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  May 14, 2013

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TTLA encourages all members to take 60 seconds right now and cast your ballot in the run-off election for State Bar President-Elect. You can vote in this important run-off election whether or not you voted in the first election. Click on the headline and vote now!  

 

TTLA 2013 Annual Conference - Reinventing The Rules With Rick Friedman

June 12 - 14, Sheraton Downtown Hotel - Austin Register Now! The TTLA CLE Committee is proud to have Rick Friedman present Reinventing the Rules during the Annual Conference. Additionally, we are fortunate to have Paul Begala as a Keynote Speaker for the June 14th Annual Conference Luncheon. A Texas native, Paul is a Democratic strategist and most of you know him as a Special Contributor to CNN. You will want to reserve the date and book early as we expect that this will be the most heavily attended seminar in TTLA history and space will be limited. Click on the headline to learn more!  

 

Laws/Cases


 

 

Ranbaxy Pleads Guilty to Pay $500M in Settlement

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Generic drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories pleaded guilty on Monday to felony charges related to drug safety and will pay $500 million in civil and criminal fines under the settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. The settlement is its largest-ever with a generic drugmaker over drug safety, according to the U.S. government. It includes $150 million in payments for a criminal fine and forfeiture and $350 million in payments for civil claims.
REUTERS, Reuters 05/14/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Long-Term Brain Damage at Heart of Huge NFL Lawsuit

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The massive legal action brought by former players against the National Football League has been known as a concussion lawsuit. But make no mistake, experts say. The brain degeneration known as CTE is at the heart of the civil suits by more than 5,000 former players and surviving family members that are now pending in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia.
Mark Roth, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 05/14/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Medical Device Maker Settles Whistleblower Suit

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Medical device maker C.R. Bard Inc will settle a $48.3 million lawsuit over allegations that the company made illegal payments to hospitals and physicians in efforts to promote its radiation treatments. The whistleblower lawsuit said doctors and hospitals took kickbacks from 1998 to 2006 to Bard's brachytherapy seeds.
Staff Report, Chicago Tribune 05/13/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Skechers Settles Lawsuit over Shape-Ups

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A $40 million settlement in a lawsuit against Skechers USA was approved by a federal judge last week. In the lawsuit, consumers accused the company of making false claims about their "Shape-Up" shoes and the health benefits they provide. Up to 500,000 customers may be eligible to receive refunds for their purchase under the terms of the settlement.
Kate Stanton, United Press International 05/13/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Merck & Co. Accused of Sexual Discrimination

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A female sales rep for Merck & Co. has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the company, claiming she was discriminated against for being pregnant and taking maternity leave. The lawsuit says the woman was "demoted in 2010 for taking maternity leave" and given unfair performance evaluations that "stalled her career." The discrimination stems from companywide incentives that punish managers and directors when their employees take legally protective leave.
Ransdell Pierson, Reuters 05/14/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Products


 

 

469,000 Jeeps Recalled Globally

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Chrysler has issued a recall of 469,000 Jeep SUVs across the globe due to an issue with the transmission. The automaker said the vehicles can shift into neutral suddenly when the car is started up due to faulty signaling from a circuit board. The recall covers 2005 to 2010 Grand Cherokees and 2006 to 2010 Commanders.
Wire Report, New York Daily News 05/13/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Issues


 

 

TX Taxpayers Cover Uninsured Workers' Hospital Costs as Construction Cos Skirt the Bill

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Texas is the only state in the country where, when an undocumented worker gets injured on the job, you may get stuck with the bill, while the construction companies that profit from cheap labor walk away from the problem. Hospitals cannot refuse to treat an injured person, and Texas is the only state in the country where the boss is not on the hook to buy insurance that covers the cost when a worker's injured. Cutting that cost means cheaper construction in Texas, but critics say that cost just gets passed along to hospitals and taxpayers.
DAVID SCHECHTER, WFAA.com 05/14/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Safety Board Considers Lowering of Legal Limit for Drunken Driving

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The National Transportation Safety Board met to consider recommending that the states reduce the allowable blood-alcohol concentration by more than a third, to 0.05 percent from 0.08 percent, the national standard that was established a decade ago at the instigation of Congress. People with a blood-alcohol level of 0.05 percent are 38 percent more likely to be involved in a crash than those who have not been drinking, according to government statistics. People with a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 percent are 169 percent more likely.
MATTHEW L. WALD, The New York Times 05/14/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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