Richardson business disputes, on both sides of the county line.

The south part of Richardson is in Dallas County, where cases are heard downtown; the north part is in Collin County, where they are heard in McKinney. Appeals from both go to the Fifth Court of Appeals, but a bankruptcy goes to the Northern District from the Dallas side and the Eastern District from the Collin side.

Technology and services companies bring licensing, services and employee-departure disputes. See Dallas County, Collin County and non-compete litigation.

Texas state courts. No statewide rule on AI is in force. In June 2026 the Supreme Court of Texas preliminarily approved a new Rule 13 under which signing a filing certifies that the signer verified it, including that its citations, quotations and holdings are not fabricated; no final order had issued. The Business Court’s Local Rule 10(c) permits AI but makes the filer independently responsible for every filing. The courts of appeals have no AI rules but sanction fabricated authority under their inherent power, as the Dallas court did in 2025, and Ethics Opinion 705 advises verifying every output, protecting confidences and supervising its use.

Collin County. The County Courts at Law require disclosure of AI use and a certificate covering every citation; the district courts require verification.

Checked against each court’s own rules and orders on 5 November 2026 for John Henry’s talk “AI in Modern Litigation” at the Eastern District of Texas Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference. Rules change; the full reference, with every order cited, is on the AI in litigation page.