Supreme Court of Texas
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2.0KCFPB and All American Submit their Letters to the Fifth Circuit as the CFPB Constitutionality Question Rages On
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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1.7KTexas Supreme Court forms ‘Judicial Council on Mental Health Legislative Research Committee’
Mathews earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Northern Colorado, going on to receive her J.D. from the University of Houston....
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2.6K1There Was Never Going to Be a Pow[e]-Wow On this Deutsche Bank 5th Circuit Appeal with A Very Ethically Challenged 3-Panel of Higginbotham, Ho and Ho, ehem…Engelhardt
In the case of Powe v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., the 3-Panel issued a “Single Word” Opinion. The 5th Circuit Are...
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2.3KFifth Circuit Judge Willett Opines: § 1927 sanctions imposed against Attorney(s) for advancing a meritless, immunity-barred claim against Judge are Reasonable
Since 1980, federal courts have awarded stiff sanctions under modern § 1927 to punish the wrongful prolongation of litigation. Here, Morgan persistently...
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2.3KFifth Circuit Affirm Lengthy Jail Sentence for “Sophisticated” Tax Fraud Conviction against a Tax Preparer. The Same Cannot Be Said When Banks Commit Fraud. Not One Banker Went to Jail in Texas
The Government’s first sample of returns estimated a $4,805,820.50 tax loss. To arrive at this figure, the Government reviewed 100 income tax...
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2.1KFifth Circuit Toss WhistleBlower’s Case Against Banks (of Course) Citing Lack of Evidence and the Complainant is Not the “Original Source”
Edward Hendrickson, a former fraud investigator in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of the Inspector General, alleged 15 banks knowingly...
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4.3K2Texas Lawyers Gone Rogue, the October 2019 List of Disciplined Lawyers and Judges & The 10 Bad Attorneys Who are “Privately” Disciplined
Texas Lawyers and Judges Gone Rogue - October 2019 List from the State Bar of Texas.
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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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2.1KTrump 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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2.8KA 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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2.4K1Mitch McConnell is Talking US Supreme Court Judicial Ethics? Emmm…How’s Your Wife’s Ethics Investigation Going?
The House Oversight and Reform Committee on Monday launched an investigation into Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao over whether she is using her...
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2.4K1Former 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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3.2KTexas 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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2.0KEye See; The Lawyer Rules of Professional Conduct Applied in New Jersey
A comment to the rule says the word discrimination is to be “construed broadly,” and it includes “derogatory and demeaning language.”
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1.7K8 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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3.3KCriminal Judge Andrew Wright Sanctions Harris County District Attorney for Bad Faith Delay in Submission of Evidence
“The Court finds that the State has engaged in bad faith litigation tactics,” Wright wrote in an one-page order signed Aug. 23....
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2.5KSpousal Privilege is Tossed in State Supreme Court Opinion. Married Lawyers Are Now Drafting Communication Agreements
The court’s opinion doesn’t seem to reflect or take note that the trial court’s order had allotted for redacting any attorney-client privileged...
