2015 Midyear Conference and CLE Seminar | Be Inspired'Litigation with Compassion, Competence, and Confidence, June 3-5, The Omni Austin Hotel Downtown (TTLA's special room rate at the Omni EXTENDED UNTIL THURSDAY, May 14!) 700 San Jacinto at 8th Street, Austin, TX. Earn up to 12.25 hours MCLE credit. Click on the headline to register. | Texas Tribune Daily Brief | | Reopened Lawsuit Reveals Ties Between Insurer and Fire Dept. | | An "incestuous relationship" between the Phoenix Fire Department and an insurance company is under attack in the retrial of a civil lawsuit against the insurance agency. The lawsuit was filed against Farmers Insurance by a woman who was wrongfully accused of burning down her home. The criminal case filed against the woman was dismissed in April due to a lack of evidence. With the dismissal, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Arthur Anderson reopened the woman's lawsuit against Farmers Insurance. Matthew Casey, Arizona Republic 05/13/2015 | Read Article: Arizona Republic | Lawsuit Filed by Woman Fired for Refusing to Install Tracking App | | A former employee of a money-transfer company has filed a lawsuit alleging that she was fired for refusing to install an app which would track her location, even when she was off the clock. Intermex, "a leading processor of money-transfer services in the U.S. to Latin America corridor," fired the plaintiff after she refused to install the app. The plaintiff worked as a sales executive and account manager from February 2014 to May 2014. The lawsuit was filed in Kern County Superior Court on May 5. Rebecca Kearn, Courthouse News Service 05/08/2015 | Read Article: Courthouse News Service | Hard to Find in Parts of Texas: A Top-Rated Nursing Home | | Texas has the highest percentage of one-and two-star nursing homes in the country: 51 percent of its nursing homes are rated 'below average,' or 'much below average' on Nursing Home Compare, according to an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Louisiana is close behind at 49 percent, with Oklahoma, Georgia and West Virginia tying for third at 46 percent. Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News, Texas Tribune 05/14/2015 | Read Article: Texas Tribune | | |