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Best Kept Trial Secrets: What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas |
| Don't gamble with your cases. 48 hours in Vegas can change your practice forever! Join some of TTLA's battle-tested veterans and emerging superstars in Las Vegas for a CLE experience that'll change your luck in the courtroom. February 23-25, 2012, Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas, 8 hrs. MCLE w/ 1 hr. Ethics |
AAJ Report: Do As I Say, Not As I Sue |
| The Institute for Legal Reform (ILR), an arm of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has the sole mission of restricting the ability of individuals harmed by negligent corporations to access the civil justice system. According to the multinational corporations that finance ILR, American businesses are hindered by too many lawsuits. Yet these same corporations show no hesitation in liberally using the courthouse themselves. Click on the headline to read more. |
TTLA Annual Meeting & Advanced PI CLE December 1-2, Hotel ZaZa Houston |
| Formerly the TTLA Annual Conference, our December event is now the Annual Meeting & Advanced PI CLE! We've streamlined this event and we're now offering a one-day Advanced PI CLE, along with the Annual Membership & Board Meeting, President's Luncheon, and a spectacular Holiday Party at the home of Steve and Amber Mostyn. Topics include: Trucking, Immigration, Insurance Bad Faith, Discovery, Cross Examination And More! |
Laws/Cases |
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BP to Pay $50 Million to Texas in Refinery Explosion |
| Oil company British Petroleum has agreed to a $50 million settlement with the state of Texas over pollutants released during and after the 2005 explosion at a Texas City refinery. The company has also agreed to more than $2 billion in civil settlements over the blast, which killed 15 and injured more than 170. The $50 million settlement is the largest for Texas Clean Air Act violations at a single facility, the Houston Chronicle reports. Matthew Tresaugue, Houston Chronicle 11/03/2011 | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
Suit Filed over Federal Health Care Hospital Policy |
| A group of elderly Medicare patients have filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration that claims "they were deprived of coverage by the government health plan" due to stipulations that allow hospitals to deny elderly patients admittance. The suit claims the health care policy allows hospitals to place elderly patients on outpatient status for up to a week instead of admitting them for inpatient care. This practice has caused the plaintiffs to incur large medical bills and financial stresses, the suit says. David Morgan, Reuters 11/03/2011 | Read Article: Reuters |
Johnson & Johnson Settles $8.3 Million Class-Action Suit |
| Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson will pay $8.3 million to a group of primary care clinics in New Orleans to settle a class-action lawsuit over scores of local deaths traced back to the heartburn drug Propulsid. The money will be distributed among multiple clinics that care for patients without private insurance. The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that some of the funds will go toward the construction of a new permanent primary-care clinic in east New Orleans. Bill Barrow, New Orleans Times-Picayune 11/02/2011 | Read Article: New Orleans Times-Picayune |
Issues |
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Audit: Many Natural Gas Pipelines in TX Not Inspected |
| A state auditor's report released this week found that the Texas Railroad Commission inspected only 65 percent of the highest-priority pipelines last year that were identified in the agency's annual inspection work plan. The finding was just one of many in the audit, which determined that the Railroad Commission has "opportunities to strengthen" its Pipeline Safety and Damage Prevention program. Specifically, the audit cited four areas that need work -- increasing inspections of pipeline systems ranked as the highest priority; increasing the accuracy and completeness of annual pipeline inspections, including reviews of pipeline operators' integrity management plans; following pipeline damage incidents and ensuring that investigations are completed before a case is closed; and strengthening certain information technology controls. Bill Hanna, Fort Worth Star-Telegram 11/04/2011 | Read Article: Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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