| TTLA Live Info Sharing: The World Has Not Stopped: Keeping Your Practice Moving Forward During COVID-19 | TTLA is hosting a Live Info Sharing Session on Friday, April 17th at 11:00 AM. This interactive online session will include: *Virtual depos, mediations, and hearings - the wheels are turning *Supreme Court and other court orders affect on deadlines, including appeals=20 *Dealing with defense tactics to delay cases *Updated status of SBA loan program *Interactive session for Q&A. Earn up to 1.00 hours MCLE credit including 0.50 Ethics. Click on the headline to learn more & register.
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| TTLA COVID-19 Resource Page | We are updating this page regularly with links and information that are relevant to your practice. Bookmark it and check it periodically for updates and new info. Click on the headline to access the TTLA COVID-19 Resource Page.
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| Stay Connected. Stay Engaged. Stay Informed. Join the TTLA List Server | What makes TTLA such a special organization is that we are a family. We need to stay connected and engaged with each other. We need to continue sharing our knowledge, ideas, and expertise. We need to keep celebrating our successes and working through our challenges. Click on the headline to learn more & signup!
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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| The Brief for April 15 |  | In today's Brief: Texas' disaster tax breaks won't apply to the current pandemic, new coronavirus data by county, and teachers are seeing some of their students slip away.
Elvia Limon, Texas Tribune 04/15/2020    | | Read Article: Texas Tribune |
| Meow Wolf Facing Lawsuit Over Childrens' Bounce House Injuries | | Arts and entertainment company Meow Wolf is facing a lawsuit filed in New Mexico by a woman who alleges her children were injured in a bounce house. According to the lawsuit, the children were injured at a 2018 block party hosted by the defendant when a rented bounce house was overturned by the wind, trapping them underneath. The lawsuit filed Friday in state District Court does not state the extent of the injuries. Also named as a defendant is Amazing Jumps LLC, the owner of the bounce house.
Phaedra Haywood, Santa Fe New Mexican 04/13/2020 | | Read Article: Santa Fe New Mexican |
| 22% of Texas Covid-19 Deaths Connected to Nursing Homes | | | More than one in five coronavirus-related deaths in Texas have been linked to skilled nursing homes, according to a Houston Chronicle analysis of state data, illustrating the vulnerability of older residents in group settings to the deadly virus. Data shows that 22 percent of deaths related to COVID-19 as of Monday were connected to nursing homes, while another 8 percent were linked to assisted-living facilities, which provide a less-intensive level of care.
Emily Foxhall, Houston Chronicle 04/15/2020
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| Cruise Crews File Covid-19 Suit | | In the US alone, nearly 80,000 cruise ship crew members are stranded on some 100 ships in ports or at sea off the coasts, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Alexandra Nedeltcheva filed a federal lawsuit in Florida against Celebrity on Tuesday, the first plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of failing to protect crew members by not distributing masks and implementing social distancing measures.
Frances Robles, The New York Times 04/15/2020 | | Read Article: The New York Times |
| Dozens of Grocery Store Workers Have Died. Here's What Workers Say Their Employers Did Wrong. | | As the pandemic began to unfold, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting reached out on social media to grocery store employees across the country to find out whether they feel safe at work and what their companies are doing to protect them. More than 600 responded. With dozens of U.S. grocery workers now dead from COVID-19, Reveal has found that major chains were slow to enact measures that could have protected these front-line employees.
Will Carless and Patrick Michels, Reveal, The Center for Investigative Reporting 04/15/2020 | | Read Article: The Center for Investigative Reporting |
| Houston Workers at Amazon, FedEx Positive for COVID-19 | | | A growing number of workers responsible for getting packages to consumers are falling sick, leaving those remaining on the job worried for their lives. At least 24 package workers in the Houston area =E2=80=94 including 19 Amazon, three UPS and two FedEx workers =E2=80=94 have been diagnosed with COVID-19, according to internal company communication obtained by the Chronicle, interviews with employees and media reports. COVID-19 is the respiratory illness caused by the new strain of coronavirus.
Paul Takahashi and Gwendolyn Wu , Houston Chronicle 04/15/2020
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