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• Environmental justice agreement over-regulates, critic says

  By Michael Tremoglie | Tuesday, Aug 23, 2011 @ 5:00am

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• Starvin Marvin's noise ordinance battle surfaces in appeals court

  By David Yates | Monday, Aug 22, 2011 @ 11:46am

  Bernsen A few weeks from now, the city of Beaumont will argue before appellate justices that a local judge erred when he declared as unconstitutional a noise ordinance aimed at silencing live music at Starvin Marvin's Bar and Grill.

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• Texas AG: Lobbyists can't serve on state Board of Education

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Saturday, Aug 13, 2011 @ 10:27am

  AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, in an opinion issued Friday, said a subsection of the state Education Code precludes certain registered lobbyists from serving on the Texas Board of Education.

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• ***FOR PRINT ***Texas AG: Lobbyists can't serve on state Board of Education

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Saturday, Aug 13, 2011 @ 10:25am

  AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, in an opinion issued Friday, said a subsection of the state Education Code precludes certain registered lobbyists from serving on the Texas Board of Education.

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• ***FOR PRINT ***Eleventh Circuit rules against part of ObamaCare

  By John O'Brien | Saturday, Aug 13, 2011 @ 10:23am

  Abbott ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) � A federal appeals court has sided with 26 states in their challenge to President Barack Obama's health care reform.

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• Eleventh Circuit rules against part of ObamaCare

  By John O'Brien | Saturday, Aug 13, 2011 @ 10:20am

  Abbott ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court has sided with 26 states in their challenge to President Barack Obama's health care reform.

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• Paying Tribute to Texas' Space Legacy

  By U.S. Sen John Cornyn | Wednesday, Aug 10, 2011 @ 5:20am

  On July 20th, 1969, the Apollo 11 crew marked an unprecedented journey, inspiring human exploration for generations to come. Astronaut Neil Armstrong reported the landing of the first manned mission on the moon with the assuring words, "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."

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• High court abates rehearing of Open Beaches case

  By Steve Korris | Tuesday, Aug 2, 2011 @ 4:24am

  AUSTIN � As the Supreme Court of Texas struggled for a second time to draw a line between private property and public beach on Galveston Island, money from Washington relieved them of the decision.

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• Cyber Crimes Unit arrests Austin lawyer for child pornography possession

  By The SE Texas Record | Tuesday, Jul 19, 2011 @ 6:37am

  Moore AUSTIN � Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's Cyber Crimes Unit arrested Austin resident and lawyer John Ribble Moore, 52, Friday for possession of child pornography.

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• Obama, Cordray were co-defendants in prisoner's lawsuit

  By John O'Brien | Tuesday, Jul 19, 2011 @ 6:27am

  Obama WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Now co-workers, President Barack Obama and former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray were once co-defendants.

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• DPS does not have to release Perry travel vouchers, Texas Supreme Court rules

  By Steve Korris | Monday, Jul 18, 2011 @ 1:41pm

  Jefferson AUSTIN � Newspapers might expose Gov. Rick Perry to physical harm if they track his travels too closely, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled on July 1.

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• Let's go after ambulance chasers

  By The SE Texas Record | Monday, Jul 11, 2011 @ 6:00am

  There's a simple way to eliminate crime: legalize it.

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• Texas AG files suit against debt collector

  By Nick Rees | Sunday, Jul 10, 2011 @ 5:14am

  Abbott HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) � Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott charged Encore Capital Group Inc., on Friday with state debt collection law violations.

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• Federal agency ticks off state attorneys general

  By John O'Brien | Thursday, Jun 30, 2011 @ 8:17am

  Abbott WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The nation's state attorneys general, including Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, are claiming the federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has been attempting to preempt state consumer protection laws for a decade.

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• Appeals court ruling upholds Texas ban on 'ambulance chasing'

  By Marilyn Tennissen | Tuesday, Jun 28, 2011 @ 3:49am

  Reavely NEW ORLEANS -- It is illegal for a Texas attorney or medical professional to communicate with potential clients within 30 days of an accident or arrest, federal appellate justices ruled in a recent decision that upholds the constitutionality of Texas barratry laws.

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• Cornyn: Holder is wrong about courts as anti-terror weapon

  By The SE Texas Record | Tuesday, Jun 21, 2011 @ 6:12am

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• Abbott settles with online ticket broker

  By Bryan Cohen | Tuesday, Jun 21, 2011 @ 6:00am

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• Texas Times: A Father's Day Wish

  By U.S. Sen John Cornyn | Thursday, Jun 16, 2011 @ 8:22am

  As a father of two, I've always looked forward to Father's Day as a day to spend some quality time with my daughters.

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• Blowout prevention maker, wellhead owner want jury trials in Deepwater Horizon litigation

  By Steve Korris | Tuesday, Jun 14, 2011 @ 3:52am

  Barbier NEW ORLEANS � Two lonely voices pleaded for U. S. District Judge Carl Barbier to hold jury trials in litigation over the Deepwater Horizon explosion.

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• Abbott files opening brief in tailpipe challenge

  By Bryan Cohen | Tuesday, Jun 7, 2011 @ 3:10am

  Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced on Monday that the state of Texas has filed an opening brief in a challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's Tailpipe Rule on the behalf of nine states.

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