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30 Nov 2020, 2:08 pm by Michael Lowe
Sometimes, the prosecution focuses upon point of sale using the false information but often, these cases begin with a traffic stop by a Texas police officer or deputy sheriff. [read post]
19 Nov 2020, 2:18 pm by Spencer Garcia
This often leads to police criminalizing trans and non-binary people for non-illegal activity, such as using public restrooms or standing on street corners. [read post]
16 Nov 2020, 7:49 am by Attorney Neil Z. Burns
One study from the University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Public Health analyzed 11-years of data and came up with these findings: Primary enforcement, meaning that officers can stop a motorist for texting and driving without having committed any other traffic violation, is most effective in reducing traffic fatalities by 3%. [read post]
5 Nov 2020, 6:57 pm by Herrman & Herrman, P.L.L.C.
Street Racing in San Antonio Street racing is a public nuisance popular in Texas cities such as Dallas, Houston, Austin and Lubbock, as well as in other large cities, like Los Angeles and New York. [read post]
2 Nov 2020, 11:50 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In lieu of a public hearing (with the capitol still closed off from COVID), the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee announced it would accept written testimony regarding its Interim Charge #2 regarding Class C misdemeanor arrests, debt, and the use of citations in lieu of arrest for certain low-level Class Bs. [read post]
28 Aug 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The party’s virtual convention marked the unofficial start of a massive public education, voter contact, and legal strategy to make voting by mail a success in the fall. [read post]
20 Aug 2020, 10:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
A man named Otis Mallett has had his old drug conviction cleared because the sole testimony against him came from Gerald Goines, a corrupt Houston PD narcotics officer who may have set up scores of innocent defendants including, potentially, Houston native George Floyd, who was murdered by police in Minneapolis. [read post]
31 Jul 2020, 10:59 am by Michael Lowe
COVID-19 has exposed the vulnerabilities of medical information stored by all sorts of health care professionals, from hospitals to local emergency care clinics and area practitioner’s offices. [read post]
30 Jul 2020, 9:41 am by Nicole Zayas Fortier
 However, public defenders believe Stephan’s office is not doing enough. [read post]
17 Jul 2020, 11:07 am by Michael Lowe
Two of the defendants allegedly set up a number of companies that would collect blood from patients at a family member’s medical practice and then send the blood for testing at the labs, while the third defendant was an employee and officer in Health Diagnostic Laboratory, a now-defunct corporation investigated for paying health care providers for sending blood samples to its laboratories. [read post]
28 Jun 2020, 12:15 pm by John Floyd
  Police departments in Houston, Dallas and Austin are struggling with which reforms to undertake. [read post]
16 Jun 2020, 5:42 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The federal agency primarily responsible for the implementation and enforcement of HIPAA, the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) regulatory guidance and enforcement history clearly communicates OCR’s view that covered entities or business associates violate HIPAA by disclosing protected health information to the media or other third parties without first obtaining a HIPAA-compliant authorization from the subject of the information… [read post]
16 Jun 2020, 5:14 am by Richard Altieri, Margaret Taylor
On June 1, President Trump spoke to governors and the public about deploying the military within the United States. [read post]
12 Jun 2020, 5:55 am by Michael Lowe
It is easy enough for police officers on the DWI Accident scene to prove up Public Intoxication (“PI”). [read post]
11 Jun 2020, 9:51 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer also serves in leadership of a broad range of professional and civic organizations and shares insights and thought leadership through her extensive publications and public speaking. [read post]
5 Jun 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Dan Crenshaw’s Bestselling New Book Got Boost from Purchases by House GOP Campaign Arm Dallas Morning News – Tom Benning | Published: 5/28/2020 U.S. [read post]