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2.2KEvery Tom, Dick and Harry Wants to Seal Records, But That’s Not How the Courts’ Work. Well, Theoretically
Secrecy is fine at the discovery stage, before the material enters the judicial record. But those documents, usually a small subset of...
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2.4KMotion to Intervene is a Right of The Press and the Public
The public thus has a right to access complaints in pending cases, in the weeks before an answer is filed, in the...
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4.2KTexas Lawyers Behaving Badly in Mad March 2020. An Array of In-Progress Results This Month and a Few New Additions
The State Bar of Texas' March Madness List of 15 disciplined lawyers and judges. Then there's the secret eight, a list of...
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3.0KTexas Immigration Attorney Allowed to Resign Quietly By the Texas Supreme Court
As disciplinary issues for this Arlington based Texas Immigration attorney mounted, David Do was apparently fast to resign. Texas Supreme Court obliged.
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2.8KFormer Judge Relinquishes Supreme Court Bar Membership, But Not Without Words to Chief Justice Roberts
I can no longer say that with any confidence. You (Chief Justice John Roberts) are doing far more— and far worse– than...
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3.1KMeanwhile it’s Far From OK for this Prosecutor in Oklahoma
A Tulsa County prosecutor will undergo a professional tribunal this week that could determine her discipline over allegations that staff members under...
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2.3KCIGNA’s Attorney Privilege Claims too Fishy for this Senior Texas Federal Judge
In summary, the court concludes that AP may successfully assert the fiduciary exception against Cigna; or, stated differently, Cigna "cannot assert the...
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5.6K1Texas Southern University Admissions Scandal is Appalling. Criminal Indictments Need to Be Issued. The Audit Report Already Proves the Corruption
Texas Southern University awarded more than $400,000 in scholarships to poorly performing students in a scheme to boost enrollment and enrich a...
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3.0K1In 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.
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2.6KFracking Company Says Fraud In Patent Suit Negates Attorney Privilege and Seeks Disqualification of Lawyers – The Result
ATTORNEY as a WITNESS: Plaintiffs seek the same remedy as in the Landmark Graphics opinion, where the district court confirmed that a...
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3.6KThe Most Comprehensive FDCPA and TDCPA Opinion in a Debt Collection Lawsuit in Texas We’ve Read. You Should Read It Too.
“Generally speaking, the FDCPA is a strict liability statute, which does not require the plaintiff to show that the violation was either...
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3.9K1Fifth Circuit Affirm Disbarment of Texas Lawyer Ryan Ray from Local Federal Court. The Appellate Court Had Been Duped by Ray Previously.
The court finds that Texas Lawyer Ryan E. Ray engaged in intentional conduct, involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, and misrepresentation.
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3.0KLeonard Leo, the Federalist Society and Five Angry Senators
Mr. Leo’s personal financial interest in advocacy efforts related to the judicial selection and nominations process raises serious concerns regarding potential conflicts...
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2.6KFlorida State Appellate Court Sinks to a New Low as it Denies Homeowner Attorney Fees, Reversing a Ruling It Abruptly Pulled Five Months Ago.
In the context of attorney's fees, "it is well settled that the payment of a previously denied claim following the initiation of...
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3.5KMeanwhile in California, a Judge Faces Disciplinary Commission for Six Counts of Judicial Misconduct
The California Commission on Judicial Performance confirmed that it would move forward with formal proceedings against Judge Jeffrey Bennett of the Ventura...
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6.2K6Another Texas Federal Court Case Prematurely Decided By the Magistrate Judge While Related Case is On Appeal at The Fifth Circuit
An attorney is a key participant in a mortgage scheme. That’s because being able to point to a lawyer, who is sworn...
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3.3K2Eleventh Circuit Judge Jill Pryor Seals Motion to Disqualify and the Intervenors Fire Back
When a motion to disqualify a judge is based on the judge’s ownership interest in certain real estate, the public must be...
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2.3K1All American Prematurely Decided By the Fifth Circuit while Supreme Court Petition is Pending
Fifth Circuit Judges should know their role. When a Supreme Court case is pending (Selia Law v. CFPB), hold your pens says...
