An attorney said Thursday that a prominent Highland Park family is “considering all options” against the Fort Worth Police Department a day after their son’s picture mistakenly appeared on an arrest warrant as a target in this week’s TCU drug busts. “A public apology would appear to be in order, for starters,” said David Finn, [...]
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Highland Park family weighs options after son linked to TCU busts by mistake
February 16th, 2012 · No Comments
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Jury begins deliberations in concert assault case
July 13th, 2011 · No Comments
A jury will resume deliberations Thursday in the trial of a 20-year-old Plano man accused of sucker-punching a UCLA tennis player, resulting in a brain injury two years ago. The jury of eight women and four men began deliberations about 2 p.m. Wednesday and stopped about 4:30 p.m. Chancellor Jay Hutcheson is charged with second-degree [...]
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“Blood Oath” Sealed Stanford Deal, Court Is Told
August 31st, 2009 · 2 Comments
HOUSTON — R. Allen Stanford’s relationship with the chief regulator of his Antigua bank was closer than most.
James M. Davis, Mr. Stanford’s chief financial officer, leaving court on Thursday with his wife, Lori, and lawyer, David Finn.
At a meeting in 2003, they became blood brothers, cutting their wrists and mixing their blood in a “brotherhood ceremony? that Mr. Stanford’s chief financial officer said promoted an elaborate scheme to hide a multibillion-dollar fraud from American and other regulators.
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Lawyer: Greed May Explain Former Stanford Associate’s Actions
August 27th, 2009 · No Comments
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys Texas Lawyer August 31, 2009 After pleading guilty on Aug. 27 to three criminal charges that could put him in prison for 30 years, James M. Davis, the former chief financial officer for Stanford Financial Group and Stanford International Bank Ltd., expressed remorse for his actions that contributed to the downfall [...]
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Dallas Observer Stanford Story
April 9th, 2009 · No Comments
http://www.dallasobserver.com/2009-04-09/news/sec-says-texas-financier-sir-allen-stanford-swindled-investors-out-of-billions/
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Scalia Rocks
February 24th, 2009 · No Comments
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ROBERT SORICH, TIMOTHY McCARTHY, AND PATRICK SLATTERY v. UNITED STATES ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 08–410. Decided February 23, 2009 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. McNally v. United States, 483 U. S. [...]
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U.S. Supreme Court has had it with District Courts
January 27th, 2009 · No Comments
For the second time in less than a week, the Supreme Court has summarily reversed a federal appeals court for failing to strictly follow post-Booker sentencing law. In Nelson v. United States, __ S.Ct. __, 2009 WL 160585 (Jan. 26, 2009), the Court took the Fourth Circuit to task for affirming a within-guidelines sentence despite [...]
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Attorney-Client Privilege Reform Needed
January 15th, 2009 · No Comments
COALITION TO PRESERVE THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE American Chemistry Council American Civil Liberties Union Association of Corporate Counsel Business Civil Liberties, Inc. Business Roundtable The Financial Services Roundtable Frontiers of Freedom Lawyers for Civil Justice National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers National Association of Manufacturers Retail Industry Leaders Association U.S. Chamber of Commerce COMPREHENSIVE REFORM STILL [...]
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Holder Should Support Executive Order On Attorney-Client Privilege
January 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment
WASHINGTON, DC — The Coalition to Preserve the Attorney-Client Privilege issued the following statement on the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation proceedings scheduled for January 15, 2009 on the nomination of Eric H. Holder Jr., to be Attorney General of the United States:
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Expunction Update-July 2008
July 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
2007/2008 Expunction Law Update
Case Law and Statutory Changes
- Just the Highlights –
On June 1, 2007, the Texas Supreme Court issued an opinion upholding the line of cases, which required the expiration of the statute of limitations as a condition precedent to the expunction of arrest records in all cases where the arrested person was NOT charged by indictment with the commission of a felony offense.
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