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The bare facts about Landon Keating and his client
“I’ve had a target on my back since I got in,” Joe Biden says of his campaign for president, and that’s certainly true – metaphorically, at least – of almost anyone running for public office, especially frontrunners. All their opponents are going to follow the leaders and snipe at them.
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Don’t mess with Texas, Texas tea, or Exxon!
Exxon taking climate change fight to Texas Supreme Court
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U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez should be held to the same standards as the rest of us
Did U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas’ 15th Congressional District violate ethics rules that prohibit House members from “engaging in professions that provide services involving a fiduciary relationship, including the practice of law”?
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Every fraudulent vote is an attack on our rights and freedoms
“The people who cast the votes decide nothing; the people who count the votes decide everything.”
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Who pays someone $950 an hour to read?
Attorney Mikal Watts charges $950 an hour for his time. Cha-ching! Cha-ching! Cha-ching! If you’re a client of his, you want to cut to the chase, and fast.
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Why give big bucks to judges running for reelection unopposed?
We had reservations four years ago when Baylor Wortham and Justin Sanderson announced their intentions to try to succeed their fathers, 58th District Court Judge Bob Wortham and 60th District Court Judge Gary Sanderson, as district judges. Alas, our reservations fell on deaf ears and both were elected.
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Crossing the Bar
Is that legal? Can they do that? Those are good questions to ask of persons in positions of authority in the public or the private sector, especially now in this era of accelerating demands for political correctness, ever more narrowly defined. No sooner do you get used to the new “rules,” then the rules change again. No matter how hard you try to comply, you soon find yourself once more beyond the new pale.
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‘Incredibly qualified’ Harris County Clerk sued for barratry
Who appointed this guy?
You’d think that local government officials responsible for appointing county clerks would consider candidates with appropriate experience and reputations for integrity, not some ambulance chaser notorious for playing fast and loose with the law who’s currently being sued by a former client and accused of engaging in barratry.
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Standing up to the bullies at the Texas Bar
You’d think a group of people could define “nonpartisanship” and agree on how to implement and maintain it: by consciously making an effort to be impartial and unbiased, not favoring one party or faction over another, trying to be moderate or middle of the road on the issues of the day and not lean one way or the other, perhaps even establishing a list of topics that the group chooses not to take positions on.
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Pointless or not, just wear a mask!
There’s no accounting for taste. One man’s meat is another man’s poison, one man’s trash another man’s treasure, and so on.
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When does the hurting stop?
If you’ve never seen the hilarious 1990s cartoon Eek! The Cat, you don’t know what you’re missing. Eek’s catchphrase was “It never hurts to help,” and each episode demonstrated the disastrous consequences of his naive optimism.
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Forget murder hornets. Beware killer trees!
Someone, please tell Siegel that money doesn’t grow on trees.
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Did PPP loans to Texas law firms facilitate donations to Democrat PACs?
The U.S. Treasury website says that forgivable loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) were meant to provide “small businesses with the resources they need to maintain their payroll,” but some of the loans seem to have gone to businesses that aren’t so small.
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The man with the million-dollar hernia
“It’s always something,” Gilda Radner’s Saturday Night Live character Roseanne Roseannadanna was wont to lament. “If it’s not one thing, it’s another.”
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Nonmaskers have a champion in Briscoe Cain
“A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hearty, 'Hi yo, Silver!' The Lone Ranger! With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early west. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear.”
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Attorneys appeal judgment upholding compulsory Bar dues
A trio of attorneys has appealed U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel’s summary judgment in favor of the state bar association.
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Attorney Steve Kherkher launches the ‘Never Morris’ Resistance
Judges don’t always rule the way trial attorney Steve Kherkher would like them to. Maybe that’s why his firm contributes so much money to candidates running for judgeships. If the candidates he supports get elected, he might think, there’s a better chance of getting the decision he desires when he appears in those judges’ courts.
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U.S. Supreme Court should put the kibosh on lawfare litigation
After California municipalities filed suit against ExxonMobil for contributing to the alleged effects of climate change, Exxon petitioned Tarrant County District Court for pre-suit discovery for a potential lawsuit of its own against the plaintiffs. The municipalities unsuccessfully challenged the trial court’s jurisdiction.
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The effects of the Janus decision are still unfolding
Before his tenure ended in 2019, Texas State Bar President Joe Longley asked State Attorney General Ken Paxton to issue an opinion on two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, Janus v. AFSCME and Fleck v. Wetch.
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We need more Parrot Heads in public service
Jimmy Buffett’s post-Katrina anthem offers sound advice for the victims of catastrophes, and even sounder advice for the victims of false alarms.