O’Connor’s Texas Rules Civil Trials, 2026 ed.

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OConnors Texas Rules Civil Trials provides clear, detailed explanations of procedure with strategies and practice tips for each phase of litigation. The commentary is written and edited by experienced practitioners and backed by thousands of citations. Each new edition is fully revised to reflect all the latest changes in the law. This product also provides the complete text of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and Texas Rules of Evidence; hundreds of case annotations quotations from recent, relevant caselaw that help explain how the courts interpret the rules; and charts and timetables that quickly summarize complicated rules and deadlines. 2026 EDITION HIGHLIGHTSWhats New in This Edition This years edition of OConnors Texas Rules ? Civil Trials has been updated to re?ect 2025 rule, case-law, and legislative changes. We have also revised and reorganized parts of the commentaries to improve clarity and add further explanation. Here are some of the changes we made this year: We revised Generally, ch. 2-B, 4.2.1(2)(a)[1], to discuss the requirements for a shareholder to have standing to sue on behalf of a corporation based on the 2025 legislative amendments to Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code 21.552. We extensively revised and reorganized Business court, ch. 2-G, 3.2.3, to discuss the 2025 legislative changes related to the jurisdiction of the business court. We revised the discussion in No purposeful availment, ch. 3-B, 2.4.2(1), to include Hyundam Indus. Co. v. Swacina, 716 S.W.3d 167 (Tex.2025), and BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co. KG v. Shaik, 716 S.W.3d 98 (Tex.2025), in which the Supreme Court addressed the stream-of-commerce analysis for determining whether a court has speci?c jurisdiction over a defendant. We revised and reorganized What is not a legal action, ch. 3-K, 2.1.1(2), to include recent holdings on what constitutes a legal action for purposes of the Texas Citizens Participation Act. We revised and reorganized Deadline, ch. 3-K, 7.1, to clarify that the 30-day deadline for ruling on an anti-SLAPP motion does not affect the trial courts power to reconsider its ruling and that the court has the power to reconsider regardless of whether the motion to dismiss was timely ruled on or was denied by operation of law based on First Sabrepoint Capital Mgmt. v. Farmland Partners, 712 S.W.3d 75 (Tex.2025). We added Sealing court documents containing trade secrets under CPRC 134A.0065, ch. 5-L, 9, to explain the procedures for sealing and unsealing court documents containing alleged trade secrets in suits under the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act based on the 2025 enactment of CPRC 134A.0065. We revised Technology-assisted review, ch. 6-C, 5.2, to provide an updated discus-sion of how to use technology-assisted review (TAR) in conducting electronic discovery. We added Deposition in Texas for use in proceeding in another state, ch. 6-F, 19, to discuss newly enacted TRCP 201.3, which adopted a modi?ed version of the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act. We revised Motion to strike deemed admissions, ch. 6-H, 7.2.2, to discuss the required showings to have deemed admissions struck based on In re Euless Pizza, LP, 702 S.W.3d 543 (Tex.2024). We revised Attached, ch. 7-B, 9.1.3, to clarify that summary-judgment evidence that is already part of the record does not have to be attached to the motion or re-sponse as long as the party af?rmatively points out the evidence to the court in the motion or response based on Kuo v. Regions Bank, S.W.3d , 2025 WL 2881875 (Tex.2025) (No. 24-1039; 10-10-25), and State v. $3,774.28, 713 S.W.3d 381 (Tex.2025). We added Deadline, ch. 7-B, 11.1.2, and Deadline to rule, ch. 7-B, 12.2, to discuss the deadlines for setting a hearing date and for ruling on a motion for sum-mary judgment based on the 2025 enactment of Govt Code 23.303. We revised Review, ch. 8-A, 11, to clarify how the court evaluates error related to jury selection.