Compensatory damages, based on plaintiff’’s loss, and restitution of unjust enrichment, based on defendant’s gain, are fundamentally distinct. Each kind of claim...
The political question doctrine refers to the practice in which courts sometimes leave some heated issues to the political branches.
It is well established that a federal court may consider collateral issues after an action is no longer pending, incl. the imposition...
President Donald Trump threatens to adjourn both chambers of Congress so he can make appointments to fill vacant positions and judicial slots.
Despite the ethical issues, Judge David Hittner ignores them and holds an annual gathering of all the top politicians and lawyers in...
Given that basic transparency measures are anathema to the Supreme Court and its justices, we must use every available tool to ensure...
We're tracking this legal malpractice case at the Fifth Circuit COA in Dallas (State Court) about a botched $62m commercial foreclosure shortly...
Property rental incomes and valuations have remained noticeably static on Judge Patrick Higginbothams' Financial Disclosures for the past 13+ years despite the...
December 12, 2019; After the SCJC website deleted 11 Judge Sanctions, which is illegal, now the Texas BODA website home page is...
Jerry E. Smith made several controversial statements, such as referring to the International Women’s Year Conference as a “gaggle of outcasts, misfits...
Judge Gregg Costa: A judge should keep an open mind about the issues in a case; and maintain a sense of humility...
Judge Don Willett: It is never appropriate for lower courts to depart from controlling Supreme Court precedent. If confirmed, I will follow...
Jackson declined to disclose her future plans until after her tenure ends. A provision in the Texas Constitution bars judges from announcing...
Gregg Costa: For a lawyer and Judge that was probably the closest to the mortgage fraud by all the lenders post Great...
Here, the Firm’s attorney-client privilege arguments do not meet its burden to rebut a Powell showing, in large part because the Firm...
The image above shows that Colonial Savings FA, bought Mortgage Servicing rights from loans after the financial collapse in 2008. It paid...
The Future of Press Freedom: Democracy, Law, and the News in Changing Times. A project aimed at identifying and protecting press functions.
Judge Caroline Burnette was conducting a trial when she got into a shouting match with defendant Vaughn, igniting his burst toward the...