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21 Jan 2014, 4:03 pm
Now that the Texas Legislature has extended the statute of limitations for the state bar to discipline prosecutors, exoneree Anthony Graves wants former Burleson County District Attorney Charles Sebesta to face discipline for withholding exculpatory evidence in the trial that sent him to death row. [read post]
21 Jan 2014, 6:41 am
Texas insurance attorneys already know that bad faith claims in Texas only apply to 1st party claims, not 3rd party claims. [read post]
20 Jan 2014, 9:15 am
Texas, the largest producer of natural gas and oil in the United States, has a regulation on its books for just about everything relevant to the drilling business. [read post]
19 Jan 2014, 3:28 pm
There's been a Jerry Madden spotting in Mississippi where the former Texas House Corrections Committee Chairman was brought in to advocate de-incarceration proposals palpable to that state's conservative Republican legislature, according to AP (Jan. 19):Republicans brought in an unlikely evangelist for prison reform: American Legislative Exchange Council.There are few organizations more likely to raise a Democrat's dander than ALEC, which has faced numerous allegations… [read post]
18 Jan 2014, 4:09 pm
Finally, the Supreme Court correctly rejected the petitioner's other contention that he is not required to register under SORA because his 1994 Texas deferred conviction was rendered prior to SORA's original effective date in 1996. [read post]
18 Jan 2014, 11:54 am
However, this complete sovereign immunity has been reduced to qualified immunity through the acts of Congress, at the federal level, and the state legislature at the state level. [read post]
17 Jan 2014, 12:51 pm
More than half of Texans say that more should be done about global warming at all levels of government--from Congress (62%) and President Obama (57%), to Governor Perry (59%) and Texas's state legislature (56%), to local government officials (60%). [read post]
17 Jan 2014, 10:35 am
Therefore, the Court would not review the MSA under Chapter 8 of the Texas Family Code stating that this was a contract turned into a court order which did not effectively create court ordered maintenance under the Texas Family Code. [read post]
16 Jan 2014, 6:32 am
In 1999, the Texas State Legislature enacted House Bill 610, commonly known as the Prompt Pay Act. [read post]
15 Jan 2014, 4:05 pm
Whether petitioner is required to register in this state should ultimately be resolved as a matter of New York law, with the aim of giving effect to the Legislature's remedial intent. [read post]
14 Jan 2014, 12:12 pm
”There's also a good discussion of the challenges facing a mental-health pilot program approved at the Harris County Jail by the Texas Legislature last year: In 2011 and 2012, some 920 people were booked into the Harris County Jail five times or more. [read post]
13 Jan 2014, 11:37 am
Precinct 4 Commissioner Jack Cagle suggested the Legislature should pass a new law authorizing the charge.But the Twitter feed of the Texas District and County Attorneys Association notifies us that this is "Already in law; see CCP Art. 42.12 Sec. 11(a)(19)," and indeed, that provision authorizes judges to require defendants to "[r]eimburse a law enforcement agency for the analysis, storage, or disposal of raw materials, controlled substances, chemical precursors, drug… [read post]
13 Jan 2014, 6:43 am
State legislatures have been passing a series of new laws to move the ban earlier, making the same argument that this is only a form of regulating the procedure. [read post]
9 Jan 2014, 8:12 am
State Rep. [read post]
9 Jan 2014, 5:13 am
For the Texas legislature promptly tried again. [read post]
8 Jan 2014, 9:01 pm
For good reason, this version of a state RFRA got no traction in Texas. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 1:45 pm
First, the Texas legislature has expressed that it is the policy of the state to enforce child support orders to ensure the children of the state are cared for. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 8:49 am
—as well as the National Conference of State Legislatures, County Executives of America, Fraternal Order of Police, National Sheriffs’ Association, Mississippi and Arkansas Attorneys General, Iowa Farmers Union, Safe Food Coalition, professors from 13 law schools, and editorials in a number of papers such as USA Today, the Des Moines Register, the Tulsa World, the Denver Post, and the Washington Post. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 7:58 am
Brandi Grissom at the Texas Tribune reports that an unfunded study of solitary confinement authorized by the Texas Legislature likely won't come off because nobody in state government is seeking "gifts, grants and donations" to make it happen, though one suspects grant funding would be available if they sought it. [read post]
6 Jan 2014, 6:26 am
The state legislatures in recent sessions have provided a plentiful supply of laws testing the limits of the right to abortion and the meaning of the undue burden standard. [read post]
