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Ranking the States' High Courts

On the heels of a hotly debated study declaring that California has the top state high court (see discussion here, here, and here), another paper has reached the same conclusion. At least this time the authors are from other states....

More on Judges and Blogs

At some level, every blog is built on shameless self-promotion. To that end, I'm happy to point out some attention generated by my recent post entitled Newsflash: Appellate Judges Read Blogs: The piece was picked up by the online version...

Should I Run an Ad Like This?

For some Friday afternoon fun, watch this video, courtesy of the Sophistic Miltonian Serbonian Blog: If you don't know, Tom Goldstein was a small-firm lawyer before he joined Akin Gump. (Yes, this was my first attempt at imbedding video on...

No Supreme Court Opinions This Week

The Texas Supreme Court released no opinions with this week's orders. Of interest, check out these posts from the Sophistic Miltonian Serbonian Blog and the Supreme Court of Texas Blog about the recent Texas Watch report criticizing the Court's alleged...

Jim Ho Named Solicitor General

The "quiet trickle of a rumor" that Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's James C. Ho (pictured) will succeed Ted Cruz as Solicitor General of Texas is true. Attorney General Greg Abbott's press release is available here. I have had the privilege...

Editorial Responds to Watchdog Groups' Claims

Last night, the web version of the San Antonio Express-News ran a commentary by Osler McCarthy, the Texas Supreme Court's Staff Attorney for Public Information, addressing watchdog groups' recent claims regarding alleged ethics violations and docket backlog. McCarthy gives another...

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