2013 Making a Difference Award | TTLA is now accepting nominations for the Making a Difference Award which is periodically awarded at the discretion of the TTLA Executive Committee and recognizes a client (past or present) of a TTLA member whose actions demonstrates the critical role of the civil justice system in protecting the rights of Texas families. Nominees should demonstrate a desire to promote the public good through the civil justice system and best exemplify the attributes of a true advocate. Nomination deadline is November 1, 2013. Click on the headline to download the nomination form. |
2013 Legends CLE: "Tales From the Crypt" October 30 - 31 in Austin | Back by popular demand, our Second Annual Legends Seminar brings you "Tales From the Crypt," October 30 - 31, 2013 in Austin at the Four Seasons Hotel. This year's underwriters - Fibich, Hampton, Leebron, Briggs & Josephson; The Gallagher Law Firm; Payne Mitchell Law Group and Watts Guerra - dug deep to bring you the power of over 800 years of legal experience to add to your cauldron of trial strategies. Click on the headline to learn more and register. |
Lawsuit Says Time Warner Cable Violated Labor Laws | | Ten current and former employees of Time Warner Cable have filed a lawsuit against the company's Colorado Springs call center claiming that they were not paid all the wages they were due. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Denver on behalf of 400 workers, claims that employees that worked in excess of 40 hours per week were not paid overtime. The lawsuit is seeking monetary damages "equal to the unpaid overtime compensation, pre-judgment and post-judgment interest on those wages, attorneys' fees and costs, and such other relief as the Court sees fit to award." Ned Hunter, Colorado Springs Gazette 09/16/2013 | Read Article: Colorado Springs Gazette |
Study: Cell Phone-Related Pedestrian Injuries Soar | | Research shows that pedestrian injuries related to cell phone use are on the rise. A recent study conducted by researchers connected to Ohio State University shows that pedestrian cell phone-related injuries have more than doubled since 2005. On college campuses ” places that usually abound with cell phones and pedestrians ” these figures can be alarming. Jennifer Smola, USA Today 09/17/2013 | Read Article: USA Today |
Thousands of North Texas Bridges Deemed Deficient: Report | | A report from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration lists thousands of North Texas bridges as being inadequate as of 2012. In the four most populous North Texas counties, 2,051 bridges were listed as either "functionally obsolete" or "structurally deficient" on the administration's inventory of over 50,000 Texas bridges. Greg Janda, NBC 5 - DFW 09/17/2013 | Read Article: NBC 5 - DFW |
Houston Study Finds Doctor Bonuses Produce Better Care | | Patients fare better when their doctor receives a bonus for positive results, but they regress after the payment ends, according to a new study of the emerging movement to reward quality rather than quantity. The study, conducted by Baylor College of Medicine researchers, found significant but not sustained improvement in the blood pressure of patients whose doctor got a modest financial incentive to produce better outcomes. Such incentives are an example of what's known as "pay for performance," a key component of health-care reform. Todd Ackerman, Houston Chronicle 09/17/2013 | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
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