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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 |
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! |
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Doctor Gaps in Texas Persist Despite Perry's Stats |
| An analysis of Perry's tort reform initiative in Texas reveals a more complicated bottom line than his campaign rhetoric on the issue would suggest. State medical data show that the number of physicians practicing in Texas has increased since the initiative passed in 2003, though by considerably less than the total Perry cites. And the bulk of that influx has come in larger cities where health care was already abundant, leaving large rural swaths of Texas still without doctors. PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press, Houston Chronicle 11/08/2011 | Read Article: Houston Chronicle n/a |
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$410 Million Bank of America Settlement Approved |
| A Florida judge has approved a $410 million settlement by Bank of America in a class-action lawsuit against the bank for "excessive overdraft fees." The settlement will reach millions of debit-card customers and could pay out as much as 45 cents on the dollar on their claims. The suit accused the bank of reordering customer transactions to cause overdrafts. Ina Paiva Cordle, Miami Herald 11/07/2011 | Read Article: Miami Herald |
Sears Settles $100,000 Discrimination Lawsuit |
| Sears, Roebuck & Co. has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by an African-American female employee who worked at several Sears stores in Oklahoma City. The woman claimed in her suit that during her 28-year employment, she "was passed over for promotion to supervisor several times in favor of younger, less experienced, white males." She also claims she was terminated in 2010 after complaining about the discriminatory practices. Staff Report, Kansas City Info Zine 11/08/2011 | Read Article: Kansas City Info Zine |
Parents of Child Molested by Teacher at Fairhill School Files Lawsuit |
| The parents of a former student at Fairhill School filed a lawsuitin Dallas County against the school after a former teacher pleaded guilty to having a sexual relationship with their daughter. The lawsuit alleges that based on criminal court documents, the teacher had inappropriate relationships with other female students at the school. Jennifer Emily, The Dallas Morning News 11/08/2011 | Read Article: The Dallas Morning News |
Oil Spill Defendants Want to Keep Investigations Out of Civil Trial |
| BP, Transocean and cement contractor Halliburton filed motions late Monday in federal court in New Orleans seeking to keep certain government oil spill reports out of the civil case. BP also wants a judge to bar plaintiffs’ lawyers from using past criminal, civil and regulatory proceedings against the British firm in the civil case. Associated Press, The Washington Post 11/08/2011 | Read Article: The Washington Post |
Healthcare Co. Settles Whistleblower Suit |
| Tennessee-based Vanguard Healthcare has settled a whistleblower lawsuit that accused the company of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid. The plaintiff, a former employee at a nursing home owned by Vanguard, claimed in his suit that the company was double-billing and overcharging the programs. The suit also accused the company of "billing the programs medical equipment that actually was provided by suppliers at no cost." Walter F. Roche Jr., Tennessean 11/08/2011 | Read Article: Tennessean |
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