In an era in which a Texas matrimonial lawyer routinely suggests to clients that they remove the battery from their cellphones to prevent illicit surveillance during legal consultations, savvy spouses…
A Texas lawyer and his wife have been awarded $13.8 million in a libel suit against online commenters who accused the couple of sexual perversions, molestations and drug dealing.
A Texas inmate who pleaded guilty to assaulting a prison guard in a court hearing held in a prison chapel will get a new trial because the proceedings were not…
The owner of a Texas nightclub has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder and is in federal custody after allegedly trying to get residents of Mexico to…
A Texas justice of the peace has been admonished by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for calling a lawyer “boy” and comments directed to parties who are racial or…
A four-lawyer team headed by partners Robert Hilton and Robert “Bob” H. Johnston III is making the move from SNR Denton to the Dallas office of Patton Boggs.
In a letter Thursday to three federal appeals court judges, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has reiterated what he calls “the long-standing, historical position of the United States regarding judicial…
Corrected: Wanted in a Christmas Eve 1999 assault on a Texas state trooper in which he allegedly bit a chunk of flesh out of the officer’s arm after a routine…
The managing partner of the Houston office of Dewey & LeBoeuf has announced he plans to leave, with three associates, for another law firm, bringing to 37 the total number…
A Texas attorney has been released from jail on $1,500 bond after being charged with a misdemeanor on accusations he instigated a ruckus with a Harris County sheriff’s deputy outside…
Apps for popular social networking sites and games including Facebook, Twitter, Yelp and possibly Angry Birds are accessing confidential personal address book data without user permission, contends a federal suit…
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