The unpublished panel opinion contradicts not only long-settled Texas law, but also several published decisions of the Fifth Circuit.
A party who files timely written objections to a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation is entitled to a de novo review of...
From judge shopping to judicial blind draw assignments - which are manually assigned in secret by judges and in contravention of the...
In particular, the Commission desires that Judge Del Carmen receive three hours of this additional education in the areas of judicial administration...
On May 28, 2013, Hathaway appeared before Judge O'Meara in Ann Arbor and was sentenced to 366 days in federal prison.
She’s the best damn tax assessor collector that we have in this country. And so you’d be making a huge mistake —...
As a licensed attorney and an officer of the court, the defendant took an oath, was bound by professional and ethical obligations,...
Holly Edwards, a former attorney sentenced to serve no jail time and and pay a $1000 fine for distribution of oxycodone and...
Judge Stephen Higginson opined for the 2-panel at the 5th Cir., and held that it was the bank’s wrongful certification to HUD...
The 8 Dissenting 5th Cir. Judges Owen, Smith, Elrod, Haynes, Willett, Ho, Engelhardt, Oldham would give Attorney Client Privilege to the Austin,...
While Texas Attorney Dennis Duffy’s behavior was clearly outside professional bounds, neither counsel was a role model of professional conduct, Judge Lee...
On Sunday, 13 December, 2020 LIT receives this contact inquiry form with attachments from “anonymous” but concerned citizen about Texas lawyer Alfonso...
Experience teaches that it is counsel for the class representative and not the named parties, who direct and manage these actions. Every experienced...
Mark Schwarzer believes his mail and rights to property are being tampered with and has spawned these two appeals before the Fifth...
Lawyer Tom Girardi and his celebrity wife, Erika Jayne of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, are accused in a lawsuit of...
Petition for en banc rehearing granted by the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in this criminal case. Judge Gerald "Glossing"...
To the extent that the panel opinion creates a new Louisiana tort duty, this is a policy decision for Louisiana courts—not this...
The Toyota Automakers ask the Court to substitute a fundamentally different question. The Automakers question and their arguments have no place here.