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Texas Business and Commerce Code - BUS & COM § 17.55. Promotional Material

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

If damages or civil penalties are assessed against the seller of goods or services for advertisements or promotional material in a suit filed under Section 17.47, 17.48, 17.50, or 17.51 1 of this subchapter, the seller of the goods or services has a cause of action against a third party for the amount of damages or civil penalties assessed against the seller plus attorneys' fees on a showing that:

(1) the seller received the advertisements or promotional material from the third party;

(2) the seller's only action with regard to the advertisements or promotional material was to disseminate the material;  and

(3) the seller has ceased disseminating the material.

1  Repealed.
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