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| | 2011 Reel Justice Fishing Tournament, Sep 30 - Oct 1 in Port Aransas | |
| | Join the TTLA Advocates for our first Annual Reel Justice Fishing Tournament, and see who gets bragging rights as TTLA's fishing champion! The fun starts Friday evening with a Welcome dinner, where you'll meet your guide and pick up your tournament materials. Saturday morning at first light, it's ON! Registration fee includes boat, guide, Welcome dinner on Friday, breakfast, lunch & snacks on Saturday, tournament t-shirt, and other goodies! | | Laws/Cases | |
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| | Indiana Settles Stage Collapse Suit for $5 Million | |
| | Indiana state officials have agreed to a $5 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by the victims of the stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair on Aug. 13. Seven people were killed and dozens were injured when high winds caused the stage at the fair to collapse. Staff Report, United Press International 09/01/2011 | | Read Article: United Press International | | Lawsuit Says Microsoft Tracks Customers Without Consent | |
| | Microsoft allegedly tracks the location of its mobile customers even after users request that tracking software be turned off, according to a new lawsuit. The proposed class action, filed in a Seattle federal court on Wednesday, says Microsoft intentionally designed camera software on the Windows Phone 7 operating system to ignore customer requests that they not be tracked. Dan Levine, Reuters 09/01/2011 | | Read Article: Reuters | | Fed Tries to Block AT&T Purchase of T-Mobile | |
| | The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against AT&T Inc. in an effort to block the company's takeover of T-Mobile USA Inc. The department claims the takeover would create an anti-competitive market with "higher prices, poorer quality services, fewer choices and fewer innovative products." Antitrust analysts view this stance by the government as a "more aggressive" attitude toward anti-competition, and is a "line in the sand" in the telecommunications industry. Jeff Bliss and Sara Forden , Bloomberg 08/31/2011 | | Read Article: Bloomberg | | Issues | |
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| | Labor Secretary is Concerned About Construction-Worker Safety in Texas | |
| | U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said today that Texas has made progress on construction-worker safety but needs to do more to improve workplace protections amid its recent spurt of job creation. The Labor Department put more feet on the ground in Texas after noticing that the state had suffered “a large number” of fatalities and injuries among construction workers a couple of years ago, she said. Solis said she held a work-safety summit in Texas in 2010 in light of the statistics. Staff, Houston Chronicle 09/01/2011 | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle | | Insurance | |
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| | Insurance Lawsuits to Follow Irene | |
| | The biggest fights will stem from arguments over property damage and whether it resulted from wind or water, legal experts said. Similar questions arose in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina six years ago. Disputes over the extent of coverage and the reimbursement amounts are also likely as property owners face soggy basements, shattered windows and tree-beaten roofs. Leigh Jones, Reuters 09/01/2011 | | Read Article: Reuters | |
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