SEGA is the latest victim in a long and seemingly unending string of information breaches. SEGA Pass was taken offline last Thursday after the breach was discovered. The hackers collected the personal information of SEGA’s 1.3 million users. This includes email addresses, home addresses, dates of birth and their encrypted passwords. In an email to…
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The State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting takes place this week, Thursday, June 23 through Friday, June 24 in San Antonio, Texas. Our bar association consists of over 80,000 licensed attorneys, and the annual meeting is an excellent place to obtain quality continuing legal education and develop a greater understanding of what our organized bar…
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Just over a week ago, a drilling rig accident in Dawson County left two workers dead. The fatal workplace incident is currently being investigated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). On Saturday, June 11, two twenty-something workers died after sustaining serious head injuries when part of a drilling rig malfunctioned, and each man…
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A jury determined that a lighter which “badly burned” a six-year-old child was defective in its design and construction. Three years ago, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that her claim based upon the improper design of the lighter was “preempted” by federal testing requirements, even though courts in other states did not find that the…
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Last week a firm attorney wrote about the Texas Legislature’s attempt to increase speed limits for large trucks to 75 miles per hour. The attempt is now official as Texas Governor Rick Perry signed the bill into law. Under the current Texas law, the speed limit along most rural highways is 70 mph during the…
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Dealing with morning rush hour traffic is usually one of the least favorite parts of a commuter’s day. And while regular traffic flow patterns are bad enough, accidents in rush hour traffic further clog city highways. While many times these accidents are a matter of someone simply following too close, resulting in a minor fender…
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The United States Supreme Court dismissed a class-action lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., which claimed that the retailer had discriminated against 1.5 million female workers. Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the 5-4 majority in Dukes v. Wal-Mart, said that “In a company of Wal-Mart’s size and geographical scope, it is quite unbelievable that all managers…
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We have all seen them – they look like giant, soft slides and castles. Often you see children playing and jumping on these inflatable playgrounds. They may be called “moonwalks,” “bounce houses,” or “inflatable rides.” What is not known is that these inflatables are dangerous and can be deadly. Recently, on New York’s Long Island,…
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