John Council

October 17, 2018 | Texas Lawyer

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed a decision throwing out a Texas prisoner's life sentence, which a judge below based on the fact that his lawyer failed to ask a jury to consider a manslaughter conviction carrying a maximum 20-year sentence.

By John Council

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October 16, 2018 | Texas Lawyer

Months after a jury convicted him of 11 fraud-related counts for steering clients to invest in a Ponzi scheme, former lawyer and Texas State Sen. Carlos Uresti decided to put his federal criminal case behind him by pleading guilty to a pending bribery conspiracy charge.

By John Council

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October 12, 2018 | Texas Lawyer

The U.S. Senate has approved the nomination of Haynes and Boone partner Jeremy Kernodle as a U.S. district judge in Tyler, bolstering an Eastern District of Texas bench that is loaded with complicated civil cases but doesn't have nearly enough jurists to hear all of them.

By John Council

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October 11, 2018 | Texas Lawyer

SureShot, a Texas-based company formed in 2014, had hopes of competing with Topgolf by opening a golf-focused sports bar entertainment facilities.

By John Council

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October 10, 2018 | Texas Lawyer

Dallas' Fifth Court of Appeals has referred a McKinney attorney to the State Bar of Texas for possible disciplinary action after he filed a recusal motion against two justices questioning the timing of campaign contributions they received from two political action committees.

By John Council

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October 10, 2018 | Legaltech News

Diane Scott Haddock alleges that she was subjected to “public and private badgering, threats, back-biting, undermining and maligning” because she refused a direct command from Fort Worth's 360th District Court Judge Patricia Baca-Bennett to prevent her husband from engaging in political activity.

By John Council

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October 09, 2018 | Texas Lawyer

Diane Scott Haddock alleges that she was subjected to “public and private badgering, threats, back-biting, undermining and maligning” because she refused a direct command from Fort Worth's 360th District Court Judge Patricia Baca-Bennett to prevent her husband from engaging in political activity.

By John Council

3 minute read

October 08, 2018 | Texas Lawyer

And to win that ruling, Thad Behrens had to best Tony Buzbee, one of Texas' most successful trial attorneys, who represents the plaintiffs in the case.

By John Council

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October 08, 2018 | Texas Lawyer

A Texas federal judge has declared that the Indian Child Welfare Act, a landmark law that places preference in the adoption of Native American children…

By John Council

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October 03, 2018 | Texas Lawyer

A Houston man has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in a racketeering scheme that involved the attempted assassination of an Austin state…

By John Council

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