TX Medical Board Suspends 21 Licensees Involved in Pill Mill

Interesting article from EmployerBrief.com about seventeen physicians and four physician assistants involved in the illegal operation of pain clinics.  They were all suspended or restricted by the Texas Medical Board and Texas Physician Assistant Board December 3-14, 2012, during two weeks of back-to-back disciplinary hearings.


Texas Medical Board Suspends or Restricts 21 Licensees in Pain Clinic Crackdown

New Proposal for Expedited Actions in Texas

Good article by Dan Worthington at Atlas Hall & Rodriguez L.L.P. in McAllen, Texas on House Bill 274, which directed the Texas Supreme Court to adopt proposed rules for dismissals and expedited actions.

Supreme Court Proposes Rules for Expedited Actions and Dismissals

Ruling on NLRB Appointments

An interesting article on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals invalidation of the appointments of three members of the National Labor Relations Board and the impact of the ruling.



NLRB Appointments are "Constitutionally Invalid"

Houston Still Growing in this Economy

Noble Energy Inc. on Friday became the latest energy company to get in on Houston's commercial real estate boom, saying it is planning to develop a 456,000-square-foot office tower to complement a pair of 10-story buildings it leased last year.

Law360

10 Rainmaker Principles to Live By

Below are "10 Rainmaker Principles to Live By" from the people at Rain Group (www.RainGroup.com).  I really like a few of them and hope to live by them going forward.

1. Play to win-win. Rainmakers respect, and always try to satisfy, the best interests of prospects and customers (the win-win part), as well as their own. They are extremely dedicated to becoming top performers (the play-to-win part), exhibiting the hustle, passion and intensity it takes to achieve what only the elite achieve.

2. Live by goals. Rainmakers are goal-setting and goal-following fanatics. Goals are part of their daily rituals.

3. Take action. Rainmakers realize that goals without action don’t get you very far. While other people intend to take action and do more, rainmakers do it.

4. Think buying first, selling second. Rainmakers map their selling processes to the processes and psychology of buying.

5. Be a fluent expert. Rainmakers are masters of market knowledge, client needs, their products and services, their value, their competition, and everything else they need to know to succeed at selling. Rainmakers might not be technical experts in every area, but they know what they need to know to sell.

6. Create new conversations every day. Rainmakers always feed the front of their pipelines and improve their pipeline quality. They never coast, and rarely a day goes by when they don’t speak to customers, prospects, and referral sources with the intent to source new business.

7. Lead masterful rainmaking conversations. Rainmakers lead masterful sales conversations, from prospecting to needs discovery to closing to account management.

8. Set the agenda; be a change agent. Rainmakers recommend, advise, and assist. They are change agents who are not afraid to push when it’s in the best interest of the customer.

9. Be brave. It takes courage to rise to the occasion when selling. Rainmakers not only conquer their fears, they seek actively to win the most fruitful sales opportunities no matter how difficult the challenges may be.

10. Assess yourself, get feedback and improve continuously. Rainmakers are never afraid to learn the cold, hard truth about themselves. They take what they discover—the good and the bad— to learn, grow, and change for the better. They never stop this cycle.