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15 Feb 2012, 10:28 am
Texas Refuses to Grant Same-Sex Divorce [read post]
15 Feb 2012, 9:11 am
Texas enacted one in 2007 that makes advisory suggestions, while the salaries set by New York’s commission, created by a law signed in 2010, are binding unless overriden by the state’s legislature. 2012 has two bills that look to establish or reestablish such commissions. [read post]
14 Feb 2012, 2:35 pm
New York’s chief judge is tired of losing commercial cases to other states — Delaware, California and Texas among them. [read post]
14 Feb 2012, 11:04 am
I limited myself to the highest courts of California, New York, Texas, and Florida. [read post]
14 Feb 2012, 11:00 am
In his 2007 State of the State address, Gov. [read post]
14 Feb 2012, 10:36 am
Last month Texas struck back, suing the DOJ in federal court for blocking the implementation of a state voter ID law passed by the legislature in 2011 to deter and detect election fraud. [read post]
13 Feb 2012, 11:56 am
The Texas Legislature's vast expansion of the protections provided are in place to encourage victims and loved ones to seek help from such abuse. [read post]
13 Feb 2012, 5:12 am
Federal: Ethics Reform Bill to Ban Insider Trading by Congress Members, Executive Branch by House Obama Yields in Marshaling of Super PAC From the States and Municipalities: Arizona Arizona Supreme Court Bars Candidate with Limited English California High-Speed Rail Tapped State Fund for Unusual Lobbying Contract Connecticut For Donovan, Lobbyist Bucks Seep Through Loophole Georgia With House Bill Stalled, Senator Targets Lobbyist Gifts Michigan Critics Worry Senate Ad Will Revive… [read post]
10 Feb 2012, 10:36 pm
Texas, which some people regard as a rational-basis case and which invalidated a state sodomy law although there were some really thin public-health justifications for such laws. [read post]
10 Feb 2012, 7:50 am
[UPDATE: Practitioners should also pay careful attention to the Texas Supreme Court’s comments near the end of the Nestle opinion: The rights and restrictions of chapter 112 [the Tax Code’s protest and refund provisions] are part of “the State’s entire tax collection scheme”. [read post]
10 Feb 2012, 7:30 am
The Wall Street Journal reports that the state legislature passed a bill on Wednesday that will make state laws more favorable to fracking, culminating a debate that has been raging ever since massive quantities of shale gas were discovered in the state in 2008. [read post]
10 Feb 2012, 7:23 am
State, a recent Texas Court of Criminal Appeals case, illustrates the confusion that existed between the two rights to counsel. [read post]
9 Feb 2012, 1:21 pm
" The euphemism "not fully informed" soft-pedals state misconduct to the point of whitewashing it.Similarly, another problem in Overton's case, unmentioned by Judge Cochran but reported by Pam Colloff at Texas Monthly, was that potentially exculpatory evidence about the victim's stomach contents wasn't turned over to the defense. [read post]
9 Feb 2012, 12:33 pm
The backlash surprised the company, the letter states, and Mr. [read post]
9 Feb 2012, 9:58 am
Indeed, all the states adopted consumer protection laws in part with the rationale that doing so served to enhance the fortunes of those businesses that treated consumers well, so while one may argue that it is legislatures and not courts that ought to make this call, state legislatures in fact have made this call. [read post]
9 Feb 2012, 1:59 am
Last year the Texas Legislature approved a bill to allow the sale of food made in uninspected and unlicensed home kitchens, but some now say the state's rules implementing the new law are unnecessarily burdensome and subvert the measure's intent.Rules for Senate Bill (SB) 81, which went into effect last Sept. 1, were not made public until Dec. 1 at a meeting of the Texas State Health Services Council.At issue are labeling requirements for food… [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 5:03 am
Texas, after all, is a state that prides itself on being tough on crime. [read post]
6 Feb 2012, 2:46 am
Dorinda Martin, president of the Texas Pharmacy Association, told reporters that the fee cuts threaten half of the state’s nearly 1,600 independent pharmacies. [read post]
5 Feb 2012, 9:46 am
Among the criminal penalty enhancements and/or new crimes we can expect in the 83rd Texas Legislature in 2013, IMO we're almmost certain to see legislation proposed banning dog breeds - especially pit bulls and related variants - under the pretense of protecting children, old people, etc., from deadly dog bites. [read post]
5 Feb 2012, 8:55 am
In Texas, recently our legislature sought to regulate texting while driving but Gov. [read post]
