Forum
The Hilltop Forum is a hub for dialogue and insight into corporate governance, leadership, and accountability. Connecting scholars, executives, practitioners, and students, it fosters interdisciplinary collaboration and real-world impact. With growing support from industry leaders and alumni, the Forum reflects Texas’s rising influence in shaping ethical and effective corporate practices—anchored in º£½ÇÖ±²¥’s values and commitment to thought leadership.
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Texas Business Court’s Primexx Ruling: A Victory for Contractual Certainty in Corporate Governance
Texas’ Business Court affirms contractual freedom in corporate governance, upholding drag-along rights and fiduciary duty waivers—Primexx signals speed, certainty, and enforceability in partnership disputes.
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Equity plus Liabilities: Can Texas Law Play a Larger Role in Debt, Liability Management and Leveraged Finance?
Texas is expanding its role in debt, liability management, and leveraged finance, aiming to rival New York as a hub for corporate capital.
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Texas Business Court Rejects Delaware-Style Veil Piercing, Enforces Texas’ Statutory Standard
Texas Business Court strictly applies Texas’ veil-piercing statute, rejecting Delaware-style alter ego theories while letting a targeted fraud claim proceed. -
A New Era for Business Litigation: What Lensabl Signals About Texas’s Corporate Jurisdiction
The new Texas Business Court, through its Lensabl decision, is shaping a text-centered corporate jurisprudence that strictly enforces statutory limits on veil piercing, demands detailed factual pleading under Rule 91a, and distinguishes Texas’s predictable, statute-driven approach from Delaware’s more flexible equitable doctrines.