Posts by Tim Zinnecker

On this date in history, the NCAA concluded its first-ever men's basketball tournament, and the phrase "March Madness" took on a whole new meaning (separate and apart from any reference…

Leave it to the IRS to offer a creative incentive plan aimed at putting more money in the federal collection plate.Individuals with offshore accounts must file a Report of Foreign…

The bluebonnet is the state flower of Texas.   Probably the most popular species is the lupinus texensis.  Blossoms are deep blue, and often hundreds or even thousands bloom next to ...

President Obama is scheduled to deliver commencement addresses at Arizona State, Notre Dame, and the U.S. Naval Academy.  Guess which one has stirred up some protests.Story here.

Many of us have submitted manuscripts to law journals this month.  I’m looking for good homes for two articles.  (Student editors, call me please!  Yes, my titles refer to the…

Texas is a state that elects its judges, so political affiliation and money can have a significant impact on the outcome.Wallace Jefferson (pictured), Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court,…

South Texas College of Law has named Donald J. Guter as its tenth dean (and president).  He is a law professor at Duquesne and its former dean.  Congrats, Professor Guter,…

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... on this date in 1980?I'm guessing that most of us who are over 40 were witnesses to one of the most talked-about attempted murders in history. J.R. Ewing was ...

Actually, the sky is NOT falling.  But as Dan notes in his post immediately below this one, housing values are.One of the cover stories in this morning’s Houston Chronicle reports…