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1.4KEditors ChoiceTexas Law Firms are Consolidating and Realizing the Global Office is the Only Head Office in 2019
Our capabilities to serve our clients have definitely been enhanced by the merger, Russell said. “We have a footprint that has been...
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1.8KDonald TrumpTrump’s Pick is Walmart Corporation Defender Gene Scalia, son of late Supreme Court Justice Scalia, for Secretary of Labor Vacancy
In 2005, Walmart hired Scalia to defend against whistleblower lawsuits by employees who alleged wrongdoing in the company. Scalia also helped overturn...
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2.3KEditors ChoiceThe Legal Turk has Arrived at his Confirmation to the God-Fearing Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and Texas is Not Amused
During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Cruz Texas questioned Halil Suleyman Sul Ozerden record as a constitutionalist. His remarks come amid broader...
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1.4KDebt CollectorCFPB is Inviting Sponsorship Deals and Has Started with a Prepaid Credit Card Offer from H&R Block
This episode seems to be part and parcel of the dramatic remaking of the CFPB in the hands of Trump, who in...
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1.9KAccelerationWe Called It: Banks and Lenders are Foreclosing on Business Owners Who Didn’t Have the Income and Assets to Maintain Commercial Mortgages
Simon Baron is one of a handful of developers facing what industry experts expect to be an increasing number of foreclosures as...
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2.2K1Bill Of ReviewJudge Carolyn Dineen King [Mrs. Reavley] in 1988 Provided the Fifth Circuit a Precedent for Mortgage Application Fraud. In 2015, the 5th Circuit Ignored it, and Again in 2018 in Deutsche Bank v Burke
As we agree with the district court that the false statements had the capacity to influence a savings and loan institution's decision...
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2.2K2Federal Law$5.4 Million Dollar Mortgage Fraud Gets Texas Attorney 3 Years Prison but a Non-Lawyer in Texas gets 13 Years Prison for $1.8 Million. Justice.
Lawyer v Non-Lawyer Mortgage Bank Fraud Sentencing in S.D. Federal Court(s) in Texas; the Disparity is Clear and Obvious.
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1.9KLaws In TexasTXBODA.ORG: The Board of Disciplinary Appeals Appointed by the Supreme Court of Texas Has Released its 2018 Annual Report and We Have a Copy
In the year of 2018, out of 1,444 complaints, BODA decided 34 cases resulting in final judgments of discipline or disability (2.3%)....
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2.2K1Editors ChoiceDid You Know: Judges Attending The Federalist Society Breach Ethical Violations In Doing So
In January, a Washington Post Magazine article about the Federalist Society reported that four members of the court, in addition to Roberts, are either...
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1.3KLaws In TexasGov. Greg Abbott Wastes no Time Raking in Nearly a Million Dollars a Day in Donations after the Legislative Session Ended
Abbott's haul included two $1 million donations, both from donors who have previously given lavishly to his campaigns: Midland oil mogul Javaid...
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8.6KBankruptcyChicago Cul-De-Sac; Lawyer is Accused of Creating Sham Secured Creditor to Shield Client Assets in Bankruptcy Court
The former partner, Edward Lee Filer, was charged in a July 11 federal indictment with two counts of wire fraud and eight counts of...
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2.9K1Federal LawCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: Judge Jerry Edwin Smith Profiled
While in that position, Jerry E. Smith made several controversial statements, such as characterizing the League of Women Voters as the plague...
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3.0KAccelerationA Dirty Bomb and a Dirty Lawyer Appointed to ‘Clean Up’ a Dirty Bank: Deutsche Bank’s Reputation – on the Recommendation of Biggest Investor Qatar
Dirty Lawyer Stefan Simon is still embroiled in a Milan lawsuit over allegations of falsifying the accounts of troubled Italian lender Monte...
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3.1KFederal LawJudge Carolyn Dineen King [Mrs. Reavley] of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Mr and Mrs Fifth Circuit. Carolyn Dineen King, former Chief Judge, married fellow Circuit Judge Tom Reavley in 2004 and made some...
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1.2KAccelerationThe Fifth Circuit issues a Foggy Opinion to Support Foreclosure
It is neither clear nor obvious that these objections prevented the Lenders from unilaterally abandoning the acceleration under Texas law. The judgment...
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2.5K5Federal LawWhen Should a Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Judge Recuse Themselves? We Take a Look at Judge James ‘Jim’ Ho in this Article
A featured case, Judge Ho sat on Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., where the panel affirmed for the German-Owned Bank, who had...
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1.7KFederal LawA Nation is Watching (and Listening) to the Fifth Circuit Wordsmithing Opinions in Cases They Have Prejudged but Need to Manipulate
Judges whom we think of as textualists construct their sense of objective meaning from what the evidence that they are willing to...
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4.1KEditors ChoiceDisbarred former El Paso Judge, Who Served Six Years for Fraud, Accused of Impersonating His Old Self
Former district court Judge Manuel Joseph Barraza, who served six years in prison for allegedly trading sexual acts for favorable rulings, was arrested...
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