Federal Law
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2.1K1CFPB Constitutionality is an Ongoing Debate And Now All American Check Cashing Thinks its A Monopoly Board
According to All American, its case would thus allow the Supreme Court to decide not only the CFPB’s constitutionality but the equally...
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3.0KUpdate: Wrongfully Convicted Alfred Brown Was Denied Compensation by Texas; Now a Former Supreme Court Justice is Stepping In
A former Texas Supreme Court justice has joined the legal fight to help ex-death row inmate Alfred Brown get compensation for the...
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2.2KEternal Merry-Go-Round: Who Is the New Chief at the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 2019?
From the attorneys perspective, what they might notice the most is who is assigned at their arguments. Beyond that, you would have...
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2.0KTrump Wants to Hide Consumer Complaints About Banks & Non-Banks (Mortgage Servicers) from the CFPB Database Citing ‘This is Not Yelp, The Banks Demand Protection and I’m Indebted to Them’
I don’t see anything in here that says I have to run a Yelp for financial services sponsored by the federal government,...
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2.7KA Former Texas Judge Recently Sanctioned after Claims of Sexual Mischief, Alcoholism and Anger Issues Indicates He’s Seeking a Return to the Bench
This summer, a special court of review publicly reprimanded Guy Williams for groping three female public officials at a party and issuing...
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4.9KA Shell Sham Attorney and Non Attorney CFPB Case In FLSD Court is Settled Only for the Related ‘Of Counsel’ (Attorney Michael Herskowitz) to be Indicted in NY For Mortgage and Foreclosure Fraud
Since 2015, attorney Herskowitz has been implicated in at least two other schemes targeting borrowers in foreclosure in Florida and Queens. He...
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2.3K1Former Texas Judge Rodolfo ‘Rudy’ Delgado Discusses His New Housing Options
Even if he’s successful and beats back every one of the adjustments, the judge would still land in Zone D, level 14,...
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3.1KTexas Lawyer Left Standing with a $500 Bill from District Judge Jeffrey Fletcher; No Gratuities Expected or Required
The Sixth Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a party can’t bring a direct appeal from a contempt finding, meaning the court...
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1.6K8 Corners Rule: Another Certified Question from the Fifth Circuit to the Supreme Court of Texas
In summer 2017, a 10-year-old died in an ATV accident at his grandparents’ house. The boy’s mom sued the grandparents, the Richards....
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1.8KSouthern Baptist Church has Revenues akin to Office Depot. Now Lawyers Wish to Test the Church Claims of Legal Immunity in Sexual Abuse Cases
Every year, churches in the SBC collectively raise about $11 billion — revenues that put them on par with a mid-tier Fortune...
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3.7KTexas Lawyer On Trial for Federal Tax Evasion involving Millions of Dollars and Shelf Companies. No Doubt A lot of Other Texas Lawyers Will Be Watching and Worrying
The indictment alleges that Pursley received more than $4.8 million and an ownership interest in the co-conspirator’s ongoing business for his role...
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1.9KMeanwhile in California, a Judge Provides Immunity to 3 Cops for Alleged Theft in Excess of $225k, One of Whom Recently took a Plea Deal for a Prior $20k Bribe
The lack of any cases of controlling authority or a consensus of cases of persuasive authority on the constitutional question compels the...
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2.3K1Collins v Mnuchin the Foreclosure King and Trump Appointee: Updated – Fifth Circuit Issues A Head-Turning Decision
The Court recently voted to rehear en banc the case of Collins v. Mnuchin, an important administrative law dispute about the structure...
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1.8KJudge Lee Rosenthal Rejects Gov. Abbott’s Objections to Settlement in Historic Case Addressing the State of Texas Unconstitutional Bail Laws
The controversial Harris County Bail system pitted poor people against the justice system and has been subject to a lawsuit since 2016....
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4.9K1Texas Lawyers Gone Rogue, the September 2019 List of Disciplined Lawyers and Judges; Just Remember, the State Bar of Texas Prints 11 Months – There’s No List Printed in August; Apparently it’s an Unofficial Vacation Month
40 Texas Lawyers and Judges Disciplined on September List of Disciplinary Actions by the State Bar of Texas and published in the...
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2.2KSenior Judge Lynn Nettleton Hughes Creates Havoc in His Courtroom by Sentencing Terrorist to 18 Months; and the ISIS Fanatic is Now Out and Headed Back to University of Houston
ISIS fanatic Khan admitted in his plea that he’d told Garcia via Facebook that he wanted to join ISIS. A few weeks...
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2.6KAttorney Who Called Himself “Mr Social Security” Paid Kickbacks to Judges and Doctors and Cost the TaxPayers Over $550 Million in Lifetime Benefit Payments is Sentenced
Conn was originally charged in April 2016, along with Daugherty and Adkins, in an 18-count indictment with conspiracy to commit mail and...
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3.4KWhen You Get a Million Dollar Settlement in a Patent Case, Don’t Evade Paying Your Taxes on the Reported Settlement or the IRS Will Indict You and Your Crooked Lawyer
According to the indictment, Thomas and Michelle Selgas, a married couple, conspired with John O. Green, an attorney licensed to practice in...
