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52 bills and counting. A civil rights attorney reflects on the current legislative session's attacks on transgender and LGBTQ+ rights.

This is just a complaint at this stage (Lowery v. Mills (W.D. Tex.)), so these are only the plaintiff's allegations, but he's being represented by the people at the Institute for Free Speech, whose work I've generally found quite reliable. (I e-mailed UT on Thursday to ask if they had…

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican, scurries away when asked about gun reform and calls journalist a "propagandist"

From this morning's Supplemental Order on Grand Jury Discovery by Judge Michael Truncale (E.D. Tex.) in Netflix, Inc. v. Babin, a follow-up to Monday's decision (in which Netflix got discovery of grand jury materials in challenge to prosecution over Cuties): In his most recent filing, [Tyler County D.A. Lucas] Babin…

We just filed this amicus brief in A&R Engineering and Testing, Inc. v. Paxton, which is much like the briefs we filed in a couple of previous cases (Arkansas Times LP v. Waldrip and Amawi v. Pflugerville Independent School District). Here's the Summary of Argument and the Conclusion: Decisions not…

The U.S. and its allies have already levied severe sanctions against Russia–with more sanctions in the offing–in response to its alleged killing of civilians in its war with Ukraine, leading to energy supply concerns and higher oil prices. Also, conflict in the Middle East is adding to oil supply concerns,…

Oil and gas prices have been highly volatile since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and will likely remain so amid the war. Given this backdrop, we think energy stocks PBF Energy Inc. (PBF), Baytex Energy Corp. (BTEGF), and Oceaneering International, Inc. (OII), which are trading at attractive valuations, could be ideal…

Oil prices have cooled down recently amid expectations of supply increases, a threat of falling demand due to a new COVID outbreak in China, and the possibility of fruitful peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. Given this backdrop, we think energy stocks Patterson-UTI (PTEN), Tellurian (TELL), NextDecade (NEXT), Vertex Energy…

The Supreme Court of Texas brings the offensive litigation against S.B. 8 to an end.