Friday, November 20, 2015

Houston Legal Links 11/20/2015

Originally published by Mary Flood.

Top legal news includes: 8 Syrians taken into custody at Texas border after seeking entry; Man who embezzled from conservative activist Hotze sentenced; Mother accused of fatally stabbing baby too “combative” to come to court; Lawyer Arrested for Compelling Prostitution From Clients (Texas Lawyer); Troopers to start asking race during traffic stops; City Of Houston Sued Over Ballot Language For Term Limit Change; Church of Wells members want Lakewood Church’s Joel Osteen on the stand in criminal trial; Police investigating threat made against Qatari Consulate in Houston; Investigation Says Suicidal Patients Ignored at St. Joseph Hospital; Teen used popular app to rob victims, deputies say; Mother pushes for paid leave at work after baby dies in day care; Jury begs to differ after vetting dog owner’s tale (Chron subsc); Saying No To Climate Change: Texas AG Vows To Fight Pollution Rules; Paxton’s Attorneys Fire Back at Prosecutors in Court Filing; UH System Speaks Out Against UT System Plans for Houston; State Board of Education Won’t Fact-Check the Textbooks & Study finds more Mexicans leaving the US than coming.

For the water cooler: Songwriter sues Huckabee over use of ‘Eye of the Tiger’ at campaign event; Percentage of black associates continues to fall in ‘distressing’ trend, NALP leader says; YouTube to pay defense costs for some video creators facing takedown demands; 9 Ways To Lose Clients; The Onion: Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be; DOJ Identifies The Most Important Problem With Our Criminal Justice System And Takes Action; Jared Fogle is sentenced; he traded food addiction for sex addiction, lawyer says; Judge’s Facebook comments merit his removal from all criminal cases, prosecutors contend; Settlement calls for wife’s life insurance to pay for husband’s defense in murder case; Gloria Allred sues venue that barred her from Bill Cosby performance & Alan Dershowitz Loses His Sh*t Over Student Protestors.

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



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