The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments about whether to allow back into effect a law allowing state and local authorities to deport migrants.
The Texas Blockchain Council aims to stop a new federal requirement that its members disclose how much electricity they’re pulling from the grid.
Nine years ago, U.S. district judge Janis Jack ordered the state to fix its foster care system. Activists say kids are still suffering.
The woman who reported being physically abused in 2014 was awarded $270,000 in damages.
The former head football coach was called to testify on Thursday—and made some surprising assertions.
Acre by acre, families have lost long-held property near Bryan and College Station—much of it to the efforts of two men who weaponized arcane documents to acquire plots potentially worth millions.
Diners in North Texas likely did a double take when the Original Roy Hutchins Barbeque opened this summer. But the restaurant isn’t an offshoot of popular Hutchins Barbeque—as is made clear by some harsh words and a dropped lawsuit.
Wicker’s Food Products in Missouri and Big Wick’s in Weatherford battle over their similar names.
The Brackeens sued after their initial petition to adopt a Navajo and Cherokee boy was denied. A 7–2 Supreme Court ruling represents a major win for tribal sovereignty.
The inventor of the world’s first cosmetic penile implant says a group of Houston doctors is trying to steal his ideas. Inside the multimillion-dollar feud.
While extremely limited, avenues for abortion access exist in Texas. That’s where fear tactics from antiabortion activists come into play.
When Adrian Layne saw her best-selling print on Target items, she was flattered. Then she was furious.
The band aims to bring Texas Guns and Roses to its kn-kn-kn-kn-knees—or at least compel it to change its name.
Cecilia Ballí recalls reporting on her family’s legal victory over the lawyer who swindled the Ballís out of lucrative land rights on Padre Island.
A toxic herbicide used in cotton fields is devastating vineyards on the High Plains, endangering the state’s $13 billion wine business. Grape farmers have banded together to fight back.
Seventeen families are suing the Golden Gate Funeral Home for allegedly desecrating their loved ones' bodies.
Two Texas Democrats are calling on Republican attorney general Ken Paxton to sue the feds for reimbursement of border security costs. But legal experts think it’s a bad idea.
A local lawsuit could spell big trouble.
Coming off of a major Supreme Court victory in 2016, Whole Woman’s Health and a number of Texas-based orgs look to repeal other Texas laws.
ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips among the companies named in suit.
A lawsuit may finally provide an answer.
Austin’s Brandon Vezmar has found himself an overnight celebrity after a lawsuit he filed because ”men are being exploited by people like the defendant.”
The hook ’em sign in donut form has been a part of the bakery’s brand for years—but UT lawyers are suddenly unhappy.
This is the most complicated that thinking about cake has ever been.
As Dallas City Council voted to ban a porn convention from using its convention center, Mike Rawlings coins a phrase.
The debate over who can use Stubb's branding fires up.
The school, which has owned the trademark on ”12th Man” since 1990, has a history of renting it out to NFL franchises.
When Cindy Peterson and a handful of other women came forward with complaints about hair loss related to a luxury product line, an attorney from Dallas came to their aid.
The case has sparked predictable outrage.
After the 8th grade valedictorian dissed his school superintendent during graduation, both the school and a federal judge agreed that the incoming freshman needed to pay a price.
Lightning strikes are basically what people have in mind when they talk about an "Act of God," but it's more complicated than just looking to the sky.
Is Texas big enough for two beavers?
A federal lawsuit filed by Dr. Glen Hurlston claims that the former chief of police in Princeton, Texas—who currently holds that role in the Austin suburb of Kyle—and several of his fellow officers harassed him while the chief had an affair with his wife.
The Texas Center for Defense of Life, a nonprofit association of pro-life attorneys, filed the suit on her behalf Feb. 10.
Lauren Scruggs, the 23-year-old model and fashion blogger who lost an hand and eye in the accident, rejected a $200,000 settlement.
The state's highest court denied Mike Leach's appeal of his wrongful termination lawsuit against Texas Tech.
How an East Texas attorney spawned the most massive products-liability case ever—one that has cost millions of dollars and involved thousands of plaintiffs and might never end.
A Cowboys fan who claims she was burned by a hot bench outside Cowboys Stadium has sued the team and Jerry Jones.
The private security firm once known as Blackwater changed its name (for the second time) to Academi last year. Katy-based Academy Sports and Outdoors has cried foul, filing a federal lawsuit.
Two Liberty County residents claim "Angel" the psychic, the Liberty County Sheriff's Office, and a number of news organizations caused them financial and mental damages.
Courtney Royal had sued to practice his vampiric religious beliefs behind bars but the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals was unswayed by his arguments.
Texas joins fourteen other states in a lawsuit against Apple, AT&T dumps the Yellow Pages, and Mattress Firm will get a great night's sleep after it becomes the largest bedding chain in America.
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Three years after her Olympic glory, the gymnast is once again in competition—only this time, it’s with her parents.
“Aunt Jimmy” sues Galveston’s first family.
Gary Mauro’s bad spell.
The mysterious murder of a small-town mayor.
A Dallas company’s virtual child care.
Why the state’s tobacco settlement has ignited a controversy.
The verdict is in: Oprah loves Texas—and Texas loves Oprah. The queen of daytime talk swept into the Panhandle, turned the tide of public opinion, and had courtroom watchers asking, Where’s the beef?
