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| 2020 Midyear CLE & Conference is Going Virtual, May 14-15 | Our lives have been disrupted, but we can't be disconnected! Let's come together� online! TTLA's full Midyear Conference & CLE Seminar will be held online May 14-15. We will have a full CLE Seminar with 8.0 hours of high quality, practice relevant MCLE with 1.0 hour of ethics + virtual caucus events to keep us connected! 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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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| The Brief for April 29 |  | In today's Brief: The risks black Texans face during the pandemic, what to expect as the economy reopens Friday, and renters get a few more weeks of relief.
Elvia Limón, Texas Tribune 04/29/2020    | | Read Article: Texas Tribune |
| NTSB: Missouri Duck Boat 'Likely Would Not Have Sunk' if Coast Guard Followed Recommendations | | A duck-boat sinking on a Missouri Lake that killed 17 people two summers ago likely could have been prevented if the U.S. Coast Guard had followed recommendations made for years to improve the safety of such tourist attractions, federal safety regulators said Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board released the findings of its investigation into the July 2018 tragedy, when a Ride the Ducks vehicle sank during a severe and sudden storm on Table Rock Lake near Branson.
Margaret Stafford and Jim Salter, AP, USA Today 04/29/2020 | | Read Article: USA Today |
| Kinder Morgan's Permian Highway Pipeline: Investigation Finds Safety Concerns Over Pipes | | A tip led KXAN to a storage yard holding hundreds of pipeline segments in Blanco which will become the Permian Highway Pipeline. A group fighting the pipeline is concerned the anti-corrosion coating on the pipes has been outside, uncovered for far too long. Kinder Morgan ' the pipeline owner ' tells KXAN its handling of the pipeline construction will 'meet or exceed state and federal requirements.' Our investigation found there are no regulations to determine how long is too long before UV radiation begins to degrade the pipe coating.
Jody Barr, KXAN Austin News 04/29/2020 | | Read Article: KXAN Austin News |
| Texas Appeals Court: Lawsuits Over Facebook Allowing Pimps to Recruit Online Can Move Forward | | A Texas appeals court has rejected Facebook's efforts to halt multiple lawsuits accusing the social media juggernaut of knowingly permitting sex traffickers to recruit through its various platforms. The lawsuits were brought by three Houston women recruited as 13-,14- and 16-year-olds through Facebook apps. The social media company appealed the rulings to the 14th Court of Appeal. The appeals court issued three parallel rulings all reflecting a 3-2 majority. In each case there was a dissenting ruling from Justice Tracy Christopher, who found Facebook should be cloaked in federal statutory immunity.
Gabrielle Banks, Houston Chronicle 04/29/2020 | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
| Is Amazon at Fault: Caffeine Bought Online Killed Teen | | Logan Stiner (18) died of cardiac arrhythmia and seizure from acute caffeine toxicity, a coroner ruled. What's undisputed is that Stiner ingested powdered caffeine given to him by a friend who bought it on Amazon and was using it as a 'pre-workout' boost. Caffeine bought online killed teen. The Ohio Supreme Court plans Wednesday to hear arguments for and against a lawsuit brought by Stiner's family arguing that the online retail giant, as the company that shipped the product, should be held responsible under Ohio product liability law. A decision isn't expected for several weeks.
ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, AP, Yahoo News 04/29/2020
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| $180K Awarded to Whataburger Manager Told to 'Hire White Applicants' | | Whataburger Restaurants LLC will pay $180,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a hiring manager at a Florida store was told to 'hire white, and not black, applicants for employment." The complaint was filed on behalf of the hiring manager by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. According to the complaint, the general manager told the plaintiff to hire white applicants to 'reflect the customer base where we do business." As part of the settlement, Whataburger will adopt new human resources policies, conduct live and computer-based training, and maintain an anonymous hotline for complaints.
Mary Claire Patton, Click2Houston 04/28/2020 | | Read Article: Click2Houston |
| Workers at Tyson Poultry Plant in East Texas Say the Company Put Them at Risk of COVID-19 | | Officials at Tyson's poultry processing plant in Shelby County may have waited weeks to tell workers that an employee had tested positive for COVID-19, preventing other workers from taking action to prevent the spread of the virus inside the facility, plant employees told the Observer last week. The company waited even longer to implement rudimentary safeguards (such as breathing masks and plastic screens to separate workstations) as more workers fell ill, were hospitalized, and died, they say.
Christopher Collins, Texas Observer 04/29/2020 | | Read Article: Texas Observer |
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