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Best Kept Trial Secrets: What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas |
| Don't gamble with your cases. 48 hours in Vegas can change your practice forever! Join some of TTLA's battle-tested veterans and emerging superstars in Las Vegas for a CLE experience that'll change your luck in the courtroom. February 23-25, 2012, Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas, 8 hrs. MCLE w/ 1 hr. Ethics |
TTLA Annual Meeting & Advanced PI CLE December 1-2, Hotel ZaZa Houston |
| Formerly the TTLA Annual Conference, our December event is now the Annual Meeting & Advanced PI CLE! We've streamlined this event and we're now offering a one-day Advanced PI CLE, along with the Annual Membership & Board Meeting, President's Luncheon, and a spectacular Holiday Party at the home of Steve and Amber Mostyn. Topics include: Trucking, Immigration, Insurance Bad Faith, Discovery, Cross Examination And More! |
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Toyota Recalls 420K Cars in U.S. |
| Toyota Motor Corp. announced Wednesday that it will recall more than 420,000 vehicles in the U.S. in connection with potential steering problems. The safety recall to replace what the company termed “the crankshaft pulley on the V6 engine” affects 550,000 cars worldwide -- 283,200 Toyota and 137,000 Lexus vehicles. John M. Glionna, LA Times 11/09/2011 | Read Article: LA Times |
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Federal Court Backs Healthcare Law |
| One of the nation's most closely watched federal courts ruled Tuesday that the new healthcare law's requirement that most Americans get health insurance is constitutional, giving a surprise boost to President Obama's signature domestic achievement. The opinion by the conservative-leaning U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia marked the second time this year that a federal appellate court with a majority of Republican appointees has backed the law and its insurance mandate. Though the ruling will have little practical effect, it came just as the U.S. Supreme Court begins considering the constitutionality of the landmark legislation. Noam N. Levey, LA Times 11/09/2011 | Read Article: LA Times |
Man Acquitted of Murder Files Suit Against Police |
| A North Carolina man who was acquitted of killing his fiancée has filed a lawsuit against the investigators in his case, claiming they "mishandled evidence and violated his rights." The plaintiff claims he was arrested and charged based on false and unreliable evidence and his business and reputation suffered "irreparable harm" as a result. The suit is seeking $100,000 in damages. Meghan Cooke, Charlotte Observer 11/09/2011 | Read Article: Charlotte Observer |
Boy Shoots and Kills Friend, Suit Filed Against Father |
| A Great Falls, Mont., family has filed a lawsuit against the father of a 12-year-old boy who shot and killed their son while the two children played with the father's rifle alone in an apartment. The lawsuit claims the father was "negligent in leaving his son alone with access to a rife and ammunition," and also says the father was aware the boy had "severe emotional issues" and had threatened apartment residents on previous occasions. The suit also names the apartment complex as a defendant since the father is employed there as a maintenance manager. Kimball Bennion, Great Falls Tribune 11/09/2011 | Read Article: Great Falls Tribune |
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Wal-Mart Plans Ambitious Expansion Into Medical Care |
| Wal-Mart is planning to offer medical services ranging from the management of diabetes to HIV infections, NPR and Kaiser Health News have learned. In the same week in late October that Wal-Mart said it would stop offering health insurance benefits to new part-time employees, the retailer sent out a request for partners to help it "dramatically ... lower the cost of healthcare ... by becoming the largest provider of primary healthcare services in the nation." Analysts said Wal-Mart is likely positioning itself to boost store traffic, possibly by expanding the number of its in-store medical clinics and the services they offer. The move would also capitalize on growing demand for primary care in 2014, when the federal health law fully kicks in and millions more Americans are expected to have government or private health insurance. Julie Appleby and Sarah Varney, National Public Radio 11/09/2011 | Read Article: National Public Radio |
Panel Emphasizes Safety in Digitization of Health Records |
| Poorly designed, hard-to-use computerized health records are a threat to patient safety, and an independent agency should be set up to investigate injuries and deaths linked to health information technology, according to a federal study released Tuesday. The report by the Institute of Medicine comes as the government is spending billions of dollars in incentive payments to encourage doctors and hospitals to adopt electronic health records. Steve Lohr, The New York Times 11/09/2011 | Read Article: The New York Times |
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