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Por tanto, la incoación del procedimiento tiene lugar por actuación promovida de oficio por la Administración y es seguida por la subsiguiente instancia de los interesados, las cuales no pueden presentarse sin la previa constitución de las Comisiones. b) En segundo lugar, hay que recordar que ya el Tribunal Supremo consideró en relación a la solicitud de abono de intereses por el precio de los contratos administrativos, que aunque la misma es presentada… [read post]

Whatever happens with police reform legislation in Congress, there is no reason to expect that protection of reporters and media will figure into the proposed “best practices” of how journalists should be treated during tense and often violent situations such as we’ve seen in the past month. [read post]

Defendants accused (perhaps wrongly) of serious misconduct Many defendants could be ruined simply by being publicly accused of certain offenses (rape, sexual harassment, embezzlement, fraud, malpractice, and the like)—or can be materially harmed even by being sued for more minor matters, such as in landlords' unlawful detainer actions against tenants. [1] Even if they know they're innocent, they might agree to settle as a means of avoiding the lawsuit even being filed, thus… [read post]

Texas Supreme Court continues to exempt an entire industry (the legal profession) from civil liability; lets attorneys and law firms profit from lawsuits brought to hold them accountable for wrongdoing. [read post]