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Can an NDA Silence a Sexual Assault Survivor in Texas? What Trey’s Law Changes

A survivor who signed a confidentiality clause could worry that talking about the assault would lead to a lawsuit, a demand to return settlement money or some other penalty. In Texas, the rules changed on September 1, 2025. Trey’s Law makes certain nondisclosure and confidentiality provisions void and unenforceable when they prevent someone from disclosing covered sexual abuse or facts related to it. The rule can reach settlement and employment agreements, standalone NDAs and other contracts. Read the enrolled text of Texas Senate Bill 835 . The law is narrower than saying Texas has “banned NDAs.” A restriction on discussing the abuse can be unenforceable even when other parts of the same agreement remain in place. What Trey’s Law covers Trey’s Law added Chapter 129C to the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. The statute uses the term “act of sexual abuse” and ties it to specific provisions of Texas law. Those include sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault, as well ...
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Should You Speak to a Truck Accident Insurance Adjuster Alone?

If a trucking company's insurance adjuster contacts you after an accident, don't speak with them directly. Don't give a recorded statement, accept a settlement, or speculate about fault until you understand your legal rights. Every word or statement you say can be used against you to shift blame and weaken your claim. After a fatal truck accident, the insurer may begin its investigation immediately. While your injuries, medical expenses, and long-term prognosis remain uncertain, they work to pressure you into an early settlement. What you say in those initial conversations can affect how they evaluate your claim. Understanding your options can help protect your right to pursue fair compensation. How Serious Are Trucking Accidents in Texas? Texas highways, especially the Houston area, see substantial commercial traffic every day. In 2024 alone, around 4,100+ people died in Texas motor vehicle crashes, which demonstrates the risks on the state's roads.  Larger commercial ...
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AI Sexual Deepfakes in Texas: Understanding the New Civil Remedies Under Chapter 98B

AI tools can generate nude or sexually explicit images that appear to depict real people who never consented to the images being made. Nudification apps and sexual deepfakes have lowered the barrier to creating and circulating this kind of material. Effective September 1, 2025, amendments to Chapter 98B of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code expanded civil liability to cover ‘artificial intimate visual material’: computer-generated intimate material in which a real person is recognizable by their face, likeness, voice or another distinguishing characteristic. Who can face liability under Chapter 98B? Chapter 98B allows a civil claim against a person who produces, solicits, discloses or promotes artificial intimate visual material without effective consent, intends to cause harm and actually causes harm. The depicted person must also be identifiable from the material. A person who creates the image, requests its creation or promotes it can also face liability if...
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Understanding Statute of Limitations for Institutional Childhood Abuse

Adult survivors of child sexual abuse may have a substantial legal window to pursue civil claims in Texas. These claims can include failures that allegedly enabled or concealed abuse. Texas law provides a 30-year limitations period for specified child sexual abuse injury claims, making a careful review of historical facts and accrual dates essential. There is profound emotional weight that adult survivors carry when confronting past institutional (school, church, daycare, or youth organization) failure. The institution's leadership, rules, and records may have changed, but that doesn't eliminate the possibility of filing a civil claim. Texas laws provide some adult survivors a meaningful opportunity to examine institutional failures that occurred years earlier. A specialized Houston child sexual abuse attorney can evaluate the limitations period, evidence, and potential institutional liability to determine whether a claim remains viable and pursue justice decades later. What I...
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Can a Texas Trucking Company Defend a Crash by Claiming a Medical Emergency?

An 18-wheeler crash can be devastating. The trucking company's insurance often steps in immediately. They claim, "It wasn't our fault; the driver had a sudden heart attack." This defense is legally recognized and incredibly difficult to prove. An experienced truck accident attorney can often pierce it by uncovering corporate corner-cutting. Here are more details on how to proceed if you're in a similar situation. What Is the Sudden Medical Emergency Defense in Texas Trucking Accidents? Many truck accidents involve an unavoidable theory when a driver's sudden, unforeseeable loss of consciousness causes a crash. The defense asks whether the driver was incapacitated before impact, whether that incapacity caused the crash, and whether it could reasonably have been anticipated.  Simply saying the driver had a heart attack isn't enough. Investigators ask whether symptoms appeared before impact, whether there were warning signs, what the medical records show, and...
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Suing a Texas Charter School for Negligent Hiring

Charter schools in Texas can face severe liabilities when sexual misconduct or reporting failures can be connected to grossly negligent, recklessness, or intentional employment practices. Charter schools may be subject to statutory liability frameworks that limit governmental immunity depending on facts and applicable laws. But the unique public-private hybrid nature of Texas charter schools leaves parents confused about their legal rights when a child is harmed. These schools must follow the same strict safety and background checks applicable to traditional public schools. If the institution is found to be at fault, parents can sue them for negligence and seek damages.  What Has Changed For Texas Charter School Lawsuits?  Texas House Bill 4623 created Chapter 118 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code. This law defines an open-enrollment charter school as a public school. It permits liability when a school employee commits sexual misconduct or fails to report suspected abuse...
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