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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

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State Bar of Texas announces 2022 judicial poll results

By Staff reports |
AUSTIN—The State Bar of Texas has announced the results of its statewide 2022 judicial poll.

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Texas judge warned after making racially charged social media posts, called Beto #fakemexican

By David Yates |
AUSTIN – A district judge in Tarrant County is swearing off social media after several posts she made warranted a public warning from The State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

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Jim Adler’s counterclaims dismissed in suit accusing him of wanting fees despite not doing any legal work

By David Yates |
HOUSTON – Back in March, a local man sued Jim Adler & Associates, claiming the “Texas Hammer” wants a cut of attorney’s fees that he didn’t earn.

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TLRPAC Endorses Dr. Dawn Buckingham for Texas Land Commissioner

By David Yates |
AUSTIN—Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC (TLRPAC) today endorsed Dr. Dawn Buckingham in her campaign for Texas Land Commissioner.

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Tort reform group backs Eva Guzman for Texas AG

By David Yates |
AUSTIN — Today, Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC endorsed Eva Guzman, who resigned from the Texas Supreme Court earlier this month, in her campaign for Texas Attorney General.

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Leading money-in-politics data nonprofits merge to form OpenSecrets, a state-of-the-art democratic accountability organization

By David Yates |
WASHINGTON — The nation’s two leading money-in-politics data organizations have joined forces to help Americans hold their leaders accountable at the federal and state levels, a press release states.

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Twitter loses lawsuit after Texas AG makes inquiry into Trump ban, content censorship

By John O'Brien |
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Twitter was too quick to sue the Texas attorney general over his reaction to President Donald Trump being banned from the social media platform.

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TLRPAC endorses Spiller for election in HD 68

By David Yates |
AUSTIN—Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC (TLRPAC) today endorsed David Spiller for election in House District 68.

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AG Paxton: San Antonio election fraudster arrested for widespread vote harvesting and fraud

By David Yates |
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced the arrest of Rachel Rodriguez for election fraud, illegal voting, unlawfully assisting people voting by mail, and unlawfully possessing an official ballot.

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Judicial appointments in Texas would minimize current cancerous system, concludes TCJS vice chair

By David Yates |
AUSTIN – Although no system is perfect, judicial appointments would minimize the “cancer” causing judges to solicit campaign contributions from lawyers, concluded one of the chairs tapped to examine how judges are selected in Texas.

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Supreme Court refuses to hear Texas lawsuit to overturn election results in four states

By Chris Dickerson |
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to overturn election results in four swing states.

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Justices affirm dismissal of Buzbee’s suit against Clear Channel over billboard ads

By David Yates |
HOUSTON – Back in June, a district judge dismissed both Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Clear Channel Outdoor from a lawsuit brought by attorney Tony Buzbee.

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Records show attorney donated money to judge presiding over case in which he is defendant

By David Beasley |
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Ray Chester, an Austin attorney who is a defendant in a lawsuit involving the Mitte Foundation, has donated money to the re-election campaign of the judge in the case and was listed on her website as a supporter, according to public records.

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Abbott's order on ballot drop boxes is glaring voter suppression, lawsuit alleges

By David Yates |
AUSTIN - Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to restrict each county in Texas to one secure ballot drop box is unconstitutional and a direct act of voter suppression, a lawsuit filed today against Abbott and Texas Secretary of State Ruth Hughs argues.

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Trial lawyers snatch half of Hidalgo County’s $1.35M settlement, U.S. Rep. Gonzalez's cut comes to $118K

By David Yates |
HIDALGO COUNTY - U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez received $118,125 for the few weeks of work he put in on a construction defect lawsuit, not a bad payday when considering his yearly salary in Congress is $174,000.

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Biden crony at center of alleged ballot harvesting scheme in Harris County

By David Yates |
HOUSTON – There’s simply no proof that allowing people to vote by mail in Harris County will result in fraud – that’s what states like California are currently telling the Texas Supreme Court.

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Jefferson County trial lawyers give big to unopposed Dem judges

By David Yates |
BEAUMONT – Area trial lawyers dumped tens of thousands of dollars into the campaign coffers of two district judges who will reclaim their benches this November without a fight.

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Whether congressional candidate actually a physician called into question

By David Yates |
BROWNSVILLE - Congressional hopeful Dr. Rey Gonzalez Jr. bills himself as a both physician and an attorney – a description that may not be technically true under Texas law.