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The former top executive of an Austin medical device company has been convicted a second time of orchestrating a $750 million securities fraud. Former ArthroCare Corp. CEO Michael Baker had been sentenced to 20 years in prison after his first conviction in August 2014.
Attorneys representing 240 Singing River Health System retirees want a full panel of judges to hear the case regarding the health system's pension fund crisis. Recently, three judges from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the class action settlement approved by a U.S. District Court judge last year wasn't fair, reasonable, or adequate.
This photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows John William King. A federal appeals court has approved additional review of a claim from King, the condemned killer insisting he's innocent of the notorious slaying nearly 20 years ago of a black man chained to the back of a pickup truck and dragged along a bumpy rural East Texas road.
A federal appeals court has approved additional review of a claim from a condemned killer that he's innocent of the notorious 1998 slaying of a black man chained to the back of a pickup truck and dragged along a bumpy rural East Texas road. Attorneys for John William King argued to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that King's trial lawyer was deficient in presenting a case for innocence.
New York, NY, August 04, 2017 -- -- The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Charles L. Stern, Jr, Partner, Steeg Law Firm, LLC will speak at the Knowledge Group's webcast entitled: "Title Insurance: What Lies Ahead in 2017 and Beyond Live Webcast." This event is scheduled for Friday, September 22, 2017 @ 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM .
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled in favor of Christopher Ware, an adherent of the Rastafari religion. The court record says Ware took a vow not to cut his hair.
This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows TaiChin Preyor. Texas' highest criminal court and a federal judge have refused to stop this week's scheduled execution of Preyor, the convicted killer of a woman in San Antonio in 2004.
A death row inmate who was part of the notorious "Texas 7" gang of escaped prisoners has lost a federal court appeal, moving him a step closer to execution. Joseph Garcia has been turned down at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
JACKSON, Miss. -- A federal appeals court says Mississippi can start enforcing a law that will let merchants and government employees cite religious beliefs to deny services to same-sex couples.
A San Antonio man on Texas death row for the 2005 slaying of a pregnant Lubbock woman whose body was stuffed inside a piece of luggage found at the Lubbock city landfill has lost a federal court appeal. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling moves 37-year-old Rosendo Rodriguez one step closer to execution for the fatal beating and choking of 29-year-old Summer Baldwin.
The Texas House on Tuesday made major changes to a bill aimed at revamping the state's controversial voter identification law, setting up a showdown with the Senate in the final week of the legislative session. Senate Bill 5 is a high priority for some state leaders - including Gov. Greg Abbott, who declared it an emergency item Sunday night.
A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal from a 60-year-old Texas inmate condemned for helping a former suburban Houston police officer murder his wife more than 22 years ago. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday refused arguments from lawyers for Joseph Andrew Prystash that raised questions about jury selection and juror instructions and the propriety of evidence.
In this 2013 photo, U.S. District Court Judge Patricia Minaldi speaks during the Empowering Women Luncheon in Sulphur, La. Minaldi, whose unusual behavior on the bench preceded her mysterious removal from a string of cases, was ordered to get treatment for alcoholism so severe a colleague believes she cannot take care of herself, according to court records released Thursday, April 13, 2017.
A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal from a Fort Worth man on Texas death row for a 2010 convenience store holdup that left two men dead. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday refused arguments from 41-year-old Kwame Rockwell that he had poor legal help at his Tarrant County trial when his lawyers decided to not present evidence he may be schizophrenic and that he used steroids.
A federal appeals court in New Orleans will be asked to reconsider its ruling allowing student-led prayer at school board meetings. On Monday, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled in a Texas case that such prayers don't run afoul of the prohibition against government-established religion.
A Mississippi flag lawsuit may be revived after the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans agreed to hear arguments connected with the dismissed 2016 complaint filed by an attorney. A federal district court judge kicked out the lawsuit by Carlos Moore last September, saying that the he lacked standing.
A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments on a long-running feud over the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday over reviving a 2016 lawsuit filed by an African-American attorney, Carlos Moore.
A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments on a long-running feud over the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday over reviving a 2016 lawsuit filed by an African-American attorney, Carlos Moore.
BP AUTOMOTIVE LP D/B/A BOSSIER DODGE, Appellant v. RML WAXAHACHIE DODGE, LLC, RLJ-MCLARTY-LANDERS AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS, LLC, RML WAXAHACHIE FORD, LLC, AND RML WAXAHACHIE GMC, LLC, Appellees This is an appeal of a suit brought by BP Automotive LP d/b/a Bossier Dodge against RML Waxahachie Dodge, LLC, RLJ-McLarty-Landers Automotive Holdings, LLC, RML Waxahachie Ford, LLC, and RML Waxahachie GMC, LLC. Because a great deal of the holdings in this opinion depend on the actions of previous courts litigating controversies between these parties , it is worthwhile to recite the prior history of the litigation between them.