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10 Apr 2012, 6:13 am by John McFarland
In its 2009 Legislative Session, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 2259, whose stated purpose is to ensure that inactive oil and gas wells get plugged and that surface equipment associated with those wells gets removed. [read post]
9 Apr 2012, 6:52 am by Suzanne Ito
Fighting Overincarceration in the States The ACLU continues to work to reduce prison populations and improve public safety at the state level. [read post]
8 Apr 2012, 9:07 am by johntfloyd
Tragedy Stirs debate on Stand Your Ground Laws and Racial Stereotypes By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In February, 2012, we posted a piece about Texas’ version of the “stand your ground” law which was passed by the Legislature in 2007. [read post]
6 Apr 2012, 6:35 am
Only New York, Texas, North Carolina, and Massachusetts have not adopted the UTSA. [read post]
5 Apr 2012, 1:12 pm by Steve Hall
Elections were coming up, so our conversation naturally turned to politics and the state of our country. [read post]
5 Apr 2012, 6:24 am by Matthew C. Bouchard, Esq.
  As the General Assembly grapples with appropriate P3 authorizing legislation, it would do well to follow the lead of the Texas and Maine legislatures, which require payment bonds on P3 projects. [read post]
5 Apr 2012, 6:11 am by brooks
  First, the Texas legislature passed significant tort reform measures. [read post]
5 Apr 2012, 3:51 am by Brennan W. Bolt
The district includes 8,800 AT&T Mobility workers in Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas. [read post]
4 Apr 2012, 9:22 pm
The Court was hearing oral arguments on an appeal by the Physicians Hospitals of America and Texas Spine & Joint Hospital, Lts, for the dismissal of an action they had filed for declaratory and injunctive relief against Kathleen Sebelius, as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services to prevent enforcement of Section 6001 of the ACA. [read post]
4 Apr 2012, 8:42 am by Lyle Denniston
  A federal District judge in Texas has rejected the hospitals’ constitutional challenge, and that is now under review on appeal. [read post]
4 Apr 2012, 3:19 am by Bob Kraft
Legal experts say the state courts were hit with the trifecta: The Texas Legislature passed significant tort reform measures, making it more difficult for plaintiffs to prevail in certain kinds of lawsuits and less likely to claim large damage awards if they do win. [read post]
4 Apr 2012, 3:08 am by Bob Kraft
Legal experts say the state courts were hit with the trifecta: The Texas Legislature passed significant tort reform measures, making it more difficult for plaintiffs to prevail in certain kinds of lawsuits and less likely to claim large damage awards if they do win. [read post]
2 Apr 2012, 10:33 am by AskPat
" (Penal Code Sections 9.01et. seq.)The "castle doctrine" in Texas assumed its most controversial form in S.B. 378 passed by the Texas Legislature in 2007 in its 80th Regular Session. [read post]
2 Apr 2012, 7:52 am by Gritsforbreakfast
It takes time to learn the byzantine, interconnected reality of the justice system involving a vast alphabet soup of different local, state and federal actors. [read post]
2 Apr 2012, 4:19 am by Gritsforbreakfast
” This is an issue I'd like to see the Texas Legislature address in 2013, preferably creating a warrant requirement for obtaining personal information including location from people's cell phones. [read post]
30 Mar 2012, 9:31 am by Rebecca Tushnet
  Texas courts tried to block software formbooks but the legislature struck back. [read post]
30 Mar 2012, 8:25 am by Joe Consumer
… Elsewhere – that would include states like Texas. [read post]
29 Mar 2012, 8:27 pm by SO Issues
The rape crisis centers in Cleveland and Texas intervened in support of the Ohio sex offenders. [read post]
29 Mar 2012, 5:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Below the jump, find the transcript of my interview with Assistant Professor Jennifer Laurin from the UT law school, who spoke with Grits on Tuesday about prosecutorial oversight in anticipation of a panel discussion at 1:30 p.m. [read post]