{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.55","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 17.55","heading":"PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL.","body":"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:\n(1) the seller received the advertisements or promotional material from the third party;\n(2) the seller's only action with regard to the advertisements or promotional material was to disseminate the material; and\n(3) the seller has ceased disseminating the material.\nAdded by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 322, ch. 143, Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 1973.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 2. COMPETITION AND TRADE PRACTICES","CHAPTER 17. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES","SUBCHAPTER E. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.17.htm#17.55","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"b8a9317b60e80af64dab76d8b44f1a1acc6f8aa97ba4eef286f91cf07bca376e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.506","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.555"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}