The Texas Supreme Court is hearing oral argument on Tuesday, February 15th in two cases: City of Dallas v. Stewart, No. 09-0257 (docket and briefs) […]
Entries from February 2010
Takings claim for a house already determined to be a nuisance; bank liability for disbursing estate funds to an imposter [arguments for Feb. 16, 2010]
February 15th, 2010 · Comments Off on Takings claim for a house already determined to be a nuisance; bank liability for disbursing estate funds to an imposter [arguments for Feb. 16, 2010]
Tags: Case Notes
Federal suit against the Texas Supreme Court asking for a quicker ruling
February 15th, 2010 · 4 Comments
File this under “be careful what you ask for.”
A group of class-action plaintiffs has filed a federal lawsuit demanding that the Texas Supreme Court issue […]
Tags: News and Links
Starting today, electronic copies of Texas Supreme Court briefs are mandatory
February 15th, 2010 · 5 Comments
Beginning today, Texas Supreme Court litigants are required to file electronic versions of their briefs along with their paper copies.
This is not a true e-filing […]
Tags: Practice Notes
Without owning up to its privacy blunder, Google announces future fixes to Buzz
February 13th, 2010 · 3 Comments
In a blog post this afternoon, Google has announced that it will be making some changes to Buzz.
That’s good news.
In the future (“starting this week”), […]
Tags: Legal Tech
Gmail’s “turn off buzz” (still) does not turn off Buzz; here’s how to really do it
February 12th, 2010 · 23 Comments
I received lots of feedback to yesterday’s post “Lawyers (or journalists) with Gmail accounts: Careful with the Google Buzz”. My focus was the privacy […]
Tags: Legal Tech
Three per curiams and six new grants [orders of Feb. 12, 2010]
February 12th, 2010 · Comments Off on Three per curiams and six new grants [orders of Feb. 12, 2010]
With today’s order list, the Texas Supreme Court issued three per curiam decisions and granted review in six new cases that will be heard at […]
Tags: Order Lists
Lawyers (or journalists) with Gmail accounts: Careful with the Google Buzz
February 11th, 2010 · 37 Comments
Do you use Gmail, even for personal mail? Do any of your clients use Gmail?
There was a pretty massive shift in your privacy a […]
Tags: Legal Tech
Trial transcripts in the age of electronic briefs
February 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment
While we’re in the process of moving to electronic briefs, perhaps the time has come to rethink how we record trial court proceedings.
A recent post […]
Tags: Legal Tech · News and Links
