Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 17.55
This is the official text of Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 17.55, part of Texas’s Business & Commerce Code — governs commercial transactions and general business practices.
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§ 17.55. PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL.
Official statutory text
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 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) 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.
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