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Tarrant County attorneys disciplined by the State Bar of Texas

Two Tarrant County attorneys were recently disciplined by the Star Bar of Texas. Carol Bowling Jackson, 62, of Bedford, was disbarred for providing opposing lawyers in a divorce case terms contrary to those provided by her client, according to bar documents. She also failed to keep her client, a woman, reasonably informed about about the status Keep Reading…

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Suit over mystery Elvis cut

A late songwriter’s heirs are all shook up over the recent discovery of a long-lost Elvis Presley outtake. The children of Jimmie Crane, who died in 1998, filed suit yesterday to claim the copyright to “Living to Love You,” which The King apparently recorded in 1965 but never released. The Manhattan federal-court filing says Crane Keep Reading…

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Probate judge is shunting aside Texas law

Jack Hood is 88 years old, but I wouldn’t place any bets against him in an arm wrestling match. The World War II veteran says he still submits to workouts that include 200 curls of 25-pound dumbbells. “Don’t (mess) with me,” Hood warned Tuesday. I can’t print the expletive he actually said. But I also can’t print an Keep Reading…

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Supremes rule on probate: Lawyers, conservators can be sued (CT)

The state Supreme Court, in a ground-breaking ruling, has found that conservators appointed by probate court only have limited immunity and “quasi-judicial immunity” does not extend to lawyers appointed in probate proceedings.  Nursing homes, meanwhile, do not have immunity “under any circumstances.” It means that if a lawyer screws up — or rips you off — Keep Reading…

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Heir to former Belward Farm owner excited for progress in Hopkins case (MD)

When Tim Newell first received word of aMontgomery County Circuit Court judge’s decision to deny Johns Hopkins University’s motion to dismiss he couldn’t wait to share the news. “[The community] is pretty thrilled,” Newell told Patch. “Everybody’s been more or less ‘it’s about time that someone listened.’ If you talk to the county and everybody Keep Reading…

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