47415, at *5 S.D. Tex. 2008 Attorney-client contract is not privileged Kassab
778 65 65 Early, Ludwick & Sweeney, LLC v. Steele 1998 Conn. Super. LEXIS 2256, at *6-7 Conn. Super. Ct. 1998 Client contact information list not a trade secret; usual confidentiality precautions by law firm insufficient; not all confidential information meets trade secret definition Kassab
779 65 65 Reynolds v. Sanchez Oil & Gas Corp. No. 01-18-00940-CV, 2023 Tex. App. LEXIS 8903, at *47-49 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2023 Confidential information not necessarily a trade secret; TUTSA preempts claims primarily based on misappropriation of trade secrets Kassab
780 65 65 Sci. Mach. & Welding, Inc. v. Rose No. 03-20-00564-CV, 2022 Tex. App. LEXIS 1884, at *6 Tex. App.—Austin 2022 Trade secret status waived by failing to designate documents as confidential despite opportunity under protective order Kassab
781 65 65 Baxter & Assocs., L.L.C. v. D&D Elevators, Inc. No. 05-16-00330-CV, 2017 Tex. App. LEXIS 1352, at *28 Tex. App.—Dallas 2017 Customer lists not labeled as confidential or proprietary were not subject of efforts to maintain secrecy Kassab
782 65 65 Stemtech Int'l Inc. v. Drapeau No. 1:16-cv-918-RP, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 178591, at *35 W.D. Tex. 2016 Public availability makes information ineligible for trade secret protection when persons receiving disclosure are under no obligation to keep it confidential Kassab
783 65 65 Glob. Water Grp., Inc. v. Atchley 244 S.W.3d 924, 931 Tex. App.—Dallas 2008 Trial court did not err in granting JNOV on misappropriation claims when trade secret not shown Kassab
784 65 65 Gen. Universal Sys. v. HAL Inc. 500 F.3d 444, 451 5th Cir. 2007 TUTSA explicitly precludes treating trade secret misappropriation as a continuing tort Kassab
785 65 65 Sw. Energy Prod. Co. v. Berry-Helfand 491 S.W.3d 699, 710-11, 721-22 Tex. 2016 Cause of action for trade secret misappropriation accrues when trade secret is actually used; recoverable losses include lost profits, defendant's profits, reasonable investor price, avoided development costs, reasonable royalty; damages cannot be based on sheer speculation Kassab
786 65 65 Agar Corp., Inc. v. Electro Circuits Int'l, LLC 580 S.W.3d 136, 145 Tex. 2019 Rejected last-overt-act accrual rule; conspiracy claim for misappropriation accrues against all co-conspirators when underlying tort accrues; does not re-accrue with new overt act Kassab
787 65 65 Harang v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. 400 S.W.2d 810, 813 Tex. Civ. App.—Houston 1966 Limitations runs from when injury occurs; conspiracy claim against late-added co-conspirator was time-barred Kassab
788 65 65 Dugger v. Arredondo 408 S.W.3d 825, 827-28, 833, 839 Tex. 2013 Unlawful acts doctrine bars recovery when plaintiff engaged in unlawful act inextricably intertwined with claim; preempted by proportionate responsibility only in personal injury/wrongful death; remains viable in other cases including attorney claims Kassab
789 65 65 Peeler v. Hughes & Luce 909 S.W.2d 494, 496-97 Tex. 1995 Client's criminal conduct is sole proximate cause of conviction injury; cannot bring malpractice claim absent exoneration Kassab
790 65 65 Truyen Luong v. McAllister No. 01-17-00198-CV, 2018 WL 3651103, at *4 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2018 Unlawful acts doctrine barred claims arising from solicitation of clients and unlawful fee-sharing Kassab
791 65 65 Denson v. Dallas Cnty. Credit Union 262 S.W.3d 846, 855 Tex. App.—Dallas 2008 Unlawful acts doctrine barred claims arising from illegal sale of automobiles Kassab
792 65 65 Sharpe v. Turley 191 S.W.3d 362 Tex. App.—Dallas 2006 Precluded recovery from attorney because plaintiff's underlying conduct was unlawful Kassab
793 65 65 Farha v. Elam 385 S.W.2d 692, 695 Tex. Civ. App.—Fort Worth 1964 Denied recovery for claimant who practiced architecture without license and then sued partner Kassab
