AUSTIN – In a letter to congressional leaders, Attorney General Ken Paxton and 22 other attorneys general warn that a reckless piece of legislation under consideration on Capitol Hill would essentially establish the U.S. Department of Justice as a national election czar dictating to states exactly how they must administer their elections.
Herman Melville’s short story “Bartleby, the Scrivener” is the tale of a clerk in a lawyer’s office who suddenly decides to stop working. He continues to show up at the office every morning on time and put in a full day, but he doesn’t do any work. Whenever the boss asks him to take on a particular assignment, Bartleby responds, “I would prefer not to.”
The following cases categorized as "cases appealed from lower courts" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on Aug. 30. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The Harris County Civil Court reported the following activities in the suit brought by Bayou Willows against Harvey Joseph House III and Robert James Garza II on Aug. 30.
AUSTIN – Whether the Democrats who fled the Texas Legislature last month vacated their office is a question for the courts and not the Office of the Attorney General, according to the state’s chief lawyer.
Nothing better exemplifies the Gramscian “long march through the institutions” than the role of the American Bar Association in transforming America’s legal establishment.
Last month, the city of Plano submitted for the approval of state Attorney General Ken Paxton a proposed contingency-fee contract with outside law firms Ashcroft Sutton Reyes, McKool Smith, and Korein Tillery.
WACO – Every couple of years or so a new litigation wave hits the Lone Star State, with Texas attorneys scrambling to sign up local governments for the purpose of filing lawsuits.
AUSTIN – Trying to use a previously hired lawyer to bring new litigation on behalf of a Texas local government still requires approval from the Texas Attorney General’s Office, AG Ken Paxton opined yesterday.
HOUSTON — A woman allegedly suffered a fractured hand when the front door of her home was taken off its hinges by a Lowe's delivery contractor and not properly secured.
An unusual U.S. Supreme Court ruling found that religious social services agencies are protected under the First Amendment, despite municipal allegations that religious views open gateways to discrimination.
HOUSTON — A Houston construction company is facing a claim it fraudulently induced a woman to sign a home remodel contract which allowed them to receive all funds up front, completed less than half of the job and provided poor workmanship.
The following cases categorized as "contract - consumer/commercial/debt" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on June 29. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
