Houston Legal Links

Originally published by Mary Flood.

Top legal news: Texas prisons stop using solitary confinement as punishment; Texas Congressman to flood victims: ‘God is telling you to move’; Federal appeals court to hear arguments on Texas “sanctuary cities” law; Texas to change voting in nursing homes — for one election, by accident; County could see budget cuts due to Harvey destruction (Chron subsc); Houston Council Members Seethe Over “Information Blackout” During Debris Cleanup; Fearing deportation, Houston’s immigrants retreat (Chron subsc); Fed. Circ. Ruling To Force More Patent Cases Out Of EDTX (Law360); Two Texas Firms Sue to Keep Contingency Fee (Texas Lawyer); Jury Awards Matrix $100M In Eagle Ford Accounting Row (Law360); New Texas law keeps sex offenders out of college dorms; Free counseling to be offered in wake of Harvey; How Harris County Officials Flouted the Red Cross’s Bureaucratic Rules to Get Shelters Rolling; Note To Hurricane Victims: Insurance Fights Over Sandy Rage On; EPA clarifies earlier FEMA statement on Texas toxic sites; Erin Nealy Cox Nominated to be NDTX U.S. Attorney (Texas Lawbook); Texas House Speaker Joe Straus welcomes challengers: “I don’t own this job”; State Bar Board Selects Former Bar President to Be Next Executive Director (Texas Lawyer); Unauthorized dump sites relieve some residents, worry others; EPA removes waste at Texas toxic sites, won’t say from where; SEC Suspends Public Trading of Addison Firm over Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts (Texas Lawbook); Nobody hurt as 1 BNSF Railway train hits another in Texas & Man gets 2 years for fight that killed ‘Junior the Wendy’s guy.

For the water cooler: Another Law Firm Merger That Could Lead To Layoffs; Department of Ed revokes ‘Dear Colleague’ guidelines for campus sex assault investigations; Federal judge overturns Massachusetts city law regulating drones; Hate crime victims can use new free web application to get help; Attorneys general in 37 states urge insurance industry to do more to curb opioid epidemic; Hurricane Maria shuts down federal courthouses; Sotomayor can’t reach some family members; Travel ban will reportedly be replaced with more targeted restrictions, may impact SCOTUS case; Pepperdine Law grad donates record $8 million to the school; Lawsuit against NFL says convicted Patriots star Hernandez had severe CTE; Ousted Alabama justice runs for Senate with calls for judicial impeachment for gay-rights rulings & Federal judge tosses challenge to statute banning unauthorized practice of law.

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