Adolfo Pesquera
Adolfo Pesquera, based in San Antonio, covering Texas courts. Contact at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Adolfo_PEZ
July 07, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
'TikTok Needs to Be Held Accountable': Social Media Platform Sued Over 'Blackout Challenge' DeathsAn 8-year-old girl from Temple, Texas is one of two tragic strangulation deaths that led to wrongful death and negligence lawsuits filed this week in a Los Angeles County court.
By Adolfo Pesquera
5 minute read
July 07, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
Abortion Providers Are Giving Up, Even Though DAs Can't Prosecute Them YetWhole Woman's Health, for instance, announced it is "packing up our four clinics in Texas and moving to New Mexico."
By Adolfo Pesquera
3 minute read
July 07, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
Conflict Created as 5th and 6th Circuits Disagree on Biden's Deportation MoveThe court acknowledged its decision conflicts with an opinion from the Sixth Circuit, which reversed a lower court order that halted the Biden administration's guidance on immigration enforcement.
By Adolfo Pesquera
5 minute read
July 06, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
Vindication or Politics? Commission Lifts Suspension of Texas JudgeJudge Darrell Jordan, who presides over a misdemeanor court, County Court-at-Law No. 16, was arrested June 27 based on a Fort Bend County grand jury indictment.
By Adolfo Pesquera
3 minute read
July 06, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
Texas Attorney Allegedly Stole Millions From Clients in 'Madoff-Like Ponzi Scheme'Most former clients lost life savings or assets valued in six or seven figures, court filings allege. Law firms from across Texas have been drawn in to represent them.
By Adolfo Pesquera
5 minute read
July 01, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
18 Texas Lawyers DisciplinedThe disciplinary actions include public reprimands for two Bell County prosecutors that misused evidence and testimony to wrongfully convict a man of armed robbery.
By Adolfo Pesquera
9 minute read
June 30, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
Texas Cannot Choose Justices in Its Own Case, Volkswagen Tells Supreme CourtThe companies assert this is a conflict of interest, because the state would be selecting judges in a case where it is a party.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
June 29, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
Going Viral: Court Finds Coach Acted in Official Capacity When He Ordered Players to Assault RefereeThe court found the state action in this case was clearly established, and it was an error to dismiss the federal right-to-compensation claim.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
June 28, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
Judge Arrested for Alleged Official OppressionThe judge is accused of using his office to unlawfully arrest and detain Wayne Dolcefino, a private media consultant.
By Adolfo Pesquera
3 minute read
June 28, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
'It's Shameful': Texas Abortion Clinics Sue Ken Paxton Over Immediate ProsecutionsThe plaintiffs, operators of clinics in the seven most populous counties, allege Paxton is misleading prosecutors by relying on a pre-Roe ban that was repealed.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
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