Monday, July 20, 2015

Houston Legal Links 7/20/2015

Originally published by Mary Flood.

Top legal news includes: Quarter of listeria cases in Texas not tracked or recorded; Family seeks independent autopsy of woman found dead in jail; More than 200 March in Protest Over Mysterious Waller Jail Death; Waller County DA: Bland’s Death Won’t Be “Swept Under the Rug”; Lawyer outraged at bailiff, prosecutor trial texting (Chron subsc); Abbott Lets National Guard Carry Arms on Base; Certified Mess: Texas Supreme Court Takes On R. Allen Stanford (Texas Lawyer); HPD: Deputy shoots, kills man at nightclub; State Auditors Examining Harris County Department Of Education; HFD Chief Dismisses Questions About Flood Response as “Rhetoric”; Houston energy companies keep their money, fight patent lawsuits instead; Texas vs. the Feds: A New Look at the Lawsuits; TDCJ Officer Beaten With His Own ‘Pry Tool'; HPD: Person died in police custody; Man Convicted for Filing $6.5M Lien Against Judge (Texas Lawyer); A neighborhood feud over deed restrictions erupts in tranquil area (Chron subsc); Dallas man allegedly drives a mile with dying bicyclist lodged in windshield; Falkenberg: Emotions switched on, logic off in anti-abortion ‘sting’ video (Chron subsc); Sixel: Networking tips, from phone calls to thank-you notes (Chron subsc); Texas residents condemn plan for Muslim cemetery; New offshore safety rules would make drilling some wells too difficult, industry lobbyists tell White House; Mexico’s only oil winners backed by Riverstone, BlackRock; 35,000 gallons of oil spills after Montana train derailment & Criminal activity suspected in explosion at French LyondellBasell plant.

For the water cooler: Bar Examinee Hilariously Lashes Out At Prep Companies; What Do You Think Of Legal Recruiters? The Results; Ex-lawyer killed 2 at Texas courthouse in ’92: Should lawyers now be able to bypass security there?; Law Firm Imposes Ban on Hiring Ivy League Graduates; 7 Epic Examples Of On-Campus-Interviewing Fails; Law School Dean Worries that Scalia’s Sarcasm is Spreading; Stats Of The Week: Law Student Debt Compared To Other Graduate Programs; Federal Judge Gives Attorneys An ‘F’; No Veto For You! Legislature Rejects Gov. LePage’s 65 Botched Vetoes; Partner who overheard lawyer discuss client merger is indicted for alleged insider trading; Law Student Goes Far In Miss USA Competition; J.J. Watt Seems Neat; Man with Voodoo beads is ordered detained for refusing to remove them in court; Supreme Court approval rating peaks among Democrats, hits low point among Republicans; Study: Male Attorneys Far More Likely Than Women to Take Lead Role in Trials & Man Says He Danced On Police Car’s Roof To Summon Aid Against Vampires.

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



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