DTPA
It is Chapter 17 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code.
What is the Deceptive Trade Practices Act?
The kind of lien that is created by the Texas constitution.
What is a constitutional lien?
The number of children that the Sellerans have.
This is found at the top of the petition that contains the party's name, the court, and case number.
What is a caption?
A legal doctrine that protects the confidentiality of communications between a client and their lawyer.
What is privilege?
An individual, partnership, corporation, this state, or a subdivision or agency of this state who seeks or acquires by purchase or lease, any goods or services, except that the term does not include a business consumer that has assets of $25 million or more, or that is owned or controlled by a corporation or entity with assets of $25 million or more.
What is a consumer?
The action necessary to give others notice of a lien.
What is recording?
The motion you need to file if a DTPA notice was not given.
What is a plea in abatement?
The section of a pleading for which you request relief.
What is the prayer?
If you receive funds that you have not earn, they should be placed here in Texas.
What is an IOLTA account?
The minimal mental state or mens rea to collect a total three times economic damages under the DTPA.
What is knowingly?
The contractual concept that is necessary to obtain a constitutional lien.
What is privity?
The legal term that the Consumpters' home constitutes to be able to let them bring a claim.
What is a good?
This should be the first numbered paragraph of a pleading.
What is the discovery level?
If an attorney represents both parties in a lawsuit filed against each other, this would be _________________.
Under the DTPA, the statute of limitations for filing a lawsuit for deceptive trade practices is this many years.
What is two years?
Personal property that is attached to the land or a building and that is regarded as an irremovable part of the real property.
What is a fixture?
What are economic damages?
When you ask for claims that seem to be inconsistent with each other.
What is pleading in the alternative or alternative pleading?
For attorneys fees this method involves multiplying the number of hours worked by a reasonable hourly rate to determine the base fee, which can then be adjusted based on various factors.
What is the lodestar method?
In order to be awarded actual damages under the DTPA, you need this.
What is a tie-in statute?
The type of lien given to a person in this stat who repairs an article.
Worker's Lien
What is mediation?
What is personal jurisdiction and special appearance?
This is the main ethical violation complained about by clients against attorneys.
What is lack of communication.