Monday, January 5, 2015

Houston Legal Links 1/5/2015

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Top legal news includes: Teens tried as adults have convictions overturned; Local grand juries cleared every officer in shooting cases last year (Chron subsc); Strict rules on trade licenses make life harder for ex-felons; Texas boy’s death followed years of investigations; 2014 was the Year of the Deal – Texas M&A Hit Record Levels (Texas Lawbook); Texas lawmakers want drug database moved from DPS; The Fifth Circuit Is Set to Hear the Texas Abortion Law Case; Informal care arrangements leave families with little state aid (Chron subsc); Refugees expand cultural diversity in remote Texas cities; Law allows for antiquated process to find a gun owner; Alvin father and son charged in crime spree, accused of double murder; Political donations preceded $90M no-bid contract; Texas City to Host Questionable International Lifeguard Training Program; Border prosecutor vows public corruption crackdown; Texas Trib: Look Back at the 14-Year Tenure of Gov. Rick Perry; Rediscover the Tribune’s New State Government Salaries Explorer; Tomlinson: Congress arrives too late in patent troll debate (Chron subsc); Texas Legislation Hopes To Ban The Sale Of E-Cigarettes To Minors; Energy company terminates deal with Venezuelan government; Flurry of Pink Slips Expected in Texas; Oil Patch & Keystone XL bill hits fast track in Senate.


For the water cooler: Law firm builds high-tech office to guard client secrets; Dershowitz: ‘I’m an Innocent Victim of an Extortion Conspiracy’; Woman Makes Interesting Call From Ambulance After Crash – Tries to Get Insurance; Shoplifting Mom Ordered to Explain to Her Kids Why Stealing is Wrong; Massachusetts May Sue Drug Makers Over Painkiller Marketing; Harvard Law Professor: Feds’ Position on Sexual-Assault Policies Is ‘Madness’; NLJ Special Reports: Highlights of 2014 (Law.com); NEW YORK POLICE SHOOTING ATTORNEYS – see their website; Judging the Judges in 2014 (Law.com) & The Year’s Most Interesting Litigation (American Lawyer).


Curated by Texas Bar Today. Follow us on Twitter @texasbartoday.






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