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Lawyer convicted of tampering with corpse has law license revoked at her request

A Florida lawyer who pleaded guilty to tampering with a corpse of a woman killed in Dallas has had her license revoked at her request.

Dec 2, 2024 3:34 PM CST

5th Circuit again blocks US from cutting razor-wire fence installed by Texas at border

Texas is entitled to a preliminary injunction that blocks the federal government from cutting razor wire that the state had installed along the border, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans ruled last week.

Dec 2, 2024 10:05 AM CST

Supporting Survivors: ABA and its members have shaped the Violence Against Women Act for 30 years

The Violence Against Women Act passed in September 1994. VAWA, as it’s commonly known, was the first federal law to focus on preventing and combating sexual assault and domestic violence. Maricarmen Garza credits VAWA for bringing her to the ABA Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence.

Nov 26, 2024 2:27 PM CST

Are police responsible for damaging home to oust suspect? Sotomayor and Gorsuch see important issue

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to decide whether police must compensate a Texas homeowner for damages to property incurred while officers tried to oust a kidnapping suspect from a home that he entered while on the run.

Nov 26, 2024 12:39 PM CST

Under Pressure: Understanding alcohol addiction in the legal profession

It’s no secret that lawyers have a high rate of problem drinking. According to data from the ABA, “as many as one in five lawyers is a problem drinker—twice the national rate.” These drinkers are able to keep their jobs because they’re considered to be either gray area drinkers or functional alcoholics. The former display early signs of an alcohol use disorder, while the latter appear to be somewhat in control of their drinking.

Nov 25, 2024 8:53 AM CST

Legislature can’t use subpoena to delay execution in shaken-baby case, Texas Supreme Court rules

Texas lawmakers can’t force courts to delay an execution by issuing a legislative subpoena for a death row inmate’s testimony after the scheduled execution date, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled.

Nov 19, 2024 1:41 PM CST

Is racism against whites ‘edgy and exciting’? Potential SCOTUS pick pens dissent supporting bullied student

A Texas high school student who said he was bullied and harassed for being a white Trump supporter won’t be able to pursue his lawsuit under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act as a result of an evenly divided decision by a federal appeals court.

Nov 18, 2024 3:22 PM CST

Bar pass rates climb nationwide for July exam

Bar pass rates for the July 2024 bar exam are strong throughout the country. The expectations were high for the class of 2024. In 2021, the year that this class entered law school, applications increased by 13%.

Nov 12, 2024 10:14 AM CST

Evidence of judge’s ‘poisonous antisemitism’ entitles Jewish death row inmate to new trial, top Texas court says

The top criminal court in Texas has ordered a new trial for a death row inmate because of evidence that the judge was actually biased against the defendant because he is Jewish.

Nov 8, 2024 9:46 AM CST

Judge denies Missouri’s effort to block federal election monitors

A federal judge late Monday rejected an effort by Missouri’s Republican leaders to ban Justice Department election monitors from entering polling sites in St. Louis County on Election Day. In a separate case, the DOJ reached an agreement that restricts monitors from coming any closer than 100 feet from voting locations in Texas, which had sued to block the monitors. The developments came as federal authorities sought to bolster efforts to monitor Tuesday’s elections amid growing fears of improper partisan influence and voter suppression.

Nov 5, 2024 12:26 PM CST

Meet Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias, who wears GOP scorn ‘like a badge of honor’

Even his detractors call Democratic lawyer Marc Elias one of the toughest election lawyers in the country. “In his three-decade career,” the New York Times reports, he “has arguably done more than any single person outside government to shape … the rules.”

Nov 4, 2024 11:23 AM CST

Trump picks Northern District of Texas for lawsuit over Harris’s CBS interview

Republican nominee Donald Trump sued CBS News on Thursday over an interview with Democratic nominee Kamala Harris that aired on its 60 Minutes program. The long-shot claim was filed in the Northern District of Texas courthouse where Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, a Trump nominee, is the sole judge.

Nov 1, 2024 10:50 AM CDT

Your lawsuit against X is required to be filed in Texas, according to new terms of service

Lawsuits filed against X, formerly known as Twitter, have to be filed in federal court for the Northern District of Texas or in state court in the state’s Tarrant County, according to the social media company’s new terms of service.

Oct 23, 2024 9:11 AM CDT

Texas AG sues pediatrician over gender-affirming care for youths

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against a Dallas-based pediatrician, accusing her of providing transition-related hormones in violation of a state ban on gender-affirming care for people under age 18.

Oct 18, 2024 11:50 AM CDT

Execution of Texas man in ‘shaken baby’ case temporarily halted by judge

A district judge in Texas has granted a temporary restraining order, blocking the Thursday execution of Robert Leslie Roberson III after a bipartisan coalition of state House members unanimously voted to subpoena him. Roberson’s scheduled execution would mark the first time a death sentence has been imposed for a case related to shaken baby syndrome, a once widely accepted diagnosis that bolstered criminal prosecutions but has come under increasing scrutiny with evolving science.

Oct 18, 2024 8:30 AM CDT

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