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PRO-CONSUMER LEGISLATION TO REIN IN PREDATORY LAWSUIT LOANS PASSES COMMITTEE

Posted on April 30th, 2013
Author: TALA | Source: TALA
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA) organizations across Texas today applaud members of the House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee for passing House Bill 1595, by Rep. Doug Miller, which will protect Texas consumers fr...
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PRO-CONSUMER LEGISLATION AIMS TO ADDRESS PREDATORY, EXCESSIVE AND UNREGULATED LAWSUIT LOANS

Posted on March 18th, 2013
Author: TALA | Source: TALA
AUSTIN, TEXAS—Citing a lack of transparency and predatory, anti-consumer practices, Rep. Doug Miller and other leaders today urged lawmakers to support HB 1595 which will impose new and necessary regulations on the lawsuit lending industry in Texa...
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LOCAL LEGAL WATCHDOG LAUNCHES RADIO AD PLAYING OFF FAUX FACE-OFF BETWEEN TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA

Posted on March 7th, 2013
Author: TALA
Austin, TX- Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA) of Central Texas launched radio spots today on the faux face-off between Texas Governor Rick Perry and California Governor Jerry Brown, who’ve engaged in a recent exchange following Perry’s overt, ...
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REAL ISSUES AT PLAY IN EFFORTS TO LURE JOBS FROM GOLDEN TO LONE STAR STATE SAYS LEGAL WATCHDOG GROUP

Posted on February 8th, 2013
Austin, TX - Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA) of Central Texas weighed in today on the faux face-off between Texas Governor Rick Perry and California Governor Jerry Brown, who’ve engaged in a recent and often humorous exchange following Perry...
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LOCAL LEGAL WATCHDOG LAUNCHES ONLINE EFFORT TO MARK NATIONAL LAWSUIT ABUSE AWARENESS WEEK (LAAW)

Posted on October 1st, 2012
Source: TALA
AUSTIN,TX –Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA) will launch an Internet campaign this week to commemorate the nationally-celebrated “Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week” (LAAW), typically a time to educate citizens that when it comes to lawsuit abuse, w...
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Anniversary of Proposition 12 Marked by Record Number of New Texas Physicians, Expanded Services at Hospitals, and Overall Improved Access to Care for Texans CALA Remains Ever Vigilant of Lawsuit Abuse

Posted on September 12th, 2012
Author: CALA | Source: Citizens Against Lawsuite Abuse
The following release comes on the eve of the ninth anniversary of Proposition 12, the voter-approved constitutional amendment to help curb health care lawsuit abuse in Texas. Proposition 12 took effect Sept. 13, 2003.
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