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Angela Morris is ALM Media's Texas litigation reporter. She covers lawsuits in all levels of Texas state and federal courts. Based in Austin, Morris earned journalism and government degrees from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006, and since then, has worked primarily as a reporter and writer, but also has skills in videography, photography and podcasts. Follow her on Twitter at @AMorrisReports.
February 11, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
State lawmakers filed identical bills that would allow the Texas attorney general to request a special three-judge panel to hear litigation against the government over school finance, redistricting or other significant matters.
By Angela Morris
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February 10, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Four Austin criminal defense lawyers and two advocacy groups scored a win in their lawsuit that alleged that lawyers' confidential phone calls with incarcerated clients are being recorded and given to prosecutors.
By Angela Morris
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February 9, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
District judges currently serve four-year terms in office, but House Joint Resolution 81 by Rep. Richard Pena Raymond would lengthen the job to six years.
By Angela Morris
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February 6, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
In the Texas House, focus on the Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee and the Criminal Justice Committee. In the Senate, watch the State Affairs Committee and the Criminal Justice Committee.
By Angela Morris
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February 5, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Basketball player Tim Duncan alleges that his former financial adviser bilked him of over $1 million, engaging in self-dealing with Duncan's investments in a sports merchandising company, wineries and more.
By Angela Morris
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February 4, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
The House budget would appropriate $761.5 million to the judiciary for the biennium. The Senate budget would give the judiciary $753.1 million.
By Angela Morris
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February 4, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Travis County commissioners paid millions to keep the public integrity unit running after former Gov. Rick Perry vetoed state money for the unit. Now they're paying hundreds of thousands for prosecutors in Perry's criminal case.
By Angela Morris
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February 3, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
Perry argued that his indictment for abuse of official capacity and coercion of a public servant must include more details of the alleged crimes, but he also claimed that it's legally impossible to show that he committed either crime.
By Angela Morris
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February 2, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
The Travis County District Attorney's Office concluded its investigation of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after referring one criminal allegation to prosecutors in other counties and finding insufficient evidence for two other allegations.
By Angela Morris
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February 2, 2015 | Texas Lawyer
David Beck, partner in Beck Redden, has roots in the University of Texas School of Law. He earned his law degree there in 1965, and he has stayed in touch during his legal career.
By Angela Morris
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