Follow POL on Twitter The Beaumont Enterprise carries a report on the fame of the local courts as a destination for forum selection. Alas for local prosperity, changes in Texas rules in recent years have made it harder to have a suit heard in Jefferson County "if the basis of the claim did not originate here and neither of the parties live here".
Forum-shopping in coastal Texas
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Bridget Carroll Press Officer, Manhattan Institute bcarroll@manhattan-institute.org |
