| TTLA Membership Drives: Grow the Family in 2020 |
The first membership drives of 2020! Houston membership drive is scheduled for Jan 21st. Austin, Dallas & San Antonio drives are scheduled for Feb 13th. Click on the headline to learn more and RSVP. #GrowTheFamily
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| REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for the Houston Car Wrecks Seminar |
Houston Car Wrecks Seminar, Thursday, February 6 South Texas College of Law. This daylong seminar includes nuts-and-bolts presentations that take you from client intake all the way through trial. Come away with the tools you need to compete in the courtroom. Click on the headline to learn more and register.
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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| The Brief for Jan 7 |
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In today's Brief: Juli=A1n Castro built a friendly relationship with Elizabeth Warren on the campaign trail. On Monday, Castro endorsed her for president.
Elvia Limn, Texas Tribune 01/07/2020    |
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| Is Lyft Really a Good-Guy? |
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Dozens of women filed lawsuits against Lyft in recent months, claiming that they were sexually assaulted by the company s drivers. The women said Lyft did not do enough to keep them safe, and several said that when they reported the incidents, Lyft did little or nothing to make it right. The lawsuits are chipping away at the image of corporate responsibility that Lyft carefully cultivated as its larger rival, Uber, slogged through scandals in recent years. Some are questioning how deep those values and ethics go.
Associated Press, Austin American-Statesman 01/07/2020 |
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| Yes, Silicon Valley Is Listening |
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How the world s biggest companies got millions of people to let temps analyze some very sensitive recordings.
Austin Carr, Matt Day, Sarah Frier & Mark Gurman (Business Week), Bloomberg 01/07/2020 |
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| Montana Hospital Facing Second Lawsuit Over Massive Data Breach |
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Montana's Kalispell Regional Healthcare is facing a second lawsuit over a data breach that took place last May. The lawsuit was filed last week by patients affected by the data breach and seeks to certify a class of all Kalispell Regional's patients whose private healthcare information was compromised in the breach. The data breach may have compromised as many as 130,000 people.
Seaborn Larson, Missoulian 01/02/2020 |
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| Houston May Pay $1.2M to Settle Lawsuit |
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The City of Houston would pay $1.2 million to the family of an unarmed man who was fatally shot by a Houston police officer in 2014, under a settlement scheduled to be considered by city council Wednesday. The potential settlement comes five years after HPD narcotics officer Juventino Castro was cleared of all wrongdoing by a Harris County grand jury in the shooting death of Jordan Baker, who was unarmed.
Robert Downen, Houston Chronicle 01/07/2020 |
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| Ikea Pays $46 Million to Family of Toddler Killed by Dresser |
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Retail giant Ikea will pay $46 million to the family of a young child who was killed in 2017 by a tipped-over dresser. The 2-year-old was one of at least nine children killed by Ikea dressers falling over. In 2016, the company recalled 17.3 million dressers, including the one that killed the plaintiff's son. He was the first child that died after the recall was announced.
Tricia L. Nadolny, USA Today 01/07/2020 |
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| Brogdon: Liability When the Uber or Lyft Driver is an Outlaw |
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Uber and Lyft want their passengers trust and money, but the companies want no legal accountability when one of their drivers rapes, robs or murders a passenger. Uber and Lyft certainly have the resources to protect their passengers from foreseeable harm at the hands of drivers. Uber and Lyft lack only the will. Author says that legislators have failed completely to summon the political courage to require Uber and Lyft to do what is necessary. All that remains to motivate Uber and Lyft is jurors doing what jurors do best holding Uber and Lyft accountable at the courthouse.
Quentin Brogdon, Texas Lawyer 01/07/2020 |
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