Monday, November 23, 2015

Houston Legal Links 11/23/2015

Originally published by Mary Flood.

Top legal news includes: State Rep. Reynolds Guilty of Ambulance-Chasing; County jail considered ‘unsafe and unhealthy’ for inmates, public (Chron subsc); State Rep. Reynolds Guilty of Ambulance-Chasing; Texas taxpayer tab for suing feds over and over: $5 million and counting; HPD chief touts the need for criminal justice reform (Chron subsc); Fighting Closure, St. Joseph Medical Center Will Submit ‘Improvement Plan’ To Feds; SPECIAL REPORT: Addiction and Depression in the Legal Profession (Texas Lawyer); Verdict reached in ‘stand your ground’ murder retrial; Final escaped teen caught in NE Houston; Feds asks high court to rule on Obama immigration order; Texas Ranks Among Six Top States In Fighting Child Sex Trafficking; Ex-Immigration Lawyer Gets 2 Years in Prison (Texas Lawyer); Lawsuit Details Brutal Allegations of Rape at Neon Boots; New Toolkit Helps Transfer Real Property at Death (Texas Lawyer); White House sends Abbott assurances on Syrian refugees; N. Texas schools preach fighting back against intruders; Animal Welfare Group Doesn’t Want You to Ride Elephants at the Texas Renaissance Festival; Meth case nets 54 associated with white supremacist groups; Pushback delays $11M fee hikes on Texas farmers, ranchers; Texas wind and solar power could compete with fossil fuels in just a few years & Oil Workers Brace For Fresh Layoffs, As Industry Wrestles With ‘Lower For Longer’ Crude Prices.

For the water cooler: Lawyer is ordered to tell future clients he is a crook, cheat, thief and liar; Major Changes Coming To Law Firm Policy?; 6 Ways To Tell The Difference Between A Terrorist And A Refugee; Portraits of black Harvard law profs are defaced; Senior judge reprimanded for Facebook posts about his trials; Florida Coastal law grad asking for discharge of $260K in federal student loans seeks SCOTUS review; Detective drops defamation suit against lawyer over her comments about teen sexting investigation; Whistleblower suit says $24M settlement wasn’t enough, points finger at claimed Day Pitney conflicts; Litigation funding company stops investing in new cases; Ex-client wins nearly $500K in malpractice and domestic assault suit against lawyer; Lawsuit Alleges Sherman Tank Damaged by “the Elements”; Judge: Stingrays are “simply too powerful” without adequate oversight & Accidental release of millions of Georgia voters’ private info leads to suit against state.

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



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