Houston Legal Links

Originally published by Mary Flood.

Top legal news includes: HISD receives threat targeting schools; Texas court: Front doors are off limits to drug dogs without a warrant; Man who crashed Bugatti into a lake is headed to federal prison; Litigator of the Week: Tony Buzbee Scores $41M Jury Verdict (Texas Lawyer); How homicides can snuff out home values in Houston; Ronny Krist: The Empathetic Advocate (Texas Lawbook series); Chip Babcock: The First Amendment’s Champion (Texas Lawbook series); Houston Suspended Four Firefighters for Being Mean to Their Union President on Facebook; Houston energy company Sanchez names first general counsel; Socially Unacceptable? Ethical Issues in Lawyers’ Use of Social Media (Texas Lawyer); Thieves steal wallet of man as he saves choking woman in restaurant; UNT police release video of officer fatally shooting student; $100 billion evaporates as world’s worst oil major plunges 90 percent; Congress Poised to Lift 40-Year Oil Export Ban; The seven candidates vying for a seat on the Texas RRC & For Many Energy Workers, Fear Of Layoffs Is The Ghost Of Christmas Present.

For the water cooler: New Jersey lawyer suspended for 1 year over large unsecured loan from client; Judge tosses felony case against pair who handed out jury nullification leaflets near courthouse; Are You Ready To Binge Watch Star Wars? Make Sure You Don’t Break The Law; Judge Who Jailed Kids for Refusing to See Their Dad May Be Removed From Bench; Federal judge says lawyer and client must pay $19K for filing baseless civil rights suit; Scalia was rejected by two schools; Dad told him schools without all smart kids might be better; Grumpy Cat files copyright infringement lawsuit over coffee beans; 2015 Was A Weak Year For The Legal Industry… And You Should Expect More Of The Same In 2016; Skadden, staffing agency OK payment of $75K to doc-review lawyer trio to settle overtime suit; Michael Jordan donates ‘multimillion-dollar’ settlement in advertising case to Chicago charities; New York agrees to reform solitary confinement in lawsuit settlement; It Is Simply Not Our Policy To Jail Cops Who Kill Black People; Every Lawyer Needs To Know How To Work A Room & Cop accused of seeking genitals photo in sexting probe kills himself as he is arrested.

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