December 19, 2019
Texas courts in 2019 sent an appellate justice to prison, issued a seminal ruling on attorney fees and how to prove them, and gave clarity to mineral rights holders on their responsibilities. Here, Law360 looks at some of the most significant decisions of the year.
October 28, 2019
Texas attacked Harris County's proposal to stop requiring cash bail for nonviolent misdemeanors, telling a Texas federal judge on Monday the plan could run afoul of a state anti-"sanctuary city" law that mandates cooperation with immigration authorities.
January 17, 2019
The newly elected Democratic municipal court judges in Harris County, Texas, have voted to update the local rules governing bail practices in a way that will severely limit the use of a cash bail system for misdemeanor defendants, according to an order issued Thursday.