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Share Tweet Email Ted Oberg Investigates Share: Share Tweet Email EMBED <> More Videos <iframe width="476" height="267" src="https://abc13.com/video/embed/?pid=5192347" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Thousands of records sit on the floor of an ABC13 studio. Share: Share Tweet Email KTRK By Ted Oberg and AUSTIN, Texas -- When Carmen Lambeck's common-law husband died alone in his Harris County Sheriff's patrol unit late on a particularly warm February night in 2017, she had questions. Deputy Terry Faughtenberry's vehicle was still running when he was found about two hours after beginning his shift. His cause of death was ruled to be a heart attack. Faughtenberry hadn't been feeling well the week it happened, Lambeck said, but he didn't have a documented history of heart issues. She needed to know what happened, she said. So she requested records under the Texas Public … [Read more...] about Analysis: Secrecy reigns as information requests almost always denied by Attorney General

DALLAS - Upon consideration of a request by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis has directed EmCare, a physician outsourcing group based in Dallas, to end practices of sex discrimination and retaliation and to report any employee claims of sexual harassment to the agency for the next two years. The judge's action follows a jury verdict in October 2014 awarding $499,000 to three former employees in a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit the civil rights enforcement agency brought against EmCare.Sexual harassment and retaliation for complaining about the harassment violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. EEOC filed suit against EmCare (Civil Action No. 3:11-CV-02017-P) in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas after first attempting to reach a settlement through the agency's conciliation process.On Thursday, together with an injunction and final judgment against EmCare, the court awarded more than $183,000 … [Read more...] about Injunction, Attorney Fees Ordered Against EmCare in EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Case

Mergers have become an increasingly popular option for law firms seeking to expand their national or global footprint and to weather the changing legal climate. But determining whether a merger is the right option takes more than due diligence. It requires extreme soul-searching and a laser focus on the long game. To this end, Mayer Brown’s playbook could be considered a case study for a successful merger.In the last 15 years, the firm has undergone three mergers on three continents, transforming it from a Chicago-based firm with just 3 percent of its attorneys outside the U.S. to a global firm with nearly half its lawyers in foreign offices. The firm’s exponential growth was driven by clients’ increasingly global needs, says Paul Theiss, the firm’s Chicago-based chairman.The mergers are working just as the firm intended: Recently, Mayer Brown’s outpost in Hong Kong collaborated on a client matter with a new lawyer in the Frankfurt, Germany, office. And … [Read more...] about How to pull off a successful law firm merger

Only Female Roustabout Fired for Reporting Sexual Harassment, Agency Charged DALLAS - An Iraan, Texas oil field construction and services company will pay $30,000 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.  The EEOC's suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Pecos Division (4:14-CV-00073-DAE), charged that Garrison Contractors, Inc. fired its only female roustabout, Elma Garza, after she reported being sexually harassed on the job.Hired by the company in January 2012 as a dump truck driver, Garza spent most of her employment as the company's only female oil field worker.  In this roustabout position, Garza worked side by side with her male co-workers fixing oil and gas leaks, digging ditches and cleaning heavy equipment.  EEOC said that during her employment, Garza was subjected to lewd comments about female organs and … [Read more...] about Texas Oil Field Services Company Pays $30,000 to Settle EEOC Retaliation Suit

Ready-Mix Company Fired Driver After Learning He Had Prostate Cancer, Federal Agency ChargesWICHITA FALLS, Texas - OK Concrete, a Wichita Falls-based mixed concrete company, violated federal law by discriminating against an employee based on his disability, prostate cancer, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.According to the EEOC's lawsuit against the company, Joey Snyder, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer in January 2012, was hired by OK Concrete as a mixer driver in late March 2012. The EEOC claims that Snyder successfully completed his training for the job. However, he subsequently notified a member of management that he would need a few days off after his health benefits became active to receive treatment for his cancer. Snyder was fired just hours later. The EEOC charges that the decision to fire Snyder was based on disability discrimination.Firing a qualified employee because of his disability violates the Americans … [Read more...] about OK Concrete Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination