Legal Opinion
QTAT BPO Solutions, Inc. v. Lee & Murphy Law Firm, G.P.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 7, 2017No. 14-16-00148-CVPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Kem Thompson Frost, Chief Justice
In this appeal we consider the applicability of the Texas Citizens Participation Act to claims for breach of a contract between private parties. A litigation-services entity affiliated with various law firms hired a screening company to vet personal-injury claims related to pharmaceutical-products litigation. Before ending its business relationship with the law firms, the screening company downloaded confidential information from the law firms’ computer system and gave that information to its own attorney for purposes of bringing a breach-of-contract…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Steven Gregory Sloat, Ed Bryan, Church of Scientology International, David J. Lubow, and Monty Drake v. Monique RathbunCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
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