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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
May 4, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Snell was able to convince a Bastrop County jury this week that Justice of the Peace Donna Thomson intentionally violated the Deceptive Trades Practices Act when she sold Snell's client a house without disclosing that she still had a mortgage on the property, hitting the judge with nearly $1 million in damages.
By John Council
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May 3, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
A team of Haynes and Boone lawyers represented affiliates of Royal Dutch Shell in a $950 million cash deal to sell its downstream facilities in Argentina…
By John Council
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May 2, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Houston attorney James Amaro just won a decision from the Texas Supreme Court that will force hospitals to show the difference in the reimbursement rates paid by insured patients and uninsured patients when they attempt to recover costs from civil litigants.
By John Council
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May 1, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Kirk Lawrence Brannan, 64, admitted to conspiring with three co-defendants from 2005 to 2009 to execute a scheme that prosecutors allege defrauded Wells Fargo Bank and other lenders out of $5.3 million.
By John Council
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May 1, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Karen Gren Scholer's Obama-era nomination was left pending without a Senate floor vote as the Trump administration took over.
By John Council
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April 30, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
The Texas Supreme Court has reaffirmed one of the strongest immunity protections that civil litigators have by ruling that lawyers cannot be sued by third parties over statements they make in open court on behalf of clients.
By John Council
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April 10, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
The Texas Supreme Court has rejected a sexual harassment case filed by a female public school teacher after concluding there was no sexual intent or gender motivation behind the alleged offensive comments about her breast size and unwanted touching by female colleagues.
By John Council
1 minute read
April 10, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
President Donald Trump has nominated David S. Morales, an Austin attorney who previously served as general counsel to former Gov. Rick Perry, to become a U.S. District Court judge in the Southern District of Texas.
By John Council
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April 9, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
A South Texas jury has sentenced former San Antonio criminal defense attorney Mark Benavides to 80 years in prison for having sex with his clients in exchange for legal services.
By John Council
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April 6, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
A Dallas criminal defense attorney who lured teenage girls to his law office with the promise of a job and then masturbated in front of them will be…
By John Council
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