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  1. January 17, 2024

    5th Circ. Upholds Block Of Texas Book Rating Law

    The Fifth Circuit sided with booksellers on Wednesday in a dispute over a Texas law that would require certain vendors to rate works sold to schools based on their references to sex, saying the booksellers are likely to succeed on their claims the law's rating system violates their First Amendment rights.

  2. January 01, 2024

    5 Texas Cases To Watch In 2024

    Several high-profile Texas cases will move through the courts in 2024, including Attorney General Ken Paxton's securities fraud case and a retaliation lawsuit brought by four of Paxton's former-aides-turned-whistleblowers. The first case in the Astroworld litigation is also expected to go to trial as various challenges to laws passed during the Texas legislative session make their way through courts across the Lone Star State.

  3. November 29, 2023

    Book Rating Law Burdens The 'Middlemen,' 5th Circ. Told

    A group of book vendors fending off several state agencies' attempt to overturn a judge's decision to enjoin a Texas law that would require certain booksellers to rate works based on their references to sex told the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday the statute is a "unicorn" that imposes an "impossible task" on vendors.

  4. October 31, 2023

    Vendors' Book Rating Law Fears Unfounded, 5th Circ. Told

    The state of Texas is urging the Fifth Circuit to overturn a federal judge's order temporarily enjoining a state law that would require booksellers to rate books sold to schools based on sexual references, arguing that vendors' allegations are wholly speculative.