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Two Texans Get 5 Years Each for Theft of $25,000 in Iowa. Iowa Attorney Gets Zero Jail Time, No Felony Record and Keeps her Law License for $100,000 theft.

The two Texans were arrested June 11 after employees at Sioux City's Scheels store saw them making suspicious purchases on a credit...

Iowa Governor Jets into Ethics Probe

Statutory causes of actions can be enforced by citizens. The legislature holds the keys to the courthouse door that cannot be boarded...

Lawyer Meyer Suspended in Iowa for Fraudulent Billing in Excess of $100k in Attorney Fees. Citizen Jacobs Wrote Bad Checks for $1,100 and was Sentenced to 5 Years Jail

Lawyers Above the Law: It's very disheartening when you read articles about lawyer theft by overbilling attorney fees and they are given...

Ken Paxton, Texas Top Lawyer, Leading by Example.

AG's of Louisiana, Indiana and Montana refer to last summer's racial justice protests as their decision not to sign onto a letter...

Judge Mazzant’s De Novo Review of M&R, Texas Surety Bond and More. Published for the Fifth Circuit’s Quarterback(s).

A party who files timely written objections to a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation is entitled to a de novo review of...

Chief Justice Gina Benavides Writes About Texas Appellate Standards. We’re Talkin’ Lawyers Creed, Legal Ethics and Other Obscure Rules Folks.

As Aileen Cannon Replaces Lyin’ Florida Judge Kenneth Marra, Sen. Feinstein Calls For End of Judicial Confirmations

The process of selecting judges is archaic and the legislation needs to change so the people elect qualified and honest judges to...

Georgia Superior Judge Out On a Lim After Family Violence Charge

Judge Meng Lim was charged under the Georgia Family Violence Act. He is the Chief Superior Court Judge of the Tallapoosa Judicial...

Attorney-Privilege Does Not Apply to Threats of Violence Statements says 8th Circuit

The attorney-client privilege is narrowly construed and protects disclosures necessary to obtain informed legal advice. Threats of violence do not count.

In 2020 the ABA President Asked for Rebellion in Austin. This is Another Example of Why the Profession Has Become Tyrannical

American Bar Association President Judy Perry Martinez incited rebellion at the House of Delegates at the 2020 ABA Midyear Meeting in Austin,...

D.C. Lawyer Robert M. Schulman Too Big To Jail or Even Disbar as a Convicted Felon. Defund The Bar.

Buried: In this case, the convicted felon lawyer has consented - how noble - to a conveniently backdated suspension. He is not...

Texas Bank Manager Admits to $11M Theft, So Where’s the Other $16M Gone? (FDIC Paid $27M in Losses)

Bank Managers are Stealing Millions of Dollars and Receiving Light Jail Sentences compared to Citizens Involved in Theft Sums for Small Amounts....

Foreclosure Banker and Trump Cabinet Member Joe Otting Resigns Suddenly Allowing Brian Brooks to Upgrade from Deputy to Comptroller of the Currency, and it’s Not Bitcoin

Former foreclosure banker Joseph Otting resigns but his old pal from OneWest Bank steps into his shoes. Brian Brooks has been a...

Malpractice: When Lawyers Screw Up

Lawyer Malpractice in the United States; Why it is so hard for victims to recover damages? The Book, 'When Lawyers Screw Up'...

26 Attorney Generals Call for Seniors with Mortgage and Loans to Be Pandemic Protected. Texas Ain’t One of Them

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of Americans are now facing financial uncertainty; senior citizens have been among the hardest...

How to Make a Judicial Complaint Citing the Right Arguments In Law

The fact is many of those with judicial grievances normally pen judicial complaints while high on emotions and fall into the trap...

In Tandem, “Opposing” Counsels”, namely the CFPB, a ‘Consumer Watchdog’ and Ocwen, a Non-Bank, Object to Consumers Constitutional Rights

Burke v Ocwen and CFPB, that's right, the consumer watchdog objects to the consumers.

The Houston Chronicle Reported in 2009 that Secrecy is Protecting Judges Behavin’ Badly. LIT Asks Y’all – What’s Changed in 2020?

Only seven judges in the last decade have faced formal disciplinary action as a result of the nation's secretive misconduct review process....