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With the latest amendment to TCCP art. 2.09, as of 2019 in Texas, “magistrates” are defined as: the justices of the Supreme Court; the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals; the justices of the Courts of Appeals; the judges of the District Court; the magistrates appointed by the judges of the district courts of Bexar County, Dallas County, or Tarrant County that give preference to criminal cases; the criminal law hearing officers for Harris County appointed under… [read post]

Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog - http://www.dallasjustice.com/dallascriminallawyerblog

Thursday Thinkpiece: Trees and the Law in Canada

26 Sep 2019, 4:01 am by Administrator

Harris Author’s Citation Award. [read post]

Slaw - http://www.slaw.ca

Civil Asset Forfeiture: Organized Criminal Activity by Law Enforcement

28 Jun 2019, 1:35 pm by John Floyd

” The Tribune examined forfeiture data from 2016 in four Texas counties: Harris, Smith, Reeves, and Webb. [read post]

Criminal Jurisdiction - http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog

Fifth Circuit finds right to arbitration waived where adjudication on the merits had already been sought in court and had succeeded in part - Forby vs. One Technologies, L.P., No. 17-10883 (5th Cir. Nov. 28, 2018)

4 Dec 2018, 10:29 pm by MOTP

Bennett had previously served as a state district court judge in Harris County (Houston). [read post]

ADR Law Texas - http://texas-arbitration-case-law.blogspot.com/

Weekly Roundup: November 16-22

23 Nov 2018, 6:07 am

Messing, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 Tags: Cybersecurity, Disclosure, Information environment, Long-Term value, Market reaction, Risk management, Shareholder value, Stock performance Are CEOs Paid Extra for Riskier Pay Packages? [read post]

The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog - http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov

CFPB v. National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts: Numerous Interventions finally approved, but where are the parties to the (proposed) Consent Judgment?

31 Oct 2018, 2:20 pm by Wolfgang Demino

LoBiondo, Patterson Belknap Webb and Tyler LLP, pro hac vice, Joshua Kipnees, Patterson Belknap Webb and Tyler LLP, pro hac vice & Peter W. [read post]

Texas Debt Suit Defense 101 - http://debt-suit-litigation-in-texas.blogspot.com

Weekly Roundup: September 28–October 4, 2018

5 Oct 2018, 5:52 am

Securities and Exchange Commission, on Saturday, September 29, 2018 Tags: Capital markets, Cryptocurrency, Derivatives, Disclosure, Engagement, Exchange-traded funds, Human capital, Investment advisers, Oversight, Retail investors, SEC, US House The SEC and Foreign Private Issuers: A Path to Optimal Public Enforcement Posted by Yuliya Guseva (Rutgers), on Sunday, September 30, 2018 Tags: Compliance and disclosure… [read post]

The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog - http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov

Payday Lenders & Arbitration: Cert Pet. in Henry v. Cash Biz LP (Tex. 2018) set for SCOTUS Conference Sep. 24, 2018

23 Sep 2018, 9:50 am by Wolfgang Demino

Mark Burck, for Addie Harris, Petitioner.Ricardo G. [read post]

Texas Debt Suit Defense 101 - http://debt-suit-litigation-in-texas.blogspot.com

Take it from Justice Blacklock: Harris County Deputy's use of personal gun to shoot a citizen wasn't use of tangible personal property for Tort Claims Act purposes. Victim's case dismissed!

11 May 2018, 1:01 pm by MOTP

Harris County, Texas v. [read post]

Texas Causes of Action Blawg - http://causeofactionelements.blogspot.com/

Seeing No Evil - Texas Supreme Court blesses diversion of lawsuit against payday lender over egregious criminal collection tactics into private arbitration

26 Mar 2018, 6:09 pm by Wolfgang Demino

Hiawatha Henry, Addie Harris, Montray Norris, and Roosevelt Coleman, Jr. [read post]