In a San Antonio courtroom packed with lawyers attending as spectators, a Texas prosecutor testified today that she had a search warrant served on opposing counsel and his client during…
A Texas judge has granted a recusal motion by a veteran prosecutor and stepped aside from determining whether he and another senior member of the Harris County district attorney’s office…
A Texas judge who made international headlines this week after his daughter posted a disturbing video on YouTube of him beating her with a belt in 2004 will not be…
Updated: It was chaos Wednesday at a Texas courthouse after the daughter of an Aransas County judge posted a disturbing video on YouTube of her father beating her back in…
A disturbing video posted on YouTube showing a Texas judge beating his then-teenage daughter with a belt and cursing at her years ago has gone viral, reportedly prompting multiple investigations…
Five lawyers and a certified public accountant are among 13 defendants indicted in a federal racketeering conspiracy and securities fraud case in Camden, N.J. It concerns the alleged use of…
Two prosecutors and two court reporters have been ordered to appear before a Texas judge Nov. 7 to show cause why they should not be held in contempt concerning an…
The mistress of a prominent Texas personal injury lawyer has agreed to plead guilty to solicitation of the capital murder of his wife, in exchange for a 25-year sentence cap,…
A Texas criminal defense attorney has been arrested and criminally charged, along with two other defendants including his wife, for allegedly defrauding clients of nearly $1.5 million by persuading them,…
In the latest unusual development this week for a Texas prosecutor’s office, a judge has ruled that the Harris County district attorney will be required to testify in an individual’s…
In the latest development in an unusual runaway grand jury investigation in Texas, the judge overseeing the Harris County case has disqualified the local district attorney’s office and appointed two…
Once upon a time, at least in theory, neighbors talked to each other about any issues they perceived with property upkeep. And, in a really egregious situation that posed a…
Seemingly on the verge of retaining counsel to follow the lead of another Texas county and file suit against a national electronic mortgage recording entity, officials in Harris County, which…
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