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456	60	IV. Texas continues to recognize conspirators are jointly and severally liable	No binding Texas precedent holds conspiracy preempted by TUTSA. Kassab's citations are unpublished federal cases. Published Texas appellate caselaw rejects the premise that Chapter 33 supersedes conspiracy's joint and several liability: Guillory v. Dietrich (Dallas 2020) and Stephens v. Three Finger (Eastland 2019). Conspiracy is not an independent remedy — it merely makes damages joint and several, no more objectionable than proportionate responsibility (which Kassab does not dispute TUTSA permits). Trial courts continue to submit TUTSA and conspiracy together (Whitlock). Kassab's own TUTSA expert (Cleveland article, footnote 11) assumes conspiracy can exist alongside TUTSA.