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  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Dr Pepper Snapple Group Responds to Dublin Dr Pepper's Response to Corporate's Lawsuit

    Via.​Back to the Dr Pepper-on-Dr Pepper lawsuit ...Early this morning we posted Dublin Dr Pepper's response to the lawsuit filed in June by Plano-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group, which is trying to limit Dublin's real-deal Imperial Sugar-spiked soda pop to a six-county area and alleges the oldest Dr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    You Didn't Forget About That Glorypark Lawsuit, Did You? These Guys Haven't.

    ​One day, perhaps later than sooner, there will be a resolution over how much, if anything, Tom Hicks or the present owners of the Texas Rangers owe over that failed Glorypark development that was to have been built next to the Ballpark in Arlington. But for now, that case remains in limbo -- some ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Shawn Todd to Convert Old Downtown Dallas Post Office Into "Modern Luxury Living"

    Federal Judiciary CenterSome facts about the post office and court house: "Completed in 1930. Supervising Architect: James A. Wetmore."​High on the top of my list of favorite downtown buildings is the old U.S. Post Office and Courthouse at 400 N. Ervay. But the building, built in '30, has gone unu ... More >>

  • News

    December 16, 2010

    The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty

    Federal Judiciary CenterSome facts about the post office and court house: "Completed in 1930. Supervising Architect: James A. Wetmore."​High on the top of my list of favorite downtown buildings is the old U.S. Post Office and Courthouse at 400 N. Ervay. But the building, built in '30, has gone unu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    BitTorrent File Sharing Finally Has Porn Producers Crying Onkel in Dallas Federal Court

    Let's just say this isn't quite the direction the art guys took with Der Gute Onkel.Maybe you were shocked to discover that copy of Der Gute Onkel you downloaded wasn't, in fact, a meditative German cop drama from 1998. Or maybe that feel-good family porn video was exactly what you were looking for. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Four Weeks Into Hunger Strike, Investor-Protester Waiting for Former Judge To Pay Up

    Patrick MichelsMuhammet Atayev has been hanging outside Joseph Ashmore's law offices for the last month, complaining the former judge has withheld payments on a 3-year-old investment originally meant to last four months.If you've passed the Exxon station at Maple and Oak Lawn Avenue this month, you' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Top 10 Schutze Columns of '09

    ​I know what you're thinking: The year is almost over, and I need more Schutze! More Schutze you say? Me too, which is why I took a look back at his columns from '09 and picked my 10 faves for your reconsideration and, well, appreciation. For those who don't remember the drill from last yea ... More >>

  • News

    December 3, 2009

    Why the Trinity River Project Could Be a Windfall for the Lawyer Who Sues the Army Corps of Engineers

    ​I know what you're thinking: The year is almost over, and I need more Schutze! More Schutze you say? Me too, which is why I took a look back at his columns from '09 and picked my 10 faves for your reconsideration and, well, appreciation. For those who don't remember the drill from last yea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    Some More Concrete Information About Ash Grove's Lawsuits Against North Texas Cities

    ​Back, for a moment, to that item about concrete-maker Ash Grove suing the city of Plano for refusing to buy its cement, made with the dirty, antiquated wet-kiln method. I do need to clarify a few things: Yes, Plano was originally sued by Ash Grove -- along with Dallas and Fort Worth and Arlingto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    "There Will Never Be a Paper Trail." Whoops.

    OK, Don Hill, raise your finger every time you hear a defendant in the City Hall corruption case plead guilty.This afternoon, as promised, the U.S. Attorney's Office forwards John Lewis's plea agreement -- the one that finds him promising to testify against former Dallas City Council member Don "Wha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    "West Texas Puro Tango Blast" -- Not As Much Fun As It Sounds

    Only a few days ago, The Dallas Morning News ran a piece about Texas' Tango Blast gang, which was formed within the confines of the state's penitentiaries and "could change the Dallas landscape because it rejects old notions of prison gang exclusivity and lifelong commitments," wrote Tanya Eiserer. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2008

    Seriously, Never Give an Employee the Company Credit Card. Like, Ever.

    Only a few days ago, The Dallas Morning News ran a piece about Texas' Tango Blast gang, which was formed within the confines of the state's penitentiaries and "could change the Dallas landscape because it rejects old notions of prison gang exclusivity and lifelong commitments," wrote Tanya Eiserer. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2008

    Leon Batie Went to War. It Wasn't Till He Returned to Dallas That His Dreams Were "Destroyed."

