Cleared after initially being accused of playing a role in a claimed conspiracy in which others unsuccessfully attempted to kill his wife, a Texas personal injury lawyer is turning the…
Jailed since November, when federal prosecutors accused him of a role in a claimed conspiracy to launder $600 million in Mexican drug cartel money, a once-prominent South Texas lawyer is…
A South Texas lawyer facing 42 months in prison in a judicial bribery case died in an apparent suicide on Thursday, the same day that jurors convicted another lawyer in…
A federal judge in New Orleans began hearing opening statements Monday in a trial to determine how to apportion blame between BP Plc and its subcontractors for the massive oil…
An Austin lawyer being tried in a criminal corruption case linked to a South Texas judge who has already been convicted of racketeering has taken the stand in his own…
First comes the request for explicit photos from a trusted boyfriend. Then, after the relationship goes bad, the public posting of the pictures on so-called “revenge porn” sites, often accompanied…
A Texas mom accused of helping middle-school girls entertain themselves during a sleepover by toilet-papering a neighbor’s home has been indicted by a Tarrant County grand jury.
As an unusual court of inquiry proceeds concerning the long-ago work of a prosecutor in a Williamson County murder case, lawyers for the now-exonerated defendant testified that critical evidence had…
The husband of a partner at a well-known law firm is facing an insider-trading case, after allegedly using information he obtained in connection with a planned “wine and dine” event…
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