In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law
Recently revealed texts highlighting a Houston attorney’s apparent interactions with a former bankruptcy judge whom she was dating have added more fuel to the fire amid allegations that their relationship led to improper communications about cases he oversaw.
Trump’s plan would effectively be a sales tax that disproportionately harms working-class families and could cause a trade war that hurts US companies, economists say.
In what some attorneys are calling the largest "whitewashing" of a broker’s public record they've ever seen, a rep who headed UBS’s defunct Yield Enhancement Strategy (YES) was able to get Finra to expunge 29 arbitration cases against him that led to more than $30 million in client awards.
A secret courthouse romance has spurred ethics investigations and a fight over millions in legal fees.
For the last year, Jackson Walker has faced litigation — and presumably a hit to its bankruptcy business and reputation — since the revelation that a Houston bankruptcy partner was romantically involved with a federal bankruptcy judge who presided over many of the firm's bankruptcy cases.
The new Supreme Court session will begin, as it always does, on the first Monday in October. As the justices take their seats come October 7, they will do so with ever fewer Americans impressed by the black robes, the Vatican-like intrigues taking place in the marble redoubt on First Street, the authoritative tone of increasingly partisan decisions that are almost impossible to reverse, no matter how infuriating or inexplicable.
Most people know at least one of the ballot questions voters will decide this fall, because it’s been something of a dividing line between Republicans and Democrats. It asks voters if they want to solidify abortion rights in the state Constitution.
As Hispanic Heritage Month is underway, the spotlight is on the contributions and stories of the Hispanic community. In Las Vegas, where 34 percent of the population is of Hispanic descent, the celebrations come with a focus on a significant issue for many: navigating the U.S. immigration system.
Is the accounting pipeline broken? What was once a coveted profession now faces a trifecta of complications that appear to be worsening with time: a graying workforce, fewer graduates, and those abandoning the industry.
The California Supreme Court put the brakes on the State Bar of California’s plan to launch a proprietary bar exam created by Kaplan Exam Services in February 2025.
A detainee at a Nevada immigration detention center said he was denied medication before suffering a seizure and was left to lie on the floor of his cell for three days without soap, a shower or adequate toilet paper, according to a federal complaint filed with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
A case involving the vape industry gives the U.S. Supreme Court a chance to further erode the authority of federal regulatory agencies following other major rulings as the justices gird for a new term featuring important business-related questions. The nine-month term, which begins on Oct. 7, also brings cases involving tech giants Nvidia and Meta's Facebook that could make it harder for private plaintiffs to win securities fraud lawsuits against companies in federal courts.