Editors Choice
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785A Frivolous Foreclosure Appeal? Well, Only Per the Docket This Time.
The infamous No Free Houses Judge Patrick Higginbotham elects to hide his emotions in the 3-panel unpublished opinion - but on the...
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1.5KJudge Not Protected by Immunity Defense When It’s a Perversion of Justice
A Superior Judge who was charged with examining Judge DiLeo’s conduct overturned the defendant’s conviction and used the term, perversion of justice...
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3.7KThe Most Important Opinion Since the Financial Crisis Was Written By a Magistrate Judge in Texas.
The unpublished panel opinion contradicts not only long-settled Texas law, but also several published decisions of the Fifth Circuit.
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1.1KJudge 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...
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1.1KOcwen and CFPB’s Failed Mediation is Merely a Delay Tactic
Ocwen's staged failed settlement related to the lawsuit filed by the CFPB in 2017 against the $3 billion dollar admonished mortgage servicer.
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2.3KDid the Texas Supreme Court Decision in Zepeda Push Texas Trial Lawyer Connie Pfeiffer Out of Beck Redden?
Texas Lawyer Constance 'Connie' Pfeiffer's departure date from Beck Redden, where she was a partner for just shy of 16 years is...
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4.5K1Outlaws In Robes (Fl) and (GA)
2021 Most Wanted FL and GA. The Stamp Collection: "Outlaws in Robes." A LIT Series about Federal District Court Judges and Appellate...
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4.9K1Outlaws In Robes (TX)
2021 Most Wanted in Texas. The Stamp Collection: "Outlaws in Robes." A LIT Series about Federal District Court Judges and Appellate Circuit...
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1.2KThe Ninth Circuit Quickly Disposes of Selia Law. We Doubt it’s Over.
A unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the CID issued to Seila Law was...
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1.6KLyin’ Sen Ted Cruz Finchin’ Funds into 2021 by Deception
Sen. Ted Cruz is using the competitive Georgia runoff contests to raise money for himself. He asked for $5 contributions to his...
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3.9KNaughty in Nov. 2020: Fifteen Texas Lawyers and Judges Behavin’ Badly and the Five You’ll Never Know About. It’s a Secret.
Texas Lawyers and Judges Behavin' Badly in November 2020's Texas Bar Journal Listing.
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950Here’s Five Days You Can Whiteout From Any Foreclosure Sale Notice in Massachusetts
Chase and several amici suggested for the first time that the panel’s reading of Pinti and other SJC precedents would invalidate most...
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1.6KShort Sale Mortgage Fraud by Former Supreme Court Justice Earns Her a Year and a Day in the Slammer
On May 28, 2013, Hathaway appeared before Judge O'Meara in Ann Arbor and was sentenced to 366 days in federal prison.
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4.3KJumpin’ into July and It’s Sixteen Texas Lawyers Behavin’ Badly. Then there’s the Six You’ll Never Know About. It’s a Secret.
Texas Lawyers Behavin' Badly in July 2020's Texas Bar Journal Listing. From Thievin' lawyers to Proud Boys, we've got a smokin' hot...
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4.9KOutlaws In Robes
2021 Most Wanted. The Stamp Collection: "Outlaws in Robes." A LIT Series about Federal District Court Judges and Appellate Circuit Judges.
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2.2KFifth Circuit Finally Tells Banks that Professional Liability Insurance Doesn’t Cover Blatant Fraud, Forgery and Extortion
Judge Stephen Higginson opined for the 2-panel at the 5th Cir., and held that it was the bank’s wrongful certification to HUD...
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2.9KA Taxing Texas Decision to Deny En Banc Rehearing Splits Fifth Circuit Right Down the Middle. But The Right Call Was Made.
The 8 Dissenting 5th Cir. Judges Owen, Smith, Elrod, Haynes, Willett, Ho, Engelhardt, Oldham would give Attorney Client Privilege to the Austin,...
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3.9KBoies Schiller Flexner LLP Take $10 Million from PPP and then Hand Out $20k Bonuses to New Starts, Who Ain’t Started Yet.
Boies Schiller & Flexner announced bank breaking bonuses that everyone at the biglaw firm is excited about. They also took a $10M...
