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Why I'm a member of TTLA... |
| VIDEO: "We cannot sit back and expect others to do what we should do for ourselves." TTLA Member Reginald McKamie, Houston Click on the headline to watch the video. |
"1K Pays Your Way" TTLA Annual Conference |
| Earn your registration fee for the 2012 TTLA Annual Conference by recruiting new TTLA members! Simply recruit $1,000 worth of new TTLA memberships, and earn free registration to the Annual Conference CLE at Hyatt Lost Pines – an $875 value. Clip on the headline to learn more. |
2012 Annual Conference Discover TTLA, June 6-8 at the Hyatt Lost Pines, Bastrop |
| Join TTLA for our biggest event of the year, complete with 2 days of CLE programs, parties, receptions, committee meetings, Board of Directors meeting and our annual awards luncheon. Nestled in the tranquil Central Texas countryside, this year's Annual Conference also offers family-friendly activities, a golf tournament, tennis tournament and more! Click on the headline to learn more! |
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Generic-Drug Makers’ Complaints Prompt Investigations |
| Some drugmakers assert they are unable to create cheaper generic versions of drugs because their rivals are exploiting a legal loophole.It all comes down to process: To get a generic drug approved for sale, a company has to test a sample of the brand-name version and show regulators that the generic version is essentially identical and as effective. But the government has placed restrictions on distributing some drugs that are dangerous or prone to abuse. Critics say manufacturers of those brand-name drugs are using the restrictions to stop generic makers from getting samples to test. No samples, no generics. Dina ElBoghdady, The Washington Post 05/23/2012 | Read Article: The Washington Post |
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Facebook Settles "Sponsored" Ads Lawsuit |
| Social media giant Facebook Inc. will settle a class-action lawsuit over ads called "Sponsored Stories" that publicize members' "likes" without compensating users or allowing them to opt out of the ad. The lawsuit claimed the ads violated the users' "right to publicity" under California law. The terms of the settlement have not been disclosed. Dan Levine, Chicago Tribune 05/22/2012 | Read Article: Chicago Tribune |
Lawsuit Alleges Toxic Exposure at FL Prison |
| More than 160 current and former employees and family members who say they were exposed to toxins at a federal prison's electronics recycling facility are suing the government. Many are suffering from sores, joint pain, memory loss and internal bleeding as well as thyroid, reproductive and breathing problems. They attribute those and other ailments to such toxins as lead, cadmium and beryllium that filled the air and covered their clothing at Marianna Federal Correctional Institution in the Florida Panhandle. Two lawsuits filed last month in U.S. District Court in Panama City accuse the Bureau of Prisons of negligence in operating the facility. Associated Press, Miami Herald 05/23/2012 | Read Article: Miami Herald |
Jury Finds for Sanitation Worker |
| A San Francisco jury has awarded $11.4 million in damages to a garbage truck driver who suffered a spinal injury when the front wheel of his truck collapsed and dropped to the ground. The plaintiff has had three spinal surgeries to correct compression injuries but is still in severe pain, the suit says. The suit claimed the makers of the truck knew of the defective parts that caused his accident but failed to warn drivers. Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle 05/23/2012 | Read Article: San Francisco Chronicle |
Woman Sues Hospital Over Fall From Operating Table |
| A woman sued a Connecticut hospital Tuesday, saying she was severely injured when she fell off an operating table after surgery. Attorneys for 81-year-old Florence Fiedler of New Canaan filed the lawsuit against Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven Superior Court. The hospital said it apologized to the woman and implemented policy changes. Fiedler had a pacemaker implanted in February 2010 and fell off the table after the surgery, according to the lawsuit. Her attorney said she suffered fractures of the hip and collarbone, a traumatic head injury that resulted in bleeding under her skull and other injuries. JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN, AP, Bloomberg 05/23/2012 | Read Article: Bloomberg |
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Dallas Ready to Get Tough on Deadbeat Jurors |
| El Paso County does not mess around... at least not when it comes to deadbeat jurors like Fernando Valdez. When Valdez missed jury service and ignored a summons to explain himself to a judge, the county issued a warrant for his arrest. t's a tactic that's drawn the attention of officials in Dallas County, which has a no-show problem of its own. Here's the problem. In Dallas County, of every 10 residents called for jury duty, only two show up. That's not how it is in El Paso, says court administrator Mike Izquierdo. Thirteen years ago, the county had about a 17 percent show rate. Today? It's between 80 and 90 percent participation. DAVID SCHECHTER, WFAA.com 05/23/2012 | Read Article: WFAA.com |
Franciscan Files Tell Abuse Story |
| Robert Van Handel was a 15-year-old seminarian at St. Anthony's, a Franciscan boarding school, when, he said, a priest slipped into the infirmary where he was recovering from a fever and began to molest him. More than a decade later, Van Handel himself was molesting children while working as a Franciscan priest at the same Santa Barbara boarding school. The sexual abuse at St. Anthony's is included in more than 4,000 pages from the confidential files of nine Franciscan religious brothers who were accused of abuse. The internal files, coupled with an additional 4,000 pages of sworn testimony obtained by The AP, are the largest release of a religious order's files to date and paint one of the fullest pictures yet of a pervasive culture of abuse that affected generations of students at the seminary dedicated to training future Franciscans. GILLIAN FLACCUS, AP, Yahoo News 05/23/2012 | Read Article: Yahoo News |
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