| | SPECIAL CALLED TTLA MEMBERSHIP MEETING NOTICE - JUST ANNOUNCED: VIDEO CONFERENCES IN DALLAS, HOUSTON & SAN ANTONIO | | A Special Called Meeting of the TTLA Membership will be held on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 9:00 am, in 4 cities across the state: Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. The meeting originates in Austin at the Four Seasons Hotel in Ballroom A. All other locations will carry a video feed. **WE NEED TO KNOW WHICH LOCATION YOU'LL BE ATTENDING, SO WE CAN ADEQUATELY PLAN FOR SPACE AND SEATING. PLEASE EMAIL rhonda@ttla.com TO RSVP. LOCATIONS: Austin - Four Seasons Hotel 98 San Jacinto Blvd., Ballroom A; Dallas - Baron & Budd, 3102 Oak Lawn Ave.,Suite 1100; Houston - Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Friend 800 Commerce St.; and San Antonio - Wayne Wright, LLP 5707 I 10 West. This meeting has been called with some urgency to discuss issues about TTLA raised in a recent news article. This is an in person, MEMBERS-ONLY meeting at 4 locations only, and you are urged to attend this important meeting so that these issues may be fully and candidly discussed. The meeting is for informational purposes only. Should you be unable to attend this meeting, these issues will also be discussed at the regular Annual Membership Meeting on December 6, 2013 in Austin. IF YOU'VE ALREADY RSVP'D FOR THE MEETING, PLEASE DO SO AGAIN BY EMAILING rhonda@ttla.com, SO WE KNOW WHICH LOCATION YOU WILL BE ATTENDING. |
| Federal Lawsuit Filed Over Contamination of PA River | | 
| | Pennsylvania's environmental group Clean Water Action has filed a federal lawsuit against Waste Treatment Corp. over their alleged contamination of the Allegheny River. The lawsuit alleges that Waste Treatment Corp. has leaked gas drilling wastewater containing high levels of salts, heavy metals and radioactive compounds into the river. The river serves as a source of drinking water for many of the area's public water suppliers which serve about 400,000 residents.
Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 10/28/2013    | | Read Article: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
| Apartment Complex Sued For Banning Kids from Playing Outside | |
| | A federal lawsuit has been filed by the Department of Justice against a Glenmoor, California apartment complex over the apartment owners not allowing children to play outside. According to the lawsuit, the apartment owners and staff issued a policy which banned the residents' children from playing in the grassy common area of the apartment complex. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of five families after they filed complaints with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and a local non-profit which promotes fair housing.
Natalie Neysa Alund, San Jose Mercury News 10/28/2013 | | Read Article: San Jose Mercury News |
| Rural Collin County Landowner Fighting Seaway Oil Pipeline Project | | | | Seaway is a joint venture between Canadian company Enbridge and Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners. The pipeline route also includes Rockwall County, where 15 condemnation suits have been filed. The point of the lawsuits is to establish a price for the land when owners reject a company’s offer. Freddy and Dale Davenport are pushing back by challenging whether Seaway can take their property in the first place. At issue is whether Seaway is a “common carrier,†a term that generally refers to a company that others can hire to transport goods. Because this is considered a public service, common carriers can claim eminent domain rights under state law.
JULIETA CHIQUILLO , The Dallas Morning News 10/29/2013 | | Read Article: The Dallas Morning News |
| Penn State to Pay $59.7M to 26 Sandusky Victims | |
| | Penn State will pay $59.7 million to 26 sexual abuse victims of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, the school said Monday. The terms of the settlements include confidentiality agreements, the school said in a press release. Of the 26 settlements, 23 are signed and three are agreements in principle, with final documentation expected within the next few weeks.
John Bacon, USA Today 10/29/2013 | | Read Article: USA Today |
| Settlement Reached in Suit Over 2011 Death of La. Man Infected by Brain-Eating Amoeba | |
| | The parents of a Louisiana man whose death in 2011 was linked to a rare brain-eating amoeba have settled their lawsuit against the manufacturers of two household devices that they blamed for their son's deadly infection. Last year, Jeffrey Cusimano's parents sued NeilMed Pharmaceuticals Inc., maker of a "neti pot" that the 28-year-old used to clean his sinuses with water. They also sued Rheem Manufacturing Co., which made a water heater in his home. Their lawsuit claimed defects in both devices allowed Cusimano to become infected by Naegleria fowleri, a microscopic organism that recently was found in St. Bernard Parish's water system.
MICHAEL KUNZELMAN , Associated Press, Minneapolis Star Tribune 10/29/2013 | | Read Article: Minneapolis Star Tribune |
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| David Lazarus: UPS Program Delivers Unnerving Surprise | |
| | In a seemingly egregious privacy violation, UPS' My Choice program taps into your past to cook up security questions. It's pretty much expected that everyone knows everything about you in today's privacy-free world. But it's still freaky to see how easily a business can crawl into your life.
David Lazarus, LA Times 10/29/2013 | | Read Article: LA Times |
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