Disaster insurance report caps summer communications efforts.Late summer is supposed to be a quiet time as families head for a beach weekend or well-deserved well-deserved adj → merecido well-deserved well adj → (bien) mérité(e) well-deserved well adj → vacation, but the pace didn't slow for ATLA's Fight for Justice Campaign. A few highlights: * As part of its ongoing effort to reveal the insurance industry's shameful shame·ful adj. 1. a. Causing shame; disgraceful. b. Giving offense; indecent. 2. Archaic Full of shame; ashamed. practices, ATLA ATLA Association of Trial Lawyers of America ATLA American Theological Library Association ATLA American Trial Lawyers Association ATLA Air Transport Licensing Authority (Hong Kong) ATLA Avatar: The Last Airbender on August 22 released a comprehensive report, Pattern of Greed Greed See also Stinginess. Almayer’s Folly lust for gold leads to decline. [Br. Lit.: Almayer’s Folly] Alonso Shakespearean symbol of avarice. [Br. Lit. : How Insurance Companies Put Profits over Policyholders. It details the big insurance companies' well-established pattern of denying payments they owe to policyholders devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. by natural disasters. The report was released nationally in conjunction with a press conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and the launch of a national petition drive asking insurance companies to put policyholders ahead of profits by paying fair insurance claims. * Also in August, ATLA's Communications Department completed its fourth series of three-day training sessions geared toward helping state trial lawyer associations (TLAs) create and implement winning communications campaigns. Staff from 45 states and two Canadian provinces Noun 1. Canadian province - Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes province, state - the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south" attended one of the four sessions held in Chicago, Denver, and Washington, D.C. Throughout the fall, ATLA's regional press secretaries will visit state TLAs to help their staff and leaders craft state-by-state plans. * ATLA leaders and staff continue to travel the country to talk with members and state TLAs about the vote by ATLA members at the Seattle convention to change the association's name to the American Association for Justice The American Association for Justice (AAJ), formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) is the leading organization for lawyers representing plaintiffs in the United States. . The name focuses less on who the association's members are and more on what they do. This important change is just one piece of ATLA's campaign to fight for justice, which is under attack by powerful corporations in a way unseen in ATLA's 60-year history. * More stories about civil justice issues are popping up on radio and television stations around the country, as ATLA continues to build its communications staff. Telling the public about the work trial lawyers do and the difference they make is a critical component of the association's communications efforts. |
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