Texas justice faces complaints on legal feesChristopher Crawford
"Attorneys from MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), the Immigration Rights and Civil Rights Clinics at the University of Texas Law School, and the Law Office of Javier N. Maldonado, filed a complaint earlier this week with the Departmen...
a Trade Association, has failed to investigate Grievances filed against Attorneys and Judges. Instead of providing Disciplinary Action to Attorneys, the Texas State Bar dismisses Grievances of disgruntled Texas Legal Clients and Texas Attorneys who file Grievances against unethical ...
Texas' legal battle over Title IX protections Title IX protects against sex discrimination in education programs. Apr 29 Biden proposal would bar full ban on transgender athletes but allow exceptions The proposed rule sends a political counterpunch toward a wave of Republican-led states that have...
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Since 1992, TMCEC has offered specialized continuing legal education to prosecuting attorneys who serve in municipal courts across the state. Currently, more than 700 attorneys are licensed in Texas to prosecute in municipal courts. The TMCEC Prosecutors Seminar is uniquely designed to help prosecutors...
The defense lawyer must also be alert to federal laws with language that presumes pretrial detention unless the defense lawyer can successfully overcome (“rebut”) this legal presumption. An example here is a felony drug charge coming with a possible sentence of ten years or more; there is ...
California law, for example, provides that the state's workers have the legal right to three types of work breaks during their work shift. They are: Bathroom breaks. Rest breaks. Meal breaks. These break periods serve different purposes, and the number of breaks depends on the number of hou...
On March 8, 2021, the Texas Division of the FHWA wrote to TxDOT requesting that the agency pause further contract solicitation efforts for the NHHIP to allow the federal agency “time to evaluate the serious Title VI concerns” raised by complaints it received from the public and an elected...
Labor unions were restrained by legal and judicial barriers from certain activities and could be taken to court for striking, boycotting, picketing, and the like. The act also kept employers from forcing employees to sign an agreement to not join a union upon penalty of being fired. [Pictured...