Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Houston Legal Links 9/29/2015

Originally published by Mary Flood.

Top legal news includes: These Texas clubs received prostitution violations from TABC; WSJ: Texas Sees Boom in Lawyer Population; Report adds DEA to the list of agencies flying surveillance planes over Houston; Gilstrap Dismisses 168 Patent Cases, Considers Attorney Fees (Texas Lawyer); Legal filing accuses Fort Bend truancy court of criminal wrongdoing; Montgomery County Attorney Says Commissioners’ Actions Will Not Void Election Results; Houston Students File Brief In Texas Supreme Court School Finance Case; 2015 HBA Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire Now Open, For What It’s Worth; Houston Sex Workers Accuse Reality Show Producers of Fraud; Federal Court To Hear Case Against Texas Over Birth Certificates; Program Would Reward Police Officers For Living In The City Of Houston; Texas Police Organization Says Fundraising Company Up to No Good; Charges dropped against Syrian refugee arrested at the Texas border; Copyright case pits Tejano musician and South Texas record label (Chron subsc); Shell abandons Arctic oil quest after $7 billion bid yields ‘disappointing’ results; Sanchez Energy to sell midstream assets for $345 million & BP has big defense against hostile takeover attempt.

For the water cooler: Murder trial to resume after shock is administered to defendant for failing to stand; 7 Handy Tips For The Gaslamp And Other (Allegedly) Racist Nightclubs; Judge Rules Yelp Review Not Covered By First Amendment; We Had A Law Student Fact-Check The HTGAWM Premiere; Legal Aid threatens suit over interview-room cameras at new $230M courthouse; Pope Not Infallible On Matters of U.S. Constitution; Volkswagen facing ‘tsunami’ of legal trouble in emissions scandal; TV staffers forced to work 24-hours straight: lawsuit; Guy Steals Four Million Pounds Of Oranges; Federal judge dismisses ACLU suit over courthouse lawn nativity scene; Professor Reduced To Arguing For The Psychic Benefit Of Law School; Law prof sues university over concealed-carry ban; College student faces felony charge over what he says was a powdered-sugar prank; Small firm sanctioned nearly $282K by federal judge for pursuing frivolous case; Despite lack of law license, man represents clients in court in New York and New Jersey & Judge says he isn’t an ‘ogre’ and didn’t jail defendants for unpaid fines, despite threat.

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



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