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If you hire a security guard, make sure to provide security for him
Two years ago, a Harris County constable deputy working an off-duty security shift at the Five Guys restaurant on North Shepherd Drive in the Garden Oaks area of Houston was shot in the arm when he tried to intervene in a robbery there.
Victory! New Orleans man gets life savings back from government
Kermit Warren, a grandfather and church deacon from the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, will get his hard-earned life savings back, thanks to IJ’s latest victory against civil forfeiture.
Warning: Don’t be injured by this warning!
We knew there was little scientific support for healthy people wearing surgical masks in public, and we doubted the necessity and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, but now we know that social distancing is counterproductive and potentially dangerous.
Texas Trade Secrets Lawsuit Littered with Legal Red Flags
Over the last several years, there has been an intellectual property lawsuit bouncing around the Texas court system and while not exactly on par with a riveting “Law & Order” episode, it is worth Texans’ time to tune in to the next installment of Title Source v. HouseCanary set to happen in early December.
Our public servants are trying to impose another hidden tax on us
The citizens of Plano may not be the only Texans paying more for video streaming services in the near future.
Who to blame - the man behind the wheel or the maker of the wheel?
A guy goes out to eat, has a few drinks, and on the way home his car slams into several police officers involved in a traffic stop in a blocked-off lane of an expressway.
Is History for Sale?
American history is under siege.
This editorial has been censored and is not available
What is it with Google? Surely, the creators of the world’s most popular internet search engine are the ultimate opponents of censorship, die-hard defenders of the freedom of speech.
The Most Important Law Firm in Texas
Texas is home to one of the largest, most active law firms in the nation, with more than 4,000 employees in 38 divisions and 117 offices across the state. Its 750 attorneys handle more than 30,000 cases each year, many of them among the most complicated and high-profile legal issues facing the state.
Judge Gallagher shocked the defendant, literally
A defendant is accused of soliciting the sexual performance of a child. What to do? A hundred years ago they may have tar and feathered him without a trial, but certainly such drastic actions wouldn’t occur in a modern society, right?
California and Texas: The Blue and the Red?
As someone who lived in California and Texas for nearly my entire adult life, I read Kenneth P. Miller’s new book, Texas vs. California (2020), with considerable anticipation.
Judge Bennett bans herself from Facebook
Imagine posting to Facebook a picture of Wile E. Coyote reading a book entitled How to Carry Kids Across the Border. Coyote, get it? Yuk, yuk.
See you later, legislators!
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.”
A ‘review’ of attorney Fred McGuire’s law license may be in order
Fred McGuire sued a former client for $1.2 million for posting a bad Google review of him. Has the attorney actually been defamed?
Dialysis patients need help; A new Medigap bill is the perfect place to start
In 2004 my dad had his first dialysis treatment after flatlining from a heart procedure. We were not sure he would make it through the night as his organs were shutting down, but we were told that dialysis would help and at the time, we wanted to just do whatever was needed to save him. When my dad left the hospital, we were told that his kidneys would require dialysis in the future and his doctors would monitor him.
The ABA's Long March Continues
Nothing better exemplifies the Gramscian “long march through the institutions” than the role of the American Bar Association in transforming America’s legal establishment.
Full FDA Vaccine Approval and the Law
On Monday morning, the FDA gave full approval to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. This is an even faster approval than Pfizer has hoped for, as the most optimistic date had been early September.
Prepare to pay more for streaming videos
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.
Another Look at a Texas Nuclear Verdict
The 14th Court of Appeals in Houston recently decided to take up one of the largest nuclear verdicts in the state.
Patent Trolls Fuel a “Renegade Jurisdiction”
Our regular readers will recall our extensive coverage of the patent troll problems in the Western District of Texas, but it’s fair to say patent trolls find fertile ground in courts across the Lone Star State.