By Tom McParland | September 5, 2017
President Donald Trump is expected in the coming weeks to announce his nominees for two openings on Delaware's federal bench, as his administration vets three candidates forwarded by the state's two Democratic senators.
By Mike Scarcella and Vanessa Blum | September 4, 2017
We suspect it's not the last we'll hear from Richard Posner. But as he ends his judicial career on U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, here's a snapshot of some favorite Posner zingers.
By John Council | August 31, 2017
A San Antonio federal judge has blocked the implementation of Texas' so-called "sanctuary cities" law which would have allowed local police to check the immigration status of detainees and imposed criminal penalties on local officials who refuse to cooperate in efforts to remove people from the country.
By Celia Ampel | August 28, 2017
Judicial social media use is a growing topic of concern for legal ethics experts.
By Angela Morris | August 28, 2017
Federal and state courts along the Texas Gulf Coast have closed their doors and suspended all operations, grinding to a near halt one of the busiest jurisdictions in the country.
By John Council | August 24, 2017
Houston lawyer Chad Dunn has twice prevented Texas from implementing one of the strictest voter ID laws in the nation. He tells the Texas Lawyer how he pullled it off.
By John Council | August 23, 2017
A federal judge has put a temporary halt to a Houston homeless ordinance banning public camping after ruling the law may criminalize the status of people who can't find permanent shelter.
By John Council | August 16, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has slapped the New York Times by reviving a defamation lawsuit filed against it by a Louisiana economics professor and libertarian who sued the newspaper for defamation after he was quoted in an article stating that slavery was "not so bad."
By John Council | August 15, 2017
After Charles Douglas Mitchell awoke in bed one morning to his girlfriend--who suffered from bipolar disorder--stabbing him in the neck, he quickly won an order from a family law court that prevented her from having access to the child. But he needed Chad Baruch's appellate skills to make that tragic ruling enforceable.
By John Council | August 11, 2017
Former Beaumont state District Judge Layne Walker has won another ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit throwing out a civil case filed against him — this time by a lawyer and political rival who alleged she was banned from Walker's courtroom hallway after campaigning against him.
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