“Certainty is something our rules provide by placing the burden of perfecting service on the plaintiff,” noted the Court in its decision. The civil procedure rules “make clear that a civil action is ...

In their International Litigation column, Lawrence W. Newman and David Zaslowsky discuss how, in cases brought to enforce arbitration awards, rules for serving process on parties located outside the ...

Under Section 16.003 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, a plaintiff must "bring suit" on claims for, among other things, personal injury or wrongful death within a two-year statute of ...