Tyler Technologies, which runs TexFile, plans to switch all the counties that had used Texas.gov over to TexFile by Nov. 30.

While H.B. 4 put numerous pre-trial restrictions on a plaintiff’s ability to file medical malpractice lawsuits, that statute changed not only the fights lawyers have in such cases, but also the names of the lawyers who are willing to file those cases, says defense lawyer Erin Lunceford.

In a dispute that just keeps getting more unusual, suspended Galveston County jurist Christopher Dupuy has been sentenced for 45 days in jail, after a state district judge found Dupuy in contempt and also ordered Dupuy to undergo a mental competency evaluation.

The Texas Department of Insurance has monitored med-mal insurers’ rate changes since 2003. That data shows the state’s top five med-mal insurers cut rates from 2003 to 2011, ranging from 17 percent to 40 percent.

After losing over $1 million in a family feud, a retired Austin doctor is suing a lawyer and firm that represented him for 20 years in estate and probate matters. The doctor alleges the firm committed professional negligence when it wrote a letter to the doctor’s two children about terminating two trust accounts.