Beaumont Court Affirms Denial of Anti-SLAPP Motion in TUFTA-Based Fraudulent Transfer Litigation

The Beaumont Court of Appeals affirmed denial of a TCPA motion to dismiss in litigation arising from a 2022 TUFTA petition alleging over $4 million in fraudulent intercompany transfers by Short OG III, Ltd. and its affiliates to render the entity insolvent. The appellants argued their TUFTA petition constituted protected communications in judicial proceedings, but the court found the subsequent 2024 claims for tortious interference, abuse of process, and civil conspiracy were not subject to anti-SLAPP dismissal.