Stagner, J. | June 11, 2026
The court denies an emergency-center LLC’s motion to remand its suit against former members for diversion of business opportunity:
The Galveston County venue-selection clause is unenforceable because the operating agreement is not a "major transaction." It fails to state the value of consideration, and that amount cannot be measured based on all LLC members’ aggregate interests. Regardless, the Business Court is legally situated in Galveston County despite having no physical courthouse there.
Removal was timely because a pleading seeking under $2 million restitution did not start the clock; defendants need not speculate alternate damage models.