Originally published by Mary Flood.
Top legal news includes: League City migrant resolution opposed; Brazoria County votes to keep undocumented children out; Liberty County Sheriff’s Office says low pay is forcing deputies onto food stamps; Gulf oil spill: Ex-BP engineer’s retrial postponed; Texas National Guard faces limited powers on the border (Chron subsc); County drops challenge of HCAD valuations (Chron subsc); Houston’s City Attorney Will Announce Results of HERO Petition; Driver arrested for DWI after crashing into HPD officer; Report: Illegal horse racing on the rise in East Texas; Waller County Landfill Controversy Brings Out Hundreds At Hearing; Texas Drinking Water Systems Draw Federal Concerns; Texas police: 24 arrested for human trafficking; 1.4 Million Texans Fall Into ‘Coverage Gap’ Without Medicaid Expansion; Texas jury awards municipal utility $30 million; Exxon Mobil says it’ll follow new anti-bias rules; Texas City contends for $4.5 billion methanol plant & University Fund gets a boost from Texas oil production.
For the water cooler: Law school applications down 37 percent since 2010; first-year class could be smallest in 40 years; 6th Circuit says man can’t sue judge who had affair with his wife during child-support case; Jurors submit 281 questions to judge in hiring corruption trial; Longtime attorney gives up practice to help lawyer-patients deal with ‘spirit-killing’ profession; 2 men get time in conspiracy to bribe federal judge overseeing $65M money-laundering case; High applications to new law school show ‘pent-up demand,’ law dean says; tuition is $14K; Travolta Pilot’s Tell-All Suit Survives Anti-SLAPP Motion (Law.com); Art Dealer Denied Tax Refund for Forged Painting (Law.com) & Will the MH17 Disaster Be Prosecuted as a War Crime?
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