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  • News

    March 9, 2000

    Justice on the Block

    Is the D.A.'s office for sale to the highest bidder?

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2008

    "Disgruntled" BP Workers Sue

    Is the D.A.'s office for sale to the highest bidder?

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2008

    The Sharks Come Out For Sunmart

    Is the D.A.'s office for sale to the highest bidder?

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2008

    Vet Says He Was Beaten Up At The VA Hospital

    Is the D.A.'s office for sale to the highest bidder?

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2008

    Alleged KBR Rape Victim Sues the U.S.

    Is the D.A.'s office for sale to the highest bidder?

  • News

    June 1, 2000

    Let's Make A Deal

    Convicted felons Mike and Pat Graham are at it again, trading allegations for favors

  • News

    June 26, 2003

    Bar Card

    The antics of an ex-con raise questions about his paralegal role

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2008

    Fen-Phen Side Effects: Irritable Lawyers

    The antics of an ex-con raise questions about his paralegal role

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    KBR Sued Again, Featuring Dogs Running Around With Human Arms In Their Mouths

    If it's not one thing (such as accusations of sexual harassment) with those crazy cats at Kellogg, Brown & Root, it's another.A lawsuit against the company recently filed in Houston federal court accuses its workers of exposing military and non-military personnel in Iraq to contaminated food, co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    Another Sex-Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against Episcopal Diocese Of Texas

    A fourth man has filed a $15 million lawsuit against the Episcopal Diocese of Texas and St. Stephen's Episcopal School for allegedly covering up his sexual abuse at the hands of the school's chaplain.Filed Thursday in a Corpus Christi federal court, the suit is the third to accuse then-headmaster Al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Houston Lawsuit Calls Foul On Those "Low-Tar" Cigarettes

    Vincent Salazar, a Houston man, is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against Philip Morris and its parent company, Altria Group, in Texas, making the state one of four where similar lawsuits were filed in the last two days. The suits are seeking damages allegedly caused by years of advertising w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2009

    Another Slap On The Wrist For The Child-Fondling Doctor

    Photo courtesy Jefferson County Sheriff's OfficeHere's today's criminal justice system tip: If you're going to plead guilty in Harris County to repeatedly fondling young girls -- some of whom you're related to -- make sure you're a doctor. And we're not talking podiatrist, here.Hair Balls suggest yo ... More >>

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Administrative Judge

    Chief Justice Michael Schneider, First Court of Appeals

  • News

    July 19, 2001

    Files Not Found

    Thousands of missing FBI documents in the Timothy McVeigh case? It comes as no surprise to the survivors of Operation Lightning Strike.

  • News

    May 15, 2008

    Big Boobs Revisited

    Former ambassador Arthur Schechter prevails in his court case, wins more than $3.5 million

  • News

    January 3, 2008

    Chuck Rosenthal: So Tough on Crime That a Suspect Goes Free

    The DA doesn't make deals. And that's why Jesus Salazar is living the free life in Venezuela while a teenage girl lies dead, stabbed 26 times.

  • News

    December 27, 2007

    Toxic Runoff : Somerville Mayor Tommy Thompson Discusses the Public Health Situation

    The DA doesn't make deals. And that's why Jesus Salazar is living the free life in Venezuela while a teenage girl lies dead, stabbed 26 times.

  • News

    May 17, 2001

    Very Appealing

    Nichols's Houston attorney turns upbeat about the FBI's newest foibles

  • News

    September 7, 2006

    Lost in Translation

    Would-be Hispanic homeowners find out they don't own as much as they thought they did

  • News

    March 3, 2005

    Padding the School Policies?

    A lawsuit accuses HISD insurance consultants of conning the district

  • News

    January 20, 2005

    Judging Andrea

    A justice surprises critics by reversing the Yates verdict

  • News

    January 20, 2005

    Insanely Guilty

    A mother sets out to save her children, by killing them. Texas usually jails such women, but that may be changing.

  • News

    July 10, 2003

    Cleared Again

    A complaint against a paralegal gets dismissed

  • News

    June 12, 2003

    Penned In

    Almost nobody -- not even the trial judge or the victim -- thinks John Michael Harvey molested a child. So why's he still serving 40 years in prison?

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    The Bradford Game

    A mid-trial meltdown scorches the district attorney

  • News

    May 9, 2002

    Tough Sailing

    Unread evidence and claims of shredding send a cruise suit into the shoals

  • News

    May 2, 2002

    Child Support

    The same extreme measures that saved Sidney Miller at birth also severely disabled her 11 years ago. Texas courts are still trying to determine who should pay for it -- and could set a legal precedent in the process.

  • News

    December 13, 2001

    America's New War Against Enron

    Lawyers go gunning for corporate terrorists

  • News

    October 4, 2001

    Driving Miss D.A.-isy

    A ride-along girlfriend and erroneous testimony taint a DWI squad case

  • News

    July 12, 2001

    Waivering Rights

    Are prosecutors circumventing the new law designed to preserve DNA evidence?

