Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Houston Legal Links 12/31/14

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Top legal news includes: Handful of new Texas laws take effect Jan. 1; Judge in controversial sex offender program under fire (Chron subsc); Citing morning shooting, Houston police union again seeks two patrolmen in cars; 2014 in Houston: The year of the noise (Chron subsc); Missing tot safe after father kills himself; Houston woman files lawsuit after improper body cavity search; HBJ: Houston litigators merge practices; Man catches burglar sleeping in his guest bedroom; Woman finds years of abortion records in warehouse; TribCast: What To Watch For In 2015; Saving passengers money lands techie in court; Texas courthouses run from the stately to the ‘Atomic Age’ (Chron subsc); Anadarko, Dallas company to reimburse $5 million to Oklahoma; New Texas oil regulator steps down from oil firm; Despite oil prices, BP starts new oil production; Texas Now Hands-Down Leader in Wind Power; HBJ Year in Review: Changing of the guard in energy & Loftis, longtime Chronicle editor, remembered as fair, mischievous- RIP Jack.


For the water cooler: Lawyer shows up late to his own contempt hearing, scolds judge; High school lifts ban on ‘I can’t breathe’ T-shirts at basketball tournament after threatened suit; Lawyer Offers Scholarship to Teens Who Admit to Drunk Driving; Did damage caps discourage suits that could have spotlighted GM ignition defect?; Boston Law Schools (Other Than Harvard) Suffer Large (24%) Enrollment Declines; Dustin Diamond (actor who played Screech) Posts Bail in Stabbing Incident; Court Date Set; 10 most popular ABAJournal.com headlines in 2014; ATL – Beyond Biglaw: Year In Review, On A Page; Was law firm duped? ‘Lawyer’ practiced there a decade and won partnership; was she licensed?; New Year’s Eve possum drop will go on without the marsupial; PETA says animal has no right to wor; Chemerinsky: The 5 most important stories about the Supreme Court in 2014; Harvard Law Faulted for Handling of Assault Complaints (Law.com) & Lawyerist: Stop Scaring Clients Away from Your Website.


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






from Texas Bar Today http://blog.chron.com/houstonlegal/2014/12/houston-legal-links-123114/

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