Fifth Circuit Judges should know their role. When a Supreme Court case is pending (Selia Law v. CFPB), hold your pens says...
Current federal jurisprudence grants judges wide latitude in the exercise of contempt powers, which in turn can lead to dire consequences for...
Eggert was licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and the Northern District of Texas in 2004. The following year, Eggert moved to...
What Texas Courts Do Not Want Homeowners Doing; Discovery before Trial: Admit historically, in your cases, BDF or their related corporate entities,...
Unbeknownst to many, federal courts have the power under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to set aside judgments entered years earlier...
Still, it serves as yet another red flag for those concerned with the power of too-big-to-fail banks that the top two banks...
The Texas judge sua sponte appointed a different attorney for the defendant, but never entered a written order removing the original attorney,...
Corruption in Texas: When you're in charge of a Texas Law School and are Accused of a "Pay to Play" Admissions Scandal,...
"A federal court has no authority to give opinions upon moot questions or abstract propositions, or to declare principles or rules of...
Bethel alleges that Quilling intentionally destroyed key evidence in the case by disassembling and testing the trailer’s brakes before Bethel had the...
Texas Southern University has officially parted ways with former President Austin Lane, with regents announcing an agreement Thursday that does not accuse...
Fifth Circuit: “Congress chose to omit a damages remedy as to tax penalties assessed and to limit judicial review to post-payment and...
Lawyer Stewart D. Pollak misappropriated funds while acting as an escrow agent in a turnover proceeding, according to the panel. Entrusted with...
Some jurists, like Judge Jerry Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, have opposed the current Federal Law...
One big misconception, which has been repeated by Republican senator Ted Cruz, is that platforms can only enjoy Section 230 protection if...
Trautman took office January 1, 2019. She made expanding access to the voting process the major focus of her tenure, initiating county-wide...
Even though we hold that Lonergan reported her claim under the Policy, we decline to reach the issue of whether she breached...
Sexual misconduct by federal judge Murguia who was reprimanded for sexually harassing court employees, and having an extramarital relationship with a felon...