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Judges say 13 of 22 women suing Deshaun Watson must ID themselves in new filings By Thirteen of the 22 women accusing Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual misconduct and sexual assault must resubmit their civil lawsuits with their names attached to them, two Harris County judges ruled Friday. Judge Dedra Davis of the 270th district court ruled on one case, and Judge Rabeea Sultan Collier of the 113th district court oversaw a hearing pertaining to 12 additional women, including Ashley Solis, the first woman to sue Watson. Solis identified herself as one of the plaintiffs in a n...

Content warning:  This story contains details about alleged sexual abuse. The content may be difficult to read and emotionally upsetting. The Texans’ already-dramatic offseason took a sudden and serious turn in mid-March, when Houston attorney Tony Buzbee announced in an Instagram post that he was filing suit against Deshaun Watson. Since then, Buzbee has filed more than 20 civil lawsuits accusing the Texans quarterback of sexual assault and sexual misconduct, and the NFL and the Houston Police Department are conducting investigations. Through a social media post and his attorney, Watson h...

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday tossed out a contempt of court judgment against Shelley Luther, the Dallas hair salon owner who rose to national prominence when she was jailed last year for refusing an order to close under pandemic safety rules. In a unanimous ruling, the court said the contempt finding was improper because it was based on a judge's temporary restraining order that was unclear on what conduct was prohibited. "This is a victory for any Texan concerned about civil liberties," said state Rep. Briscoe Cain, R-Deer Park and one of Luther's lawyers. "When the government seeks to...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Attempting to align the Texas legal system with current realities, effective December 31, 2020, Rule 106 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure is amended to allow substitute service by “social media, email, or other technology ….”  Indeed, any plaintiff faced with the previous options for substitute service (essentially, publication in a physical newspaper or posting a note on the courthouse bulletin board) sees the value in modernizing the rules for service of process.  Nonetheless, the new rule and comments to the rule a...

House Minority Leader responds to the storming of Congress by Trump supporters on 'The Story' Goosehead Insurance associate general counsel, Paul Davis, was terminated after a live-streamed video shared to social media showed the Texas lawyer's participation in Wednesday’s breach of the U.S. Capitol. Gooshead confirmed Davis was "no longer employed" in a tweet Thursday.  According to a memo to employees obtained by Bloomberg Law, Goosehead CEO and co-founder Mark Jones said the company was not aware of Davis’ plans to be part of the "violent demonstration." "While we support our emp...