Dallas morning news briefing

Stanford’s scheme took in as much as $5.5 billion and had more victims than any other American investment scheme in history, the news report said. So far, only $72 million has been repaid. Another $300 million is frozen in overseas accounts, pending appeal. The scheme was discovered in 2009, and Stanford was convicted in 2012 and sentenced to 110 years in prison. … [Read more...] about 5th Circuit rejects convicted Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford’s 299-page brief

Meeting over doughnutsYears ago we spent Easter weekend with dear friends in Houston. We attended Sunday service at their church knowing that President George H.W. Bush may very well be there. Indeed he and Barbara were there and it was very special. After the service I was out under a tent surveying the doughnuts and coffee. I looked up and standing next to me was the ex-president himself scouting the doughnuts. Barbara had gone directly to the black Suburban awaiting them.  … [Read more...] about Letters: Saying farewell to a beloved president

“It is certainly a wake-up call,” says Sandy Brown, who serves as managing partner of the Bracewell office. “We’re going to have a briefing this afternoon with the building. And after that the FBI is coming over here to meet with one or two representatives of each tenant. And then we’ll have an officewide meeting, all hands on deck kind of thing, after that.” … [Read more...] about Two Law Firms in Texas Building Targeted by Alleged Would-Be Bomber

“I have nothing to say but good things about Judge Barraza” says attorney Teresa Caballero, who came to the federal courthouse Thursday in his support. “He’s much loved in the legal community here—and that’s for his fairness,” she tells KVIA. … [Read more...] about Feds Charge New Texas Judge in Sex & Bribes Case

A Texas lawyer defending a voting rights lawsuit has apologized for writing a brief that said the plaintiffs’ method of estimating Hispanic voter numbers is like guessing the number of “beans in a jar.” … [Read more...] about Lawyer Apologizes for ‘Beans in a Jar’ Comment