All posts tagged "attorney"

D.C. Lawyer Robert M. Schulman Too Big To Jail or Even Disbar as a Convicted Felon. Defund The Bar.

Buried: In this case, the convicted felon lawyer has consented - how noble - to a conveniently backdated suspension. He is not...

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Two 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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Gov. Greg Abbott

It’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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Lawyer 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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Gov. Greg Abbott

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in Republican PR Scam Breaks His Own Executive Orders

Up until Abbott’s announcement Thursday, Texans who didn’t obey the governor’s executive orders related to the virus could have faced up to...

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Are the 3-Panel at an Appellate Court Obligated to Report Attorney Fraud? Nay, Sayeth the Eleventh Circuit. The Law, However, Does Not Support this Theory.

What started out as an 11th Circuit review of a Fraudulent Transfer Appeal ended up telling the beginning of a 60 minute...

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Federal Judge’s Claims of Empathy are Razed by COVID-19 Lawyer

Attorney hospitalized with the Covid-19 virus sought a short delay in court proceedings while he was recovering. Judge Guidry denied the unopposed...

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Judge Swops Favorable Ruling for a Beach House Vacation at the Lawyers’ Insistence. Here’s What Happened.

A Pennsylvania lawyer has won reinstatement to practice after his suspension for letting a Luzerne County judge use his beach house in...

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Texas Southern University Admissions Scandal is Appalling. Criminal Indictments Need to Be Issued. The Audit Report Already Proves the Corruption

Texas Southern University awarded more than $400,000 in scholarships to poorly performing students in a scheme to boost enrollment and enrich a...

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The Most Comprehensive FDCPA and TDCPA Opinion in a Debt Collection Lawsuit in Texas We’ve Read. You Should Read It Too.

“Generally speaking, the FDCPA is a strict liability statute, which does not require the plaintiff to show that the violation was either...

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Another Texas Federal Court Case Prematurely Decided By the Magistrate Judge While Related Case is On Appeal at The Fifth Circuit

An attorney is a key participant in a mortgage scheme. That’s because being able to point to a lawyer, who is sworn...

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All American Prematurely Decided By the Fifth Circuit while Supreme Court Petition is Pending

Fifth Circuit Judges should know their role. When a Supreme Court case is pending (Selia Law v. CFPB), hold your pens says...

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Ex University of Texas Tennis Coach Gets 6 Months in Jail. Yet Texas Southern University’s Ex President’s “Pay to Play” Scandal Received a Golden Handshake

Corruption in Texas: When you're in charge of a Texas Law School and are Accused of a "Pay to Play" Admissions Scandal,...

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Texas Southern University Won’t Press Charges Or Seek Further Disciplinary Action Against President Austin Lane. Texas Covering Up Another Criminal Scandal is Just Wrong

Texas Southern University has officially parted ways with former President Austin Lane, with regents announcing an agreement Thursday that does not accuse...

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Fifth Circuit Opinion in Favor of the IRS Leaves Texas Attorney Canada Feelin’ Dry

Fifth Circuit: “Congress chose to omit a damages remedy as to tax penalties assessed and to limit judicial review to post-payment and...

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