Thursday, August 20, 2015

Houston Legal Links 8/20/2015

Originally published by Mary Flood.

Top legal news includes: Texas Supreme Court: Houston Has To Change Ballot Language On Equal; Rights Ordinance Referendum; Suspect in mass stabbing at Lone Star College pleads; Social Justice Advocates Demand Bail Bond Reform in Harris County; Trustee says HCC land deal broke law, calls for chancellor’s resignation (Chron subsc); Houston law firm pounces on bigger firms’ leftovers; Water bill scam targeting Houston customers; City Of Houston Installing Warning Gates At Flood-Prone Underpasses; Questions Swirl Around the Cameron Todd Willingham Prosecutor; Ashley Madison hacker list users include city of Houston employees; Fake postal worker terrorizes family in West University; Feral hogs take over Liberty High School football field; Autopsy report shows how bikers at Twin Peaks shootout were killed; Two Grand Juries Likely to Investigate Biker Shootings in Waco (Texas Lawyer); Tarrant Co. Judge Sued for Alleged Sexual Harassment (Texas Lawyer); Ex-Washington County jailer convicted of assaulting inmate; Foster Care Youth Getting State Ombudsman; Movie theater chain checking bags nationwide after shootings; Exec leaves struggling Houston oil company; Senators ask SEC to probe oil companies’ risk disclosure; Obama’s methane limits seen wiping out the marginal driller & Low oil prices drive down bidding for Gulf of Mexico drilling rights.

For the water cooler: Who Are The Lawyers, Law Profs, And Judges That Were Revealed In The Ashley Madison Hack?; Divorce lawyers expect surge in clients after hackers dump data from Ashley Madison dating; Wachtell Lipton Goes ‘Big Brother’ On Its Lawyers; Associates Challenge Biglaw Management — We Have The Memo!; A Delicious Judicial Diva: Donald Trump’s Older Sister, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry; Disbarment sought for 3 lawyers who ‘maliciously’ set up opposing counsel for midtrial DUI arrest; Copyright Case Asks: What is a Cheerleading Uniform?; After NLRB loss, attorney for would-be Northwestern football union points to lawsuit against NCAA; Found not guilty, murder defendant wins only a mistrial after jury is polled; Wrong man arrested on ‘troubling’ reality TV show has no civil rights case, 7th Circuit rules; Judge who helped smoking buddy get out of jail in domestic violence case is reprimanded & Widow who says her husband was worked to death is entitled to death benefits, court says.

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



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