Houston Legal Links

Originally published by Mary Flood.

Top legal news includes: Texas inmate executed for killing police officer in chase; Accused killer of eight talks about family, beliefs; Judge: State Never Proved 6 Houston Children Were Endangered; Houston law office for Dentons hopes to grow headcount by 100 in two years; State Attorney Plans to Appeal Decision That Dropped Perry Charge; 29 people indicted in Bakken crime drug fighting investigation; Harris County aids Waller at Bland protest (Chron subsc); The Waller County Sheriff Is Getting Really Sick Of Protesters; Harris County officer accused of having sex in patrol car; Top 10 delinquent property taxpayers in Harris County; Houston Term Limits To Be On November Ballot; Organizers Launch Campaign In Support Of Houston Equal Rights Ordinance; Texas Jewish community attacked by vandalism; Dallas-Fort Worth airport leads state in firearms confiscations by TSA; Texas prisons lift long-standing ban for some prisoners; Judge OKs agreement ending lawsuit over Arkansas oil leak; Report details which chemicals are being used in California fracking fluids & Experts Say Oil Price Recovery Unlikely until 2016.

For the water cooler: Lawyer who billed clients for watching true-crime shows is suspended; Real estate agent takes plea in unusual adverse possession case; his lawyer says it should be civil; Biglaw’s Most Eligible Bachelors & Bachelorettes; Houma interpreter pleads guilty to scamming immigrants; Potential jurors not star-struck by Michael Jordan in Dominick’s lawsuit; Woman captured 5 days after fleeing courthouse; bailiff allegedly struck by her truck during escape; Fannie Mae GC: The Law Firm Profit Structure Is Broken; Blistered by judge, ‘ineffective’ lawyer gets murder case against client dismissed; New California law bars grand juries from deciding cop charges in excessive force cases; Litigation Finance For Boutique Law Firms; Baker & McKenzie Chair: Social Media Matters For Law Firms; On verge of damages award for Shakira song, judge reverses course due to new evidence; AG Kathleen Kane proclaims innocence, blames ‘Porngate’ backlash for charges & All-Purpose Order Denying Motion To Seal.

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

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