Legal Trade
This blawg focuses on the business of the law, especially in Houston and Texas.
Author: Mary Flood is a Houston Chronicle reporter and former practicing lawyer.
Blawg Related Categories: Judiciary • Law Firms • Law Students • Lawyer Pay • States • Texas • Legal News Publication
Recent Posts from Legal Trade
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What do ya call a dozen lawyers in tiny courtroom?
Sorry for the lawyer joke come on, but in this case, you call a dozen lawyers in one small probate law courtroom the creators of deliciously good final arguments. I'm not writing about the merits…
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Lawyers' holiday plans - the sober & the grandiose
Holiday season 2009 looks like a very mixed bag. One big-time plaintiffs lawyer is bowing out of the scene. Richard Mithoff and his wife Ginni sent letters instead of invitations this year. They announced that…
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Hospital accuses lawyer of poisoning jury pool - UPDATED
Memorial Hermann on Friday accused a lawyer suing the system for antitrust violations with tainting the local jury pool. In an unusual motion, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System asked that a doctor be subpoenaed and a…
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Enough already -- 2nd press release from the winners
Monday former TV reporter Mary-Ellen Conway lost her bid to be declared the common law widow of her long-time beau Henry J.N. Taub. There was a confidential settlement and the probate judge issued a list…
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Too important for jury duty? - UPDATED
This blog entry is about a Harris County judge who just served on a jury here and about a long-ago Houston mayor who thought he was too important to do so. First to Harris County…
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Wish list for fed judges plus for Texas - UPDATED
In the ongoing tug-of-war over federal political appointees, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, put out a press release with the Democratic committee's wish list suggestions for judicial appointees (and some U.S. Marshals & Attorneys). Here's…
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Injured by art?
Some folks visiting museums to get culture, get injured instead. That happened to Carol Guillot who last month sued the Museum of Fine Arts Houston because she broke her arm falling in the walk-through light…
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How hilarious is this shovel-wielding lawyer guy?
This wonderful Austin American-Statesman story chronicles the exploits of a University of Houston Law Center grad with a shovel and a sense of humor. The State Bar of Texas lists the prankster, Austin lawyer George…
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Faux tweets from the wild-eyed liberal elite? - UPDATED
The criminal courthouse and political Twitter furor over an obviously fake blog in the name of Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos offers us a few lessons. Lesson One: Anyone can start a Twitter or…
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Inching toward a U.S. Attorney
Re: A new U.S. Attorney for Houston & the Southern District of Texas Advice: Don't hold your breath A quick survey of the four folks the Texas Democrat Congress members sent to the White House,…