2020 Midyear CLE & Conference is Going Virtual, May 14-15 | Our lives have been disrupted, but we can't be disconnected! Let's come together� online! TTLA's full Midyear Conference & CLE Seminar will be held online May 14-15. We will have a full CLE Seminar with 8.0 hours of high quality, practice relevant MCLE with 1.0 hour of ethics + virtual caucus events to keep us connected! Click on the headline to learn more & register.
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TTLA COVID-19 Resource Page | We are updating this page regularly with links and information that are relevant to your practice. Bookmark it and check it periodically for updates and new info. Click on the headline to access the TTLA COVID-19 Resource Page.
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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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The Brief for April 28 | | In today's Brief: Some Texas businesses will open Friday ' with limited capacity. Plus, local officials can't make wearing masks mandatory. Elvia Limón, Texas Tribune 04/28/2020
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Blue Bell Settles Investor Lawsuit Over Listeria Outbreak | | Blue Bell Creameries Inc. directors agreed to a $15 million settlement resolving claims that their alleged mismanagement led to a 2015 listeria outbreak that forced the ice-cream maker to recall all products. Delaware Chancery Court Judge Joseph Slights III must approve the deal. Bloomberg Wire, The Dallas Morning News 04/28/2020 | Read Article: The Dallas Morning News |
Judge's Expert Ruling Slams J&J's Defense of 'Junk Science' in Talc Trials | | On Monday, U.S. District Judge Freda Wolfson, who is overseeing the talcum powder multidistrict litigation against Johnson & Johnson, found that five plaintiffs' experts, two of whom have testified before Congress on talcum powder safety, could appear before juries. The ruling is the first in which a federal judge has ruled on the scientific evidence in talc trials. Amanda Bronstad , Law.com 04/28/2020 | Read Article: Law.com |
Are Employers Obligated to Ensure Safe Workplace As Economies Reopen? | | As state economies are beginning to reopen, many wonder if employers are obligated to ensure the workplace is safe and if they can be held liable if employees contract the coronavirus. Legal experts say that while health care providers are required to follow federal safety guidelines to guard against contagion, other employers are not. Because of this, workers may have a hard time proving firms liable if they contract COVID-19. Paul Davidson and Nicholas Wu, USA Today 04/28/2020
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Smithfield Under OSHA Probe as It Defends Virus Safety Suit | | Smithfield Foods Inc. will have to submit documents related to safety at its Missouri pork processing plant to federal safety regulators Tuesday, while the company faces a lawsuit for allegedly failing to protect workers from the novel coronavirus. At least eight workers at the Milan, Mo., facility have had to stay home after showing Covid-19 symptoms. Fatima Hussein, Bloomberg 04/28/2020 | Read Article: Bloomberg |
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