Fifth Circuit

Untrustworthy Texas AG Ken Paxton’s Trial Will Be Heard in His Hometown Harris County Judge Rules

The decision to move the cases back to Collin County is a huge win for Texas AG Ken Paxton, who has lived...

The Texas Foreclosure Manual

Texas Foreclosure Manual, Includes 2019 Supplement. This essential resource, written for the general practitioner and real estate expert in mind, provides over...

Threatening to Kill a Federal Judge

Caporusso was indicted on one count of threatening to assault and murder a federal judge to influence the performance of his official...

Look Here: Ocwen Rapidly Settle with Florida for Cents on the Dollar. And The Goodwin Liar Lawyers Penned the Deal

With the Burke's on their back and the accruing cash windfall in January*, Ocwen has frantically settled with Florida.

We’re Talkin’ Clerks and Impartiality. One Judge is Talkin’ at the ABA about Nazi Judges

The Clerk has denied the Burkes’ first request for an extension of time in this case. The decision is unfair, based on...

Twombly and Iqbal: Opinions from the Fifth Circuit

The Fifth Circuit has applied those cases several times in its review of dismissals on the pleadings. This article surveys those opinions,...

Florida Bar: Litigation Immunity PreSuit is Not Absolute

In Florida, the law has long looked with disfavor on…slander actions against lawyers uttered in the due course of judicial procedure except...

Violations of the Texas Debt Collections Act (TDCA) : Jaffer v. Kelly M. Davis & Assocs. (E.D. Tex., 2020)

Shawn Jaffer is a Fair Debt Collections Attorney and Texas Debt Collections Act Attorney(TDCA) in Dallas, Texas. He sues Debt Collectors.

Motion to Strike Hopkins Fictitious Brief

Appellants, Joanna Burke and John Burke (“Burkes”), now file a Motion to Strike Appellee’s Hopkins Law, PLLC, Mark Hopkins and Shelley Hopkins...

Hopkins Brief Filed on Friday, October 2, 2020

Res Judicata, Sanctions and Judge Lynn Hughes Ends this Foreclosure Appeal for Homeowner Underwood

A homeowner sued to prevent foreclosure on his home, arguing that the relevant statute of limitations had expired under Texas law. The...

JPMorgan Employees Caught Thievin’ Again. This Time it’s PPP Loans.

More than 500 JPMorgan employees got assistance from taxpayers aimed at helping businesses through the pandemic. Dozens of them shouldn’t have

Trending in Florida. A Motion to Intervene against Ocwen PHH

After PHH Ocwen decided not to settle with the Kaufmann Group - the lawyer group now wants in on this case, the...

The Virginia State Bar is Interested in Threesomes but Not Criminal Perjury

Virginia lawyer Scott Lehman is facing state bar complaint he tried to get a jailed client to have a threesome with him...

It’s Still Cookin’ in the County Hot Potato Case. A Letter is Issued to the Chief Judge Smashing the Sanctions Order

Magistrate Judge Harjani did not take into account the Hot Potato Doctrine which does not protect the Goodwin Procter lawyers violations.

Judge Werlein Jr Sentences Tax Preparer to 9 years Jail but No Mention of the 3 Money Laundering Law Firms Who Aided and Abetted in Criminal Fraud

The jury heard that Fields fraudulently obtained $3,097,974.19 in tax refunds from the IRS and kept approximately $1,302,271.75 for himself.

Guide to Judiciary Policy Vol. 2E, Ch. 3 (2019)

VOL. 2: ETHICS AND JUDICIAL CONDUCT; Ch. 3: Rules for Judicial-Conduct and Judicial-Disability Proceedings

Judge Bucklo’s Avoiding The Hot Potato Ethical Questions in this Sanctions Motion but Sends the Messenger Magistrate to Tell it’s Mashed Up Tale

The Hot Potato Rule is a serious matter and Goodwin Law and their attorneys Tom Hefferon, Matt Sheldon et al should have...