Monday, April 27, 2015

Houston Legal Links 4/27/2015

Originally published by Mary Flood.

Top legal news includes: Former Perry Lawyer Picked to Hear Appeal in Perry Indictment; Ex defends Andrea Yates 13 years after she drowned kids; Galveston judge to appeal order that she get social-media instruction after she posted about criminal trial; Dozens disciplined and or fired at Harris county jail after investigation for poor treatment of inmates; Louisiana AG political contributors reap lucrative legal contracts in BP litigation; Biggest contractor, caught napping in court, has reaped $12M; Texas Lawyer’s Annual Firm Finance Report (Texas Lawyer); Activist: Discipline needs to include sheriff’s resignation (Chron subsc); Harris County Sheriff Garcia responds to call for his resignation; County’s first ‘missing day’ leads to grim discovery in the Heights; Heated Debate Surrounds Push for Deep Fryers in Texas Schools; Railroad Commission moves to shut down wells linked to quakes (Chron subsc); Leaking sulfuric acid found at Houston-area storage facility; Guardianship Reform Could Offer New Freedoms; Houston man faces prison time in union embezzlement scheme; Prescription drug deaths in Texas vastly undercounted (Chron subsc); HISD Threatens Kids Who Opt Out of STAAR Testing With Summer School; Can Blue Bell bank on love? (Chron subsc); Madam convicted in East End sex trafficking case; Town prays for Texas ice cream maker linked to listeria; Justices Disagree About Splitting 13th Court of Appeals (Texas Lawyer); Texas tops U.S. in March job losses & North Dakota allowed to join Wyoming lawsuit against fracking rules.

For the water cooler: Swingers club claims it is a church in zoning fight; What Law Schools And Firms Really Think About Summer Associates; Katy Perry Denied Trademark of Left Shark; Long-serving federal judge, 92, says ice-skating energizes him for work; 3 Insights About In-House Counsel Compensation; Worker who stole cash from federal magistrate’s purse and gun from court office gets prison time; NYC transit agency may ban all political ads to avoid complying with federal judge’s ruling; After losing libel lawsuit over parody Twitter account, lawyer sues opposing counsel and newspaper; Legal invoices in inmate suits are exempt from open records law, California court says; Permanently injured Cirque performers make do with workers’ comp & Contempt hearing bombshell: Sheriff Joe Arpaio admits he had federal judge’s wife investigated.

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



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