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Texas millionaire Scott Ginsberg files objection to prevent lawsuit against his alma mater to move to D.C. 27 Aug 2013 | 12:51 am
Scott K. Ginsburg, a Texas millionaire and alum of Georgetown University’s law school in Washington, D.C., wants to keep his lawsuit against his alma mater in Dallas federal court rather than permit i...
U.S. DOJ will file suit against Texas over the state’s alleged discriminatory voter identification law 24 Aug 2013 | 02:43 am
On Aug. 22, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it would file a lawsuit against Texas over the state’s voter identification law under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, alleging the Texa...
Opinion sought about calculating pay for court-at-law judge 24 Aug 2013 | 12:47 am
How does the law require a county within a multi-county judicial district to calculate the pay for a court-at-law judge? John Winkelmann, assistant county attorney in Washington County, wrote a lette...
Former State District Judge Sentenced To Six Years In Prison 23 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
A former state district judge at the center of a federal bribery investigation that ensnared five Texas attorneys was sentenced to six years in prison by U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen of Brownsvill...
Court orders American Quarter Horse Association to immediately allow the registration of cloned horses 22 Aug 2013 | 11:21 pm
A federal judge in Amarillo today [Aug. 22] signed a final judgment ordering the American Quarter Horse Association of Amarillo to immediately amend its rules and regulations to allow for registration...
Former Fort Hood shooter's defense attorney still meets with him multiple times a week 20 Aug 2013 | 10:44 pm
John P. Galligan (pictured), a Belton solo, who until 2011 led the criminal defense for the admitted Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, continues to act, outside the Kileen courtroom, where a t...
Bracewell & Giuliani partner Jarvis Hollingsworth elected as chairman of the University of Houston System Board of Regents 20 Aug 2013 | 10:27 pm
Jarvis Hollingsworth (pictured), a partner in the Houston office of Bracewell & Giuliani, will take the chairman’s seat on Sept. 1 on the University of Houston System Board of Regents. An alumni of t...
Arthur R. Miller becomes of counsel at the Lanier Law Firm 20 Aug 2013 | 08:22 pm
New York University School of Law Professor Arthur R. Miller (pictured) is now of counsel at the Lanier Law Firm of Houston. Miller, chairman of the NYU Sports and Society Program and a coauthor of "...
New state-wide e-filing system posts schedule on roll-out 20 Aug 2013 | 02:15 am
It’s nearly time to pull the switch on the state’s new system for electronically filing court documents. Some lawyers may have to change their e-filing method temporarily in September. After preparin...
Pro se inmate wins civil case against TDCJ correctional officer for excessive force 20 Aug 2013 | 12:30 am
Rare is the pro se civil litigant, particularly one who resides in a unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, who wins a federal case. But Bryan Oscar Cooper, TDCJ inmate #1043427, did just t...