794 65 65 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Medina 814 S.W.2d 71, 73 Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 1991 Public policy strongly favors exposure of crime Kassab
795 65 65 Cluck v. Mecom 401 S.W.3d 110, 114 Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2011 Fiduciary has affirmative duty to make full and accurate confession of all fiduciary activities, transactions, profits, and mistakes Kassab
796 65 65 Bartnicki v. Vopper 532 U.S. 514, 539 U.S. 2001 Trade secret law permits disclosures relevant to public health/safety, commission of crime/tort, or other matters of substantial public concern Kassab
797 65 65 Alderson v. United States 718 F. Supp. 2d 1186, 1200 C.D. Cal. 2010 There simply cannot be any trade secret about ongoing illegality Kassab
798 65 65 Sys. Operations, Inc. v. Sci. Games Dev. Corp. 425 F. Supp. 130, 136 D.N.J. 1977 Disclosure of trade secret information may itself be privileged Kassab
799 65 65 Crampton v. Farris 596 S.W.3d 267, 274-75 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2019 Even allegations of wrongdoing in connection with prosecution of disciplinary actions are absolutely immune if predicated upon participation in attorney disciplinary system; immunity extends to all actions Kassab
800 65 65 Landry's, Inc. v. Animal Legal Def. Fund 631 S.W.3d 40, 46, 48-50 Tex. 2021 Judicial proceedings privilege is absolute; covers all statements by judge, jurors, counsel, parties, witnesses; attaches to communications preliminary to contemplated proceedings; protects communications necessary to set judicial machinery in motion Kassab
801 65 65 Laub v. Pesikoff 979 S.W.2d 686, 690-91 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1998 Judicial proceedings privilege applied to claims including intentional interference, civil conspiracy, IIED, negligence, constitutional violations; applies regardless of claim label when essence is damages flowing from judicial communications Kassab
802 65 65 Tex. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Ray Ferguson Interests, Inc. No. 01-02-00807-CV, 2006 Tex. App. LEXIS 2001, at *23-28 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2006 Judicial proceedings privilege applied to statutory Insurance Code claim; financial loss due to time spent on litigation matters in another case not recoverable as matter of law Kassab
803 65 65 Bradt v. West 892 S.W.2d 56, 72 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1992 Attorney does not have right of recovery under any cause of action against another attorney arising from conduct in discharge of duties representing a party Kassab
804 65 65 Youngkin v. Hines 546 S.W.3d 675, 681-82 Tex. 2018 Attorney immune from liability to nonclients for conduct within scope of representation; inquiry focuses on kind of conduct not alleged wrongfulness; filing lawsuits and pleadings fell within attorney immunity Kassab
805 65 65 Bethel v. Quilling, Selander, Lownds, Winslett & Moser, P.C. 595 S.W.3d 651, 657 Tex. 2020 Criminal conduct not categorically excepted from attorney civil immunity when conduct is connected with representing a client in litigation Kassab
806 65 65 Cantey Hanger, LLP v. Byrd 467 S.W.3d 477, 483, 485 Tex. 2015 Attorney's conduct may be wrongful but still fall within scope of client representation; attorney immune from conduct that occurred after litigation ended Kassab
807 65 65 Taylor v. Tolbert 644 S.W.3d 637, 642, 648 Tex. 2022 Attorney immunity applied to statutory claim because statute did not expressly abrogate immunity; attorney not civilly liable for criminal-nature conduct committed while discharging duties to client Kassab
808 65 65 Kassab v. Pohl 612 S.W.3d 571, 578 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2020 All of Kassab's complained-of conduct arose out of commercial transaction involving the type of legal services Kassab provides Kassab
809 65 65 Clayton v. Oldcastle Materials Tex., Inc. No. 09-18-00063-CV, 2019 Tex. App. LEXIS 1112, at *12, 15 Tex. App.—Beaumont 2019 Attorney immunity applied to attorney selling legal services to potential client and subsequent conduct in course of representation Kassab
