Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Houston Legal Links 4/7/2015

Originally published by Mary Flood.


Top legal news includes: Details of Exxon Mobil’s $225M settlement in New Jersey go public; U.S. Supreme Court declines to review killer’s appeal in Houston (Chron susbsc); Sanctuary cities bill passes first test; Oil Heir Hill Is Ordered to Pay $28 Million to His Lawyers (Texas Lawyer); Houston man arrested in road rage case; GOP Takes First Step to End In-State Tuition for Undocumented; Controversy Over Proposed Housing Development On Park-And-Ride Lot; Officer involved shooting at north Houston gas station; What We Know So Far About the Local Uber Driver Accused of Raping a Passenger; Texas man jailed for not mowing his yard; Godwin Lewis’ PPP Dip Reflects Successful Conclusion of Litigation (Texas Lawyer); Harris County deputy constable accused of sexual assault; Neighbor clearing more snakes from Katy neighborhood; Hundreds more Houston-area jobs cut as oil-equipment demand falls & Louisiana oil port, made for import, rents domestic storage.


For the water cooler: Yoga classes in public schools don’t amount to religious instruction, appeals court says; Appeals court: Lawyers who sued over meds given to wrong dog can seek $67K in treatment expenses; Judge says Brooklyn woman can use Facebook to serve divorce papers; Legal Revenue Grows as Elite Law Firms Set the Pace (WSJ); Civil Cases Pile Up in Federal Courts; Which Federal Trial Court Is ‘Most Productive?’; Dazed And Confused: State-Legal Marijuana And The Drug-Free Workplace; Sperm Donor Scandal Lawsuit: How One Man with Schizophrenia Allegedly Fathered 36 Children; Healthy newborn enters the world in busy courthouse hallway; US Courts: Federal litigants face record civil-case backlog due to shortage of judges; Does Alan Dershowitz Have A Proof Problem?; What Do In-House Lawyers Read?; Appeals court ruling reviving $40M courthouse-renovation asbestos suit will go to state’s top court; Now-retired judge takes misdemeanor plea after dismissing DUI case for courtroom prosecutor’s nephew & Men-only golf retreats and unequal work assignments alleged in bias suit against McElroy Deutsch.


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






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