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Senior reporter John Council is a native Texan who covers litigation and appellate courts in his home state. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter: @john_council
September 12, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
The case, Jefferson County v. Farris, concerns the death of James Farris, who served as judge of the 317th District Court from 1977 until his retirement in 1996.
By John Council
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September 11, 2018 | Connecticut Law Tribune
The state of Connecticut has sued the Florida-based compounding pharmacy Assured Rx, along with several former and current Connecticut state employees, alleging that they participated in a kickback scheme involving drugs covered by a taxpayer-funded pharmacy benefit plan.
By John Council
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September 11, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Five years after his initial indictment for illegally soliciting cases as a lawyer, Texas state Rep. Ron Reynolds recently entered the Montgomery County Jail and began serving a one-year sentence for barratry, though he has vowed to continue fighting the charge.
By John Council
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September 10, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
“I didn't think I'd ever have to stand up there and argue that my client should lose,” Kurt Kuhn said.
By John Council
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September 6, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
A federal judge has blocked a controversial Texas law from going into effect—one that would have required health care providers to cremate or bury fetal remains—because of the restrictions it would impose on a woman's legal right to obtain an abortion.
By John Council
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September 5, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
“I can't overemphasize this,” Dallas County First Assistant District Attorney Mike Snipes said. “To me ... the case was never a political case. It wasn't about white vs. black or Democrat vs. Republican. I didn't do it because of that. I did it for the kid. If you knew the kid like I did, you would love him.”
By John Council
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September 4, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
A former Texas prison inmate has filed a legal malpractice case against his former criminal defense attorneys, claiming he spent nearly two years in…
By John Council
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August 21, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected former Texas judge Angus McGinty's attempt to overturn his federal bribery conviction, dismissing the argument that his own criminal defense attorneys had a conflict because they were allegedly suspects in the same corruption investigation that lead to McGinty's conviction.
By John Council
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August 20, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Police arrested John B. Kennedy in his North Houston office on felony charges of falsely holding oneself out as an attorney and fraudulent use of identifying information.
By John Council
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August 17, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Three years after reinstating the mortgage fraud indictments against wealthy oil heir Albert G. Hill III, Dallas' Fifth Court of Appeals in an about-face…
By John Council
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