Laws In Texas
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3.6KTwo Texans Get 5 Years Each for Theft of $25,000 in Iowa. Iowa Attorney Gets Zero Jail Time, No Felony Record and Keeps her Law License for $100,000 theft.
The two Texans were arrested June 11 after employees at Sioux City's Scheels store saw them making suspicious purchases on a credit...
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3.0KJudge Edith Jones of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Dissents – from Her Own Opinion
It's not uncommon for judges to write separate concurrences to their own majority opinions but we've not seen a judge write a...
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5.9K1Who is Laura Stock Craven, a Liar Lawyer at Goodwin Procter LLP?
Laura Craven is a senior attorney, Goodwin Procter LLP. Ms. Craven specializes in consumer financial services litigation. She joined Goodwin in 2005.
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4.2KIt’s Not Just About the Last Dance in Texas, It’s About the Lap Dance
That series of executive orders has caused a state of confusion that rests clearly on Governor Abbott's doorstep, S.D. Tex. Judge Vanessa...
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3.5KBroken Chains, Broken Agreements and Broken Laws : Judge Catharina Haynes (5th Cir.) versus Judge David Hittner (S.D. Tex.)
Broken Robes: Judge Catharina Haynes of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit versus Senior United States Judge David Hittner of...
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6.4KTheater In The Courtroom Lawyer Seth Sutton Will Need An Agatha Christie Inspired Performance in His Murder for Hire Trial
A well-known Waco, Texas defense lawyer, who once ran for county district attorney, sat behind bars on Saturday in a murder for...
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3.7KVermont Lawyer Uses a Known Texas Trial Tactic to Convince Store Clerk to Listen to Her False and Bad Faith Claims
A Vermont lawyer has had her license suspended on an interim basis after she was accused of pulling a gun on a...
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4.4KWalMart and No Doubt Scalia Pull Rank and a Trump Appointed DA in East Texas Gets a Greyhound Bus Ticket Outta Town
Before the Texas prosecutors could file their case, however, Walmart escalated concerns to high-ranking officials at the DOJ, who then intervened. Brown...
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3.7KThe Washington State Bar Association’s Board of Governors Create a Hostile Work Environment for Staff
The investigator’s findings have been cheered by current and former WSBA employees whose raising of concerns about the bar’s handling of Ralph’s...
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2.3KEditors Choice: Homewreckers is a Book Which Mirrors the Message from Laws In Texas
Homewreckers: How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Crooked Banks, and Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions Out of Their Homes and the American...
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2.9KThe Trump Zillionaire Act is Official
The Zillionaire Act; Crumbs for the Hungry but Windfalls for the Rich. Billions are going to zillionaires under the guise of pandemic...
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2.4KGoldman Sachs the Investment Bank Takes Steve Mnuchin’s Advice to Get Rich by Foreclosing on The Vulnerable
Goldman Sachs Forecloses on 10,000 Homeowners. A settlement after the 2008 financial crisis required the bank to offer homeowners $1.8 billion in...
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3.2KJudge Jerry Smith of the Fifth Circuit Confirms a Lower Court is Not Restricted to Act Even When Case is Marked as Closed on the Docket and Notices
It is well established that a federal court may consider collateral issues after an action is no longer pending, incl. the imposition...
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3.7KBDF Law Group Lawyer Sanctioned by S.D. Tex. Judge Hilda Tagle for Bad Faith Removal of Foreclosure case from State to Federal Court
The sanctions are minimal, considering the lengthy history of abuses in Texas courts by BDF Hopkins, a foreclosure mill law firm with...
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3.2KForeclosure Banker and Trump Cabinet Member Joe Otting Resigns Suddenly Allowing Brian Brooks to Upgrade from Deputy to Comptroller of the Currency, and it’s Not Bitcoin
Former foreclosure banker Joseph Otting resigns but his old pal from OneWest Bank steps into his shoes. Brian Brooks has been a...
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6.7KIowa Governor Jets into Ethics Probe
Statutory causes of actions can be enforced by citizens. The legislature holds the keys to the courthouse door that cannot be boarded...
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4.4KLawyer Meyer Suspended in Iowa for Fraudulent Billing in Excess of $100k in Attorney Fees. Citizen Jacobs Wrote Bad Checks for $1,100 and was Sentenced to 5 Years Jail
Lawyers Above the Law: It's very disheartening when you read articles about lawyer theft by overbilling attorney fees and they are given...
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3.2KDetroit Man Arrested for Making Credible Social Media Threats to Kill Gov. Whitmer
Sen. Mike Shirkey condemned those who have populated a number of social media posts with crude, violent and threatening messages about our...
