All posts tagged "austin"
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1.3KLITLIT’s All Over TPPF’s Skewed Mission Statement And Here’s An Example of Why
Today, Texas Public Policy Foundation has tremendous influence in Texas state politics mostly due to its fundraising prowess in recent years.
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4.7KNews“The DWI Dude” and Texas Attorney is Sentenced to 188 Months In Jail
Austin criminal defense lawyer was sentenced to federal prison today for an int'l fraud scheme involving his Colombian cocaine clients.
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1.1KE.D. Tex.Senior U.S. Federal District Judge James Nowlin, W.D. Tex., Grateful For Amazon Driver Saving His Life
Judge James Nowlin was stuck in the snow for more than an hour after slipping and falling, fracturing his femur. He thought...
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3.2KAccelerationFamiliar Faces Goodwin Law and GT Law in IPO Launch of OpenLending.com
Goodwin Procter LLP acted as legal counsel to Open Lending and GT Law as legal counsel to Nebula with Deutsche Bank and...
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2.5KEditors ChoiceEx 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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3.8K2Editors ChoiceA Texas Judge’s Hobby was Issuing Machine Guns to the Mexican Cartel
Tim Wright, a former Williamson County court-at-law judge charged with peddling firearms smuggled into Mexico, was sentenced Friday to 18 months in...
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7.0K1Editors Choice25 Texas Lawyers Gone Rogue, the December 2019 List of Judges and Texas Lawyer Sanctions & The 20 Bad Attorneys Who are Privately Disciplined
25 Texas Lawyers Gone Rogue, the December 2019 List of Disciplined Lawyers and Judges & The 20 Bad Attorneys Who are Privately...
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2.8KEditors ChoiceMcAllen Lawyers Responsible for Texas Attorney Discipline Rally Together to Ensure Rogue Lawyers Vacation Schedule is Uninterrupted
We're highlighting Texas lawyers who are serial offenders yet they continually dodge justice care of the disciplinary committee lawyers appointed by the...
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4.4KNewsAustin-area attorney Jamie Balagia, known as “The DWI Dude” convicted of fleecing Colombian Drug Lords
This defendant and his group were running a scam on drug dealers—some of the biggest drug dealers in the world, said U.S....
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1.5KNewsTexas Judges Agree, Texans Are Accessing Courts Responsibly and Jury Trial Awards are Very Fair.
When systems fail, we must preserve access to our justice system. When people mistakenly believe most lawsuits are meritless, consumers slowly lose the...
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13 Texas Lawyers Gone Rogue, the November 2019 List of Disciplined Lawyers and Judges & The 9 Bad Attorneys Who are “Privately” Disciplined
13 Texas Lawyers and Judges Gone Rogue and the 9 privileged enough to be Disciplined Privately and so you'll never know -...
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2.7KDebt CollectorRemember What Texas Said in 2010? We Do – And So Here’s A Reminder of Governor Abbotts’ Words Directed at Foreclosure Mills and Robosigners Stephen C. Porter of Barrett Daffin Frappin Turner & Engel, the BDF Law Group today
Filing fraudulent assignments and substitutions of trustee and related practices appears to be illegal in Texas, too. State Attorney General Greg Abbott...
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3.1KDebt CollectorMortgage Contracting Services, LLC and Vice President Stephen C. Porter, the Notorious BDF Law Group Robo-signer
For more than 25 years, MCS has protected and preserved communities across the nation. Some of the largest and most respected banks...
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1.8KEditors ChoiceTexas Legislators: Scoundrels and Cockroaches, and that’s Just What Texas Monthly Says…
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick missed the opening day of the 86th Legislature to be with President Donald Trump before the president’s primetime...
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1.8KAccelerationA Decade Later, An IndyMac Clone is Funded in Austin – 360 Mortgage Group – As Round II of Foreclosures Are Targeted
This lender plans to underwrite $1B in mortgages with no income, no asset verification. Resi investors can borrow from an Austin-based lender...
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1.3KNewsActing US Attorney General Whitaker due in Austin, Texas for Press Conference
Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker is scheduled to be in Austin on Tuesday to meet with officials from the local office...
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1.3KNewsConflict of Interest? No Problem, Work with the FTC
Andrew Smith, the top consumer protection official at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is barred from handling cases involving more than 100...
