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SPC4 Nicholas Hensley was injured two weeks ago when he stepped on an IED (improvised explosive device) in Afghanistan.  He died from his injuries.  He was on his fourth deployment.  A Judson High School graduate, SPC4 Hensley was married and father to three daughters.  He loved playingwith his children.  See San Antonio Express News report

SGT Glenn Sewell was killed in Iraq by an IED (Improvised Explosive Device).  SGT Sewell was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division out of Ft. Hood.  He was described by his fellow soldiers as happy, quick with a joke and the life of the party.  He and another soldier were killed in Wasit Province, eastern…

 Mandatory paid sick days for all employees is a new concept.  San Fransisco and Washington, D.C. were the first towns to try it.  Now, the state of Connecticut will try it, as well.  So far, it seems to be working.  One restaurant owner in San Fransisco says she opposed it but has been pleasantly surprised…

US Army SGt Thomas A. Bohall was killed in Afghanistan.  SGT Bohall, a 2004 graduate of Reagan High School, was killed by an explosive device in Kandahar Province.  He was one of one of six soldiers killed by the blast.  He grew up in Kansas but moved here in 2001.  His parents have since moved…

Clients and potential clients sometimes ask me about possible conflicts of interest.  For purposes of a lawsuit, a conflict of interest occurs when someone has a financial conflict of interest.  That "someone" is usually the lawyer for one side or the other.  For example, if I own partial interest in a company but then represent…

 The Texas legislature sent a bill to the governor for his signature that would allow employees to take guns to work.  The bill allows workers to keep any guns they are legally allowed to possess in their vehicles at work.  The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Tim Kleinschmidt, R-Lexington, said many companies do not understand the sporting…

 Facebook has become such a part of the daily lives for many of us that we post without much thought.  Perhaps, that is why one Guadalupe County (near San Antonio) prosecutor violated a court order.  Assistant District Attorney Larry Bloomquist posted an update on a manslaughter trial he was prosecuting.  Mr. Bloomquist had posted an…

About a month ago, a lawyer in Washington DC represented a man charged with a felony. Apparently, the lawyer ran into some problems.  The judge berated him for being inexperienced and unprepared for the case.  A private investigator claimed that the lawyer told him to trick a witness into testifying that she did not see…

A city planner, Trent Cantrell, for the East Texas town of Lufkin was fired.  He had tweeted that the city was an "armpit."  Earlier, he had tweeted that he was waiting for the heat to leave – of course, "Deep East Texas would still be a sh**hole," he said.  The City Manager said they do…