We previously wrote about the requirements many jurisdictions impose for affidavits or declarations submitted in conjunction with motions for summary judgment, including that they must be based on ...

James M. Stanton says his time on the state district court bench taught him that summary judgment hearings generally are too long, too confusing and too overwhelming for the judge. To prevail at a ...

Judge Blocks Insurers' Attempt for Summary Judgment on Liability in Contract Dispute With McCarter & English McCarter & English and attorney James Scantling, the defendants in the lawsuit, called the ...

The Supreme Court of Texas approved amendments to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 166a, modifying Texas’s summary judgment procedure in several important ways. After public comments on the proposed ...