Friday, September 9, 2016

Houston Legal Links 9/9/2016

Originally published by Mary Flood.

Top legal news includes: DA rival calls for special prosecutor in missing evidence scandal; Random woman punched in face in possible case of ‘knockout game’ in downtown Houston; Questions about lab tech forces DA to review 10 years of DWI cases; ‘Serious flaws’ cloud future of death penalty (Chron subsc); A&M Galveston professor sentenced to federal prison in child porn case (Chron subsc); Dan Patrick Again Targeting In-State Tuition For Undocumented Students; Ken Paxton Thinks Fantasy Sports Betting is Illegal. This Lawmaker Disagrees.; Turns Out Texas Dentists Don’t Have to Study Much to Sedate Patients; These Houston stores were caught selling alcohol to minors; Agency sues Goodman over fire risk of AC, heating units (Chron subsc); Harris County Hiring Poll Workers For November 4th Election, In Need For Bilingual; Jury convicts wife in Texas tycoon’s murder; West Texas sheriff: 1 student dead, 1 hurt in school shooting; Bexar County teen girls arrested at Whataburger want national boycott & UT chancellor William McRaven: Sitting during anthem disrespectful (Chron subsc).

For the water cooler: Louisiana juveniles got longer sentences after unexpected LSU football losses, study finds; Wells Fargo to pay $185M fine for opening bank accounts for customers without their knowledge; Ammon and Ryan Bundy won’t be allowed to wear their preferred cowboy attire at trial; A Detailed Dive Into The Rape Allegations Against A Former Federal Judge; Federal prosecutors will drop case against former Virginia governor after SCOTUS loss; Louisiana’s PD system is so underfunded that tax lawyers and even a prosecutor handle defense work; Football Is A Matter Of Life And Limb In The South; Clinton Cites Tense Law School Admission Test as Lesson in Controlling Emotions; Ginsburg thinks ‘cooler heads will prevail’ in Senate that refuses to vote on Garland nomination; 5300 Fired For Creating Millions Of Phony Accounts. Um, Where Was Compliance?; LeClairRyan to pay $20M settlement in bankruptcy of client investigated for alleged kickbacks; Subway ‘Footlong’ Case Goes Before Federal Appeals Court; Is the death penalty ‘fading away’? Executions in 2016 could drop to 25-year low point & Standard Of Review: 5 Ideas For Season 2 Of ‘The Night Of’ (Cat Included).

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



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