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Legally Speaking: It's hard out here for a judge, or is it?
2/6/2012 11:15 AM By John G. Browning

In a recent survey performed by AOL Jobs using statistics provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the job of judge was rated one of the best "lifestyle jobs" (those that pay above average but which require fewer hours than average).

CALA: It's time to take smart action against double dipping
2/6/2012 10:25 AM
Not so long ago, the Texas court system was drowning in asbestos personal injury lawsuits, seriously threatening access to our courts, harming our business climate and posing a real obstacle for those who were truly harmed by asbestos and deserved their day in court.
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Texas must continue to take the lead on Fracking Regulation
1/31/2012 10:00 AM
We all know Texas swells with pride. But our state is swelling in many other areas, too - our economy, population and our need for infrastructure and resources are all growing. By now we know domestic natural gas plays a large role in our nation's pursuit of energy independence.

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Legally Speaking: As weird as they wanna be
1/31/2012 7:11 AM By John G. Browning
Sometimes, the bizarre aspects of the legal world stand out.

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Legally Speaking: Bored with the movies? Go to the courthouse instead
1/24/2012 12:20 PM
Like many Americans, I had more than my fill of three things this holiday season: turkey, egg nog and movies.

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Legally Speaking: President Obama's judicial nominees-A question of qualifications
1/17/2012 9:53 AM By John G. Browning
One of the many advantages that being president confers is the opportunity to shape the judiciary-potentially for decades to come-through lifetime appointments to the federal bench.

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Legally Speaking: Oh, what a year it was (Part 2)
1/10/2012 6:39 AM By John G. Browning
In my previous column, I gave you a rundown of some of the year's most bizarre legal twists and turns.

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New law puts ambulance chasers in the hot seat
1/3/2012 10:17 AM
No matter when we turn on our televisions, we always seem to see the same monotonous commercials featuring some personal injury lawyers promising thousands of dollars in damages to victims of an accident.

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Legally Speaking: Oh, what a year it was (Part 1)
1/2/2012 9:31 PM By John G. Browning
As 2011 draws to a close, I would like to look back at some of the legal system's less than shining moments during the year.

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Legally Speaking: Firing the Sugar Plum Fairy-A Christmas Tale
12/20/2011 10:00 AM By John G. Browning
Twenty-nine-year-old Laura Coppinger has been a fixture of the annual Christmas Traditions festival in St. Charles, Mo.

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Legally Speaking: A funny thing happened on the way to the courthouse (Part 4)
12/13/2011 10:00 AM By John G. Browning
As the previous installments of this series have shown, some pretty strange things can happen in civil and criminal cases.

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