810 65 65 Haynes & Boone, LLP v. NFTD, LLC 631 S.W.3d 65, 78-79, 81 Tex. 2021 Attorney immunity applies to claims based on conduct outside the litigation context; applied to conduct committed as part of business transaction Kassab
811 65 65 Highland Capital Mgmt., LP v. Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. No. 05-15-00055-CV, 2016 Tex. App. LEXIS 442, at *10-11 Tex. App.—Dallas 2016 Attorney immunity applied to claim of malicious illegal acquisition, retention, use of proprietary/confidential information known to be stolen Kassab
812 65 65 K3 Enter., Inc. v. Sasowski No. 20-24441-CIV-CAN, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 234206, at *10 S.D. Fla. 2022 Actual loss means loss of profits, lost customers, or lost market share; reputational damage not actual loss under Uniform Trade Secrets Act Kassab
813 65 65 Fin. Info. Techs., LLC v. iControl Sys., USA, LLC 21 F.4th 1267, 1276 11th Cir. 2021 Actual loss understood in terms of lost profits Kassab
814 65 65 Selectica, Inc. v. Novatus, Inc. No. 6:13-cv-1708-Orl-40TBS, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 191940, at *9 M.D. Fla. 2015 Actual loss defined as loss of profits, lost customers or lost market share Kassab
815 65 65 Saforo & Assocs., Inc. v. Porocel Corp. 991 S.W.2d 117, 124 Ark. 1999 Actual loss means plaintiff's lost profits or defendant's gain, whichever affords greater recovery Kassab
816 65 65 GME, Inc. v. Carter 917 P.2d 754, 757 Idaho 1996 Actual loss means lost profits, lost customers, lost market share; anomaly to allow attorney fees as damages Kassab
817 65 65 Twin Falls Staffing, LLC v. Visser (In re Visser) No. 1:13-cv-00408-BLW, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56705, at *9 D. Idaho 2014 Losses from misappropriation logically include lost profits but not attorney fees Kassab
818 65 65 Morgan v. Clements Fluids S. Tex., Ltd. 589 S.W.3d 177, 191 n.4 Tex. App.—Tyler 2018 Courts should look to other states' interpretations of Uniform Trade Secrets Act when interpreting TUTSA Kassab
819 65 65 Lacore Enters., LLC v. Angles No. 05-21-00798-CV, 2023 Tex. App. LEXIS 1926, at *32-33 Tex. App.—Dallas 2023 Attorney's fees incurred in a lawsuit are not actual damages; rejected contention that disclosure causing attorney fees was evidence of damages Kassab
820 65 65 Martin-Simon v. Womack 68 S.W.3d 793, 797 Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2001 Fees expended in prior litigation generally not recoverable as damages; recoverable only when agreement provides Kassab
821 65 65 Tana Oil & Gas Corp. v. McCall 104 S.W.3d 80, 81-82 Tex. 2003 Attorney fees for defending a different claim not recoverable as damages as matter of law Kassab
822 65 65 O'Neal v. Dale No. 02-20-00173-CV, 2021 Tex. App. LEXIS 466, at *28 Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2021 Party's claim of incurring attorney fees to defend against another claim is not a viable damage claim Kassab
823 65 65 Woodhaven Partners Ltd. v. Shamoun & Norman, L.L.P. 422 S.W.3d 821, 837 Tex. App.—Dallas 2014 Party relying on non-recoverable damages alone (attorney fees from defending lawsuit) has presented legal barrier to recovery Kassab
824 65 65 Naschke v. Gulf Coast Conference 187 S.W.3d 653, 655 Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2006 Tort of another exception: one required by another's tort to bring/defend action against third person may recover fees; but court bound to follow existing law and cannot adopt theory not enacted by Legislature or adopted by Supreme Court Kassab
825 65 65 Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. v. Nat'l Dev. & Research Corp. 299 S.W.3d 106, 119, 122-23 Tex. 2009 Did not address whether tort of another exception should be adopted; causation must be proved, conjecture/guess/speculation insufficient; insufficient evidence of attorney fee damages in malpractice when no evidence opposing party would not have appealed Kassab
