Tex Parte
"Tex Parte is Texas Lawyer’s daily blog covering the Lone Star State’s legal community. Tex Parte provides inside information on law firms, courts, in-house counsel and legal developments from across the state that readers won’t find anywhere else."
Author: This blawg is written by the Texas Lawyer editorial staff.
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Recent Posts from Tex Parte
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New face at Cox Smith Matthews
After almost 25 years at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in San Antonio, Cecil Schenker joined Cox Smith Matthews as a shareholder on July 1. “Change is good,” says Schenker. He adds that the…
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Bite your tongue
San Antonio’s 4th Court of Appeals has taken issue with a prosecutor’s statements during the trial of a woman sentenced to 20 years in prison after she was convicted of manslaughter and failure to stop…
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No bond for lawyer indicted on child pornography charges
A Houston attorney charged with attempting to receive, receiving and possessing child pornography as well with destruction of records remains in federal custody. At a July 2 detention hearing and arraignment, U.S. Magistrate Judge Calvin…
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Pain at Patton Boggs
On Tuesday, Above the Law noted that "D.C.-based powerhouse Patton Boggs, known for its leading lobbying and administrative / regulatory practices, laid off four associates in its Dallas office." Spokeswoman Rebecca Carr tells Texas Lawyer…
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CCA will hear habeas petition of attorney who made masturbatory gesture in front of a judge
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals will take a look at the case of the Austin criminal-defense lawyer sentenced to 90 days in jail for contempt of court, because he made an obscene gesture in…
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Welcome to the land of politics and injunctions Sheriff Valdez
As my friends on the police beat used to say, “You might beat the rap, but you won’t beat the ride.” And it’s a lesson that Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez may soon learn. According…
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"The Bachelorette" -- Jeremy talks! A "Tex Parte" interview EXCLUSIVE!
It’s been a wild ride for Dallas real estate lawyer Jeremy Anderson, and we’re not even talking about his dramatic elimination on "The Bachelorette" this past Monday. Texas Lawyer senior reporter and Tex Parte blogger…
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Former lawyer turned produce farmer is back in Texas
Former Texas attorney Stuart Bryson Collins, who until recently was an organic produce farmer in Quebec, Canada, returned to Houston on June 30 to face two charges related to his law practice, according to his…
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Libertarian firm hangs shingle in Austin
The Institute for Justice, an Arlington, Va.-based public interest firm that litigates civil liberties cases impacting property rights, free speech, school choice and economic liberty, opened its Texas office in Austin on June 26 by…
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Backyards, bombs and litigation fireworks
Ask any Texas construction lawyer and she’ll tell you it’s tough to sue a homebuilder in this state. The construction lobby helped get legislation passed in 2003 that established the Texas Residential Construction Commission, a…