  • News

    November 30, 2000

    Innocence Lost?

    Despite its increasing importance, DNA evidence routinely gets destroyed here

  • News

    November 2, 2000

    Pumped Dry

    Gas station dealers find big oil blocking the way in their struggles against extinction

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    God Only Knows

    Dismembered bodies. Gold booty and an ex-con's grudge. A trial rips into the mysteries of the disappearance of atheist icon Madalyn Murray O'Hair.

  • News

    June 8, 2000

    Payback Time

    The latest victims of death merchant Davis will recoup their losses - when he's dead

  • News

    April 13, 2000

    Bad Dog

    A slip-and-fall case bites James Coney Island in the butt

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    Important "Toxic Town" Trial Starts Up Today

    Photo by Daniel KramerThe polluters who turned Somerville into the Toxic Town described in an award-winning Houston Press story may have had a good result in the first lawsuit they faced, but a second one -- beginning a week from today in the town of Caldwell in Burleson County -- may be different. ... More >>

  • News

    May 4, 2000

    Farewell to a Killer

    A dogged detective and a Houston judge take parting shots at an old nemesis

  • News

    July 2, 2009

    Getting Schooled

    A group of former condo owners say SMU defrauded them of their homes to make way for the new Bush library.

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Corpus Christi Diocese Hit With Priest-Abuse Suit

    Photo courtesy Diocese of Corpus ChristiBishop Carmody​A Corpus Christi man is suing the Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi for sexual abuse he says he suffered at the hands of a priest who died in 2008.Identified only as "John Doe," the plaintiff says Thomas Meaney began abusing him in 1971, when ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Some Judicial Action In Those Bad-Faith Worker's-Comp Insurance Cases

    ​In 2008 we wrote about the problems with Texas Mutual Insurance, a company accused of bad-faith dealings with people who had filed worker's comp claims through them.Two recent court actions have advanced things a bit, including what could be an important showdown at the Texas Supreme Court.The fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    Drug Kingpin Juan Jose Quintero-Payan Extradited To Texas

    Welcome to Texas, dude​The U.S. Attorney's offices of Houston and San Antonio have announced a major coup in the drug war: Mexican kingpin Juan Jose Quintero-Payan, 68, has been successfully extradited from Mexico to Texas.Quintero-Payan, of Guadajara, had fought extradition for eight years, but h ... More >>

  • News

    May 6, 2010

    On Hold

    Found not guilty of the rape charges against him twice over, a former deputy constable still can't get his job back.

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Notsuoh Hit With Lawsuit For Bizarre 2009 Falling Man Incident

    Photo courtesy notsuoh.comNot-sued-oh no longer​Last February Hair Balls reported on a bizarre pre-dawn incident at downtown nightclub/art space Notsuoh in which a highly intoxicated man allegedly fell out of one the upper floors of the building at 316 Main. That man, now identified as Nathan Fis ... More >>

  • News

    October 21, 2010

    Grinding Justice

    Operation Streamline costs millions, tramples the Constitution, treats migrants like cattle and doesn't work.

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    More Priest-Abuse Suits, This Time With Chloroform

    Man claims he was chloroformed and raped as an altar boy​The Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston is facing more allegations of abuse and fraud related to a Houston priest who died in 2000.In a lawsuit set to be filed today, Guadalupe Gonzales accuses the late Father Lawrence Peguer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Lawsuit Filed Against Rodeo After Man Dies On Roller Coaster

    Photo by Jeff BalkeThe Hi-Miler claimed a life at the rodeo.​The death of 46-year-old Brian Greenhouse, who plummeted from the Hi-Miler roller coaster on closing night of the rodeo last Sunday, is the centerpiece of a lawsuit filed late yesterday in Harris County court. The wrongful death laws ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Family Sues to Get Attorney's Fees Back Because Their Lawyers Successfully Bribed the Judge

    A friendly handshake​A Texas family that successfully settled a wrongful-death suit for big bucks is suing to get back $5.7 million in attorney's fees and expenses because the lawyers used part of that money to bribe the judge. Whatever it takes, right? Be happy with your winnings, right? App ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Messy Lawsuit Features Rival Crime Scene Clean-Up Companies

    A dirty job​Who knew the crime scene/trauma clean-up business was so, um, cut-throat? If the allegations in a local civil court case are to believed, only rival drug lords conduct their business more ruthlessly. According to plaintiffs John DiGulio and K.P. Management, two area men and their ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2011

    Sex Cures Teen Crime

    UT study touts teen relationships

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Abraham Moses Fisch: Made A Million Convincing Defendants He Could Bribe Their Cases Away, Feds Say

    He knows people​Houston criminal defense attorney Abraham Moses Fisch is facing a slew of federal charges this morning: conspiracy, obstruction of justice, money laundering, conspiracy to commit money laundering and failure to file tax returns, They all stem from what the U.S. Attorney's Off ... More >>

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