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Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 2.108 (2026)

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Sec. 2.108. POWERS OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION. Except as provided by Title 7, a professional association has the same powers, privileges, duties, restrictions, and liabilities as a for-profit corporation.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2010–2024 · leading case: Mandell v. Mandell, 310 S.W.3d 531 (Tex. App. 2010).
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Mandell v. Mandell, 310 S.W.3d 531 (Tex. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Bus. Orgs.Code § 2.108 (Vernon Pamph.”
Byron D. Neely, Individually, & Byron D. Neely, M.D., P.A. v. Nanci Wilson, CBS Stations Grp. of Texas, L.P., D/B/A Keye-Tv & Viacom, Inc., 418 S.W.3d 52 (Tex. 2013). “” Tex. Bus. ORGS. Code § 2.108. Nothing in Title 7 of the Business Organizations Code precludes professional associations from bringing defamation suits.”
Susan Cohen Mandell v. Harold Lance Mandell (Tex. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 2.108 (Vernon Pamph.”
Susan Cohen Mandell v. Harold Lance Mandell (Tex. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 2.108 (Vernon Pamph.”
Paul Redmond Keating v. Beverly Carolynn Keating (Tex. App. 2022). “16 See Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code Ann. § 2.108 . By statute, “a professional association has the same powers, privileges, duties, restrictions, and liabilities as a for-profit corporation.”
Pro-Health Podiatry P.A. v. Tarrant Cnty., City of Arlington, City of Grand Prairie, Arlington Indep. Sch. Dist., Tarrant Cnty. Coll. Dist., & Tarrant Cnty. Hosp. Dist. (Tex. App. 2024). “) (quoting Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code Ann. § 2.108 ). 2”
Angelina Emergency Med. Assocs. PA v. Health Care Serv. Corp. (N.D. Tex. 2024). “To hold otherwise, that one member-physician establishes standing for his entire association, would effectively blend an injury to a member and its “separate legal entity.”
Byron D. Neely, Individually, & Byron D. Neely, M.D., P.A. v. Nanci Wilson, CBS Stations Grp. of Texas, L.P., D/B/A Keye-Tv & Viacom, Inc. (Tex. 2014). “” TEX. BUS. ORGS. CODE § 2.108. Nothing in Title 7 of the Business Organizations Code precludes professional associations from bringing defamation suits.”
Brandon Darby v. the New York Times Co. & James C. McKinley, Jr. (Tex. App. 2015). “Because professional associations share the same rights as for-profit corporations as to maintaining defamation claims, Texas law does not preclude the professional association, Byron D.”
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