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The Associated Press is reporting that Judge Debra Lehrmann (pictured) has defeated Rick Green in the runoff to determine the Republican candidate for Place 3 on the Texas Supreme Court.  Judge Lehrmann will face Democratic nominee Justice Jim Sharp to fill the seat being vacated by Justice Harriet O'Neill.

Judge Lehrmann must have been fairly confident about the runoff, given yesterday's announcement that she is treading new ground by distributing a video message using a new smart phone application made for the GOP.  Meanwhile, the media has criticized Justice Sharp for lacking any significant web presence.  Quite a contrast in approaches, I would say.

Update:  Additional coverage is available at Tex Parte and the Supreme Court of Texas Blog.

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Early this year, I accepted an offer from Texas Lawyer to write a quarterly column on technology issues affecting the publication’s namesake audience.  The first article in this series—an update on appellate e-filing in Texas—appeared in this week’s issue. I am happy to report that Law.com picked it up as well.

I've received some nice feedback about the article since it came out.  One particular commenter, Houston’s Scott Rothenberg (who, by the way, gives great ethics CLE presentations and is one of the funniest appellate lawyers you could ever meet) pointed out to me that the Supreme Court Advisory Committee has been considering how the appellate rules should be modified in conjunction with the TAMES program’s forthcoming launch.  The SCAC’s initial rule re-draft and a proposed order directing the form of the record in civil cases are available through the links provided.

The SCAC thoroughly debated this initial proposal about a year ago (the meeting transcripts are here and here), but apparently has not come back to it since then. Though not an item on the current SCAC meeting agenda, the working re-draft provides a glimpse of the kinds of rule changes we should expect to hear more about soon.

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