Originally published by Mary Flood.
Top legal news includes: Low oil prices take out a Houston based law firm Burleson (Chron subsc); Judge: Rep. Reynolds can’t practice law while appealing barratry conviction (Chron subsc); Federal judge grants trial delay in BP oil spill fraud case; Judicial Evaluations out for 2015 – from federal to J.P.; Man gets life sentence in Texas ‘stand your ground’ retrial; Couple charged after toddler found dead, burned inside home oven; Federal Government Gives St Joseph Medical Center January 15 Deadline; Deepwater Horizon Defendant Wins Big Insurance Ruling (Texas Lawyer); Texas May Call Them Childcare Centers, Critics Say They’re Prisons; Top spots for crime across Houston area; Student in “God is a myth” assignment faces Katy ISD school board again; Man arrested for practicing home dentistry without a license; As Year Ends, These Wacky Episodes Are Proof That Law is Never Dull (Texas Lawyer); Feds Counter Texas Bid to Delay Immigration Appeal; ‘Blue Santa’ Tradition Begins; Austin officers will not face charges after in-custody death; Abbott Says Guns Are Okay in Texas City Halls & Abbott Leading State Trip to Cuba Next Week & Texas GOP official wants secession on the primary ballot.
For the water cooler: Law Firm Life Is Terrible For Your Health; Lawyers who work the most appear least likely to regret their career choice, Indiana study finds; Should assumption of risk doctrine still apply to baseball? Lawyer who filed class action thinks not; Judge Throws Out Former Donkey Kong Record Holder’s Lawsuit Against Cartoon Network; Beyond Biglaw: 3 Things Lawyers Should Be Thankful For; Bar Exam Passage Rates Nationwide Keep Dropping; Car going ‘way too fast’ crashes outside entrance to federal courthouse; Claimed ‘Harvard-educated attorney’ is neither a grad nor a lawyer, authorities say; Lawsuit urges top state court to explain powers of AG Kathleen Kane, whose law license is suspended; New courthouse nativity display puts founding fathers, Lady Liberty next to Bill of Rights in manger & California’s bar pass rate is at a 29-year low; these states also saw a drop.
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