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16 Dec 2019, 7:48 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Red and blue states alike have followed that approach, but the Texas Legislature balked, insisting on keeping a few large units open, even as their numbers dwindled. [read post]
14 Dec 2019, 8:37 am by Brad Schnure
Hundreds of illegal border crossers, however, perish in the wilds of Texas, Arizona and New Mexico each year. [read post]
13 Dec 2019, 9:29 am by Michael Lowe
  This is how the Texas Legislature effectively eliminated the jury’s discretion in sentencing CSA defendants. [read post]
13 Dec 2019, 8:00 am by Cassandra Stubbs
Bi-partisan supermajorities in the New Hampshire legislature abolished the death penalty in May, making it the 21st state to formally reject the punishment. [read post]
12 Dec 2019, 2:40 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Special Notice additionally states that McDonald’s “disavows” the conduct “[s]olely in its role as a party to the [s]ettlement [a]greement,” and that its issuance of the Special Notice does not constitute an admission of joint-employer status. [read post]
12 Dec 2019, 5:45 am by Kevin Kaufman
The Multistate Tax Commission (MTC)’s working group on Wayfair implementation and marketplace facilitator laws is still meeting, and issued a white paper in December 2019 sketching the ongoing debate about the design of post-Wayfair laws and regulations.[2] The State and Local Tax Task Force of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) reported model marketplace facilitator legislation to the full executive committee in late November.[3] Many… [read post]
10 Dec 2019, 3:09 pm by admin
Bipartisan attempts by the Texas state legislature to reform the bail system failed in both 2017 and 2019. [read post]
5 Dec 2019, 11:44 am by Gritsforbreakfast
(After innocent people were framed in drug stings in Tulia and Hearne, the Texas Legislature in 2001 enacted a requirement for corroborating informant testimony in drug cases.) [read post]
4 Dec 2019, 1:10 pm by sydniemery
 REPTL Reporter is the official publication of the Real Estate, Probate, and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, the largest section of the Texas Bar with over 9,000 members. [read post]
3 Dec 2019, 10:16 pm by Bona Law PC
Brief of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission as Amici Curiae Supporting Plaintiffs-Appellees, Teladoc, Inc. v Texas Medical Board, No. 16-50017 (5th Cir. filed Sept. 9, 2016). [read post]
2 Dec 2019, 11:20 am by Eric Goldman
by guest blogger Glynn Lunney, Texas A&M Law School When our country was founded, one of the central issues was how much of their sovereignty the states would cede to the new federal government and how much they would retain for themselves. [read post]
29 Nov 2019, 8:45 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Texas Indigent Defense Commission cannot and does not enforce minimum indigent-defense standards in Texas, said the executive summary:The state legislature enacted the Texas Fair Defense Act in 2002, creating what is today the Texas Indigent Defense Commission (TIDC). [read post]
26 Nov 2019, 1:51 pm by Courtney Warren
Austin’s paid sick leave ordinance, like San Antonio’s, has been prevented from taking effect by Texas state courts. [read post]
26 Nov 2019, 1:51 pm by Courtney Warren
Austin’s paid sick leave ordinance, like San Antonio’s, has been prevented from taking effect by Texas state courts. [read post]
26 Nov 2019, 8:53 am by Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein LLP
 In 2018, an appellate court in Texas ruled that the state’s four-year-old revenge porn law violated the First Amendment; to remedy that issue the legislature revised the law to include an “intent to harm” provision. [read post]
25 Nov 2019, 6:50 am by Kevin Kaufman
Five states—Alabama, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, and Texas—could be good bets. [read post]
22 Nov 2019, 7:00 am by Eric Quitugua
The Texas Supreme Court, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, and the State Bar of Texas welcomed the state’s newest attorneys at the New Lawyer Induction Ceremony on November 18 at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin. [read post]
22 Nov 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The study explored whether the gridlock that is emerged in Congress is beginning to infect state Legislatures. [read post]