    Only a few days ago, The Dallas Morning News ran a piece about Texas' Tango Blast gang, which was formed within the confines of the state's penitentiaries and "could change the Dallas landscape because it rejects old notions of prison gang exclusivity and lifelong commitments," wrote Tanya Eiserer. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2007

    Tune In: HDNet is Suing DirecTV

    Only a few days ago, The Dallas Morning News ran a piece about Texas' Tango Blast gang, which was formed within the confines of the state's penitentiaries and "could change the Dallas landscape because it rejects old notions of prison gang exclusivity and lifelong commitments," wrote Tanya Eiserer. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2007

    Sam Lindsay to FB: Not Yet, Amigos.

    Only a few days ago, The Dallas Morning News ran a piece about Texas' Tango Blast gang, which was formed within the confines of the state's penitentiaries and "could change the Dallas landscape because it rejects old notions of prison gang exclusivity and lifelong commitments," wrote Tanya Eiserer. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2007

    U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay Votes "No" on Farmers Branch Ordinance

    Only a few days ago, The Dallas Morning News ran a piece about Texas' Tango Blast gang, which was formed within the confines of the state's penitentiaries and "could change the Dallas landscape because it rejects old notions of prison gang exclusivity and lifelong commitments," wrote Tanya Eiserer. ... More >>

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Undue Process

    Want to send an innocent man to prison for life? Judge Karen Greene is ready to help.

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2006

    Goodbye, Art. Hello, Commerce.

    Want to send an innocent man to prison for life? Judge Karen Greene is ready to help.

  • News

    November 3, 2005

    The Broke Leading the Broke

    Plus: Back to China

  • News

    February 12, 2004

    Shipshape?

    Awash in oil, the Spanish victims of a tanker disaster seek justice from a Texas company

  • News

    January 9, 2003

    Facing the Music

    Inventor, musician and self-professed man of God, Al Petty says he hit on the perfect moneymaking scheme. His bright idea could cost him 1,200 years behind bars.

  • News

    May 9, 2002

    Cockfight

    A Plano homemaker finds herself in a legal pit with a very big rooster

  • News

    March 7, 2002

    Where the Boys Are

    It's a man's world at Plano-based Rent-A-Center, a lawsuit alleges

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    Fallout

    DART removes ads for a charity accused of links to terrorists

  • Culture

    April 19, 2001

    Custody Battle

    Marvel Comics isn't going to give up Captain America without a fight

  • News

    December 21, 2000

    Slaughterhouse Jive

    Dallas-based Supreme Beef fought what it believes are unfair regulations, only to wind up on the USDA's killing floor

  • Music

    May 6, 1999

    The variations of Tom Waits

    Or: What do Liberace, Rodney Dangerfield, and a one-armed pianist have in common?

  • News

    April 1, 1999

    The net tightens

    Investigators close in on a suspect in the disappearance of atheist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair

  • News

    April 23, 1998

    Getting Madden

    A McKinney family sues Fox for sacking a young quarterback's dream

  • News

    April 2, 1998

    Getting justice

    False arrest fuels woman's zeal to undo judge

  • News

    April 24, 1997

    Letters

    False arrest fuels woman's zeal to undo judge

  • News

    August 29, 1996

    A bittersweet deal

    Sexual harassment charges against Sky Chefs are settled quietly, and reluctantly

  • News

    August 22, 1996

    To catch a thief

    The RTC is gone, but one accountant still tries to recover taxpayer money

  • News

    May 23, 1996

    Virtual legality

    For an up-and-coming Dallas multimedia company with a hot lawyer game, life imitates CD-ROM

  • News

    February 15, 1996

    Project X

    After a Southwestern Bell manager saved a woman's life, the phone company celebrated him as a hero. After he complained about what he alleges were racist billing practices, it fired him.

  • News

    February 15, 1996

    Dead man waiting

    After a decade on death row, Andre Lewis grasps at straws Andre Lewis is a dead man waiting.

  • Music

    January 25, 1996

    Copywrong?

    Deep Blue Something involved in legal fight over money, "Breakfast at Tiffany's," and the rights to their own music

  • News

    November 16, 1995

    'They wanted to destroy me'

    The truth about a troubled teacher--and why DISD deserves the blame

  • News

    October 19, 1995

    Rogue Yogurt

    When you buy that double-swirl cone from ICBIY, you may not be licking what you think

  • News

    May 25, 1995

    Crow associate charged

    New York advisor indicted in 'Libyan connection' scheme

  • Music

    February 2, 1995

    Case dismissed

    Judge tells the Nightcaps that ZZ Top aren't "copycats"

  • News

    December 15, 1994

    Fee fight

    For lawyers, beating the city is only the beginning

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