Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Houston Legal Links 9/30/2015

Originally published by Mary Flood.

Top legal news includes: Report: Harris County Could Save Millions by Not Jailing Drug Offenders; County wants $100 million for Volkswagen fumes; Former DA employee wants to sue to get her job back; New HPD Shooting Policy Drawing Criticism; HBJ announces 2015 Best Corporate Counsel winners; List identifies Texas’ 20 biggest child support dodgers; Dewhurst settles suit with Houston oilman over stolen campaign funds (Chron subsc); 12 Houstonians make Forbes’ list of richest Americans — but they aren’t as rich as last year; Fort Bend District Attorney Drops Lawyer’s Assault Case, Files Drug Charge (Texas Lawyer); ‘White Power,’ KKK signs cause neighborhood stir; Houston Equal Rights Ordinance gains support from major business group; Flood City, Part 2: HFD Wasn’t Prepared to Handle the Memorial Day Flood or its Victims; Women, children shown in eerie photos taken by serial killer from Texas; At Baptist Church, AG Paxton Repeats Call for Christians in Politics; Texas Gets Federal No Child Left Behind Waiver, With a Caveat; Blue police support ribbons removed in Dallas due to code violation; Law center: Rig repair firm, apology for mistreated workers; EPA’s New Smog Rules Target Industries In Houston; CSB to release report on DuPont La Porte plant disaster & Keystone XL developer drops landowner lawsuits in Nebraska.

For the water cooler: Was lawyer’s courtroom selfie photo a breach of decorum?; Judge sends sheriff to seize husband’s devices after spyware is found on wife’s phone; The Global 100: The World’s Top Law Firms Ranked By Revenue, Profit, And Headcount; Did prisoner put gun in trash container outside courthouse?; The State Of The Legal Profession In 2015; Convicted judge can’t get pension back, even after felony is reduced to a misdemeanor; Insiders are stealing data without law firms even realizing it; Bankruptcy trustee may be tossed from all of his cases due to hotel bill, 5th Circuit says; Still no verdict in Dewey case as jurors ask judge about procedure for undecided members; Dozens of VW lawsuits will almost surely be consolidated, but where?; New York Mayor Says Right to Counsel in Civil Cases is a Good Idea but Requires Federal Help; What’s The Upside When PETA Sues A Wildlife Photographer?; Which states had the greatest growth in lawyer population?; Columbia Law School’s Very Public Fail & Stop Posting That Idiotic Facebook Privacy Notice — It’s STILL Meaningless!

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



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