826 65 65 Per-Se Techs., Inc. v. Sybase, Inc. No. 01-03-01293-CV, 2005 Tex. App. LEXIS 5096, at *24 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2005 Tort of another as equitable doctrine can only apply when plaintiff is wholly innocent of any wrongdoing Kassab
827 65 65 Riner v. Neumann 353 S.W.3d 312, 323 Tex. App.—Dallas 2011 Declined to adopt tort of another exception given Supreme Court's adherence to American Rule Kassab
828 65 65 TOKA Gen. Contractors v. Wm. Rigg Co. No. 04-12-00474-CV, 2014 Tex. App. LEXIS 3776, at *20 Tex. App.—San Antonio 2014 Collecting cases declining tort of another exception Kassab
829 65 65 Brannan Paving GP, LLC v. Pavement Markings, Inc. 446 S.W.3d 14, 27 Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2013 Tort of another referred to as equitable exception to general rule Kassab
830 65 65 Frazier v. Havens 102 S.W.3d 406, 414 Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2003 One who seeks equitable remedy must do equity and come to court with clean hands Kassab
831 65 65 Pacesetter Pools, Inc. v. Pierce Homes, Inc. 86 S.W.3d 827, 834 Tex. App.—Austin 2002 Equitable principles do not allow recovery of previously incurred attorney fees when jury found damages caused by both parties' negligence Kassab
832 65 65 Dayton Hudson Corp. v. Eldridge 742 S.W.2d 482, 488 Tex. App.—Dallas 1987 Non-innocent party cannot recover attorney fees and expenses as damages from alleged wrongful act of another Kassab
833 65 65 City of Harlingen v. Estate of Sharboneau 48 S.W.3d 177, 182 Tex. 2001 Market value means price property will bring when offered by willing seller to willing buyer, neither under compulsion Kassab
834 65 65 Accurate Precision Plating, LLC v. Guerrero No. 01-14-00706-CV, 2015 Tex. App. LEXIS 12034, at *7 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2015 Intrinsic value not the same as market value; property owner can only testify about market value, not intrinsic or speculative value Kassab
835 65 65 Pike v. Tex. EMC Mgmt., LLC 610 S.W.3d 763, 784 & n.27 Tex. 2020 Distinguished market value from actual value; evidence of purchase price alone cannot establish market value; approved take-nothing judgments where purchase price was only damages evidence Kassab
836 65 65 InterFirst Bank Dall., N.A. v. Risser 739 S.W.2d 882, 891 Tex. App.—Texarkana 1987 One sale not sufficient to fix fair market value Kassab
837 65 65 Mo., K. & T. R. Co. v. Moss 135 S.W. 626, 627 Tex. Civ. App. 1911 Evidence of single sale admissible but not alone sufficient to establish market value Kassab
838 65 65 Stanfield v. [unknown full cite] 494 S.W.3d at 99, 102-03 Unknown   Mere 'but for' cause of intervening conduct does not make first actor liable; clients' decisions to sue were superseding/intervening cause Kassab
839 65 65 Saulsberry v. Ross 485 S.W.3d 35, 50 Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2015 Attorney fee damages award insufficient when evidence suggested client would have incurred fees regardless of lawyer's actions Kassab
840 65 65 VEST Safety Med. Servs., LLC v. Arbor Env't, LLC No. 4:20-CV-0812, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 127285, at *10 S.D. Tex. 2022 Weight of authority from district courts within Fifth Circuit demonstrates conspiracy claim is preempted by TUTSA Kassab
841 65 65 Redwine v. Peckinpaugh 535 S.W.3d 44, 50, 52 Tex. App.—Tyler 2017 Whether exemplary damages supported by unanimous finding is no-evidence/matter-of-law issue; trial court erred in entering exemplary damages when verdict was not unanimous Kassab
842 65 65 Cullum v. White 399 S.W.3d 173, 188 Tex. App.—San Antonio 2011 As matter of law, party cannot recover exemplary damages without unanimous verdict on underlying theory of liability Kassab
843 65 65 DeAtley v. Rodriguez 246 S.W.3d 848, 850 Tex. App.—Dallas 2008 Non-unanimous verdict on liability insufficient as matter of law to support exemplary damages Kassab

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    citation TEXT,
    court TEXT,
    year INTEGER,
    proposition TEXT,
    cited_by TEXT
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