Texas

  • Texas Top Court Upholds Ban On Gender-Affirming Care For Minors

    On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court dealt LGBTQ rights advocates a blow by refusing to block a Republican-backed state law that bans transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming medical care, such as puberty blockers and hormones. The court, in an 8-1 vote, rejected arguments by families with transgender children and doctors, who claimed the law was…

  • Texas Fights Google Deposition Bid In Biometric Privacy Lawsuit

    Texas has asked a judge to block Google from questioning the state and its legal team in their lawsuit. The lawsuit accuses the Alphabet unit of unlawfully collecting biometric privacy data of millions of Texans without consent. Attorneys for Texas stated in a court filing this week that Google’s demand to depose the state on…

  • Texas Supreme Court Asks For Public Input On New Bar Exam

    Texas is set to begin using the new national bar exam in July 2028, giving the public an opportunity to weigh in before making the change official. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Texas issued an order indicating its plans to move to the new test and add a half-day exam on Texas law. The…

  • Texas Governor’s Pardon Of Army Sergeant Convicted In BLM Protester’s Death Sparks Outcry

    Texas Governor Greg Abbott has sparked controversy with his recent decision to pardon Army Sergeant Daniel Perry, who was convicted of murdering Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster in 2020. The pardon has resulted in Perry’s release from a 25-year sentence. Travis County District Attorney José Garza has strongly criticized Governor Abbott’s decision, arguing that…

  • Texas Mother Cleared of Charges After Fatally Shooting A Teenage Intruder

    A Texas mother has been cleared of charges stemming from the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old intruder who attempted to break into her home through her daughter’s window last December. Following the decision of a grand jury in Tarrant County, Aleah Wallace, the mother in question, expressed relief, stating: “I feel great that they were…

  • SpaceX Asks Texas Judge To Block NLRB Case Over Severance Agreements

    SpaceX has requested a Texas federal judge to block the National Labor Relations Board from pursuing claims alleging that the Elon Musk-led rocket maker required workers to sign illegal severance agreements. The company seeks to halt the proceedings pending the outcome of its second challenge to the agency’s structure. Late Thursday, SpaceX filed a motion…

  • Texas Must Face Biden Administration Lawsuit Over Floating Migrant Barrier

    The Biden administration may proceed with a lawsuit alleging that Republican-led Texas violated a U.S. environmental law by installing a 1,000-foot-long floating barrier in the Rio Grande river to deter illegal border crossings from Mexico, a federal judge ruled on Friday. U.S. District Judge David Ezra in Austin said that the U.S. Department of Justice’s…

  • Crypto Groups Sue In Texas to Challenge SEC’s ‘Dealer’ Rule

    On Tuesday, two crypto industry trade associations took legal action against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), aiming to halt the implementation of a new rule expanding the regulator’s definition of a “dealer” of securities. Filed in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, by the Blockchain Association and the Crypto Freedom Alliance of Texas,…

  • Supreme Court Refuses Mckesson v. Doe, Restricting Mass Protest Rights in 3 Southern States

    In a decision that has shaken the world of civil liberty advocates, the United States Supreme Court opted not to hear the case of Mckesson v. Doe. In effect, the apex court has upheld a lower court ruling that drastically curtails the right to organize mass protests in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. The lower court’s…

  • Nvidia Hit With Trademark Lawsuit In Texas Over ‘Modulus’ AI Software

    Nvidia, the renowned chipmaker and AI technology giant, finds itself embroiled in a legal battle over trademark infringement with Modulus Financial Engineering, a financial-technology company based in Scottsdale, Arizona. The dispute centers around Nvidia’s use of the term “Modulus” in its artificial intelligence software, which Modulus Financial claims infringes upon its own trademarks and could…