Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| Wells Fargo Killing Sham Account Suits by Using Arbitration |  | In congressional hearing rooms and on national television, Wells Fargo has vowed to make things right for the thousands of customers who were given sham accounts. But in federal and state courtrooms across the country, Wells Fargo is taking a different tack. The bank has sought to kill lawsuits that its customers have filed over the creation of as many as two million sham accounts by moving the cases into private arbitration â?? a secretive legal process that often favors corporations.
MICHAEL CORKERY & STACY COWLEY, The New York Times 12/06/2016    | | Read Article: The New York Times |
| Apple Loses to Samsung in Supreme Court Design Patent Case | | The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday in its titanic patent dispute with Apple Inc. over design features copied from Apple iPhones. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, writing for a unanimous court, said the damages Samsung should pay Apple for infringement need not be based on the profits from the entire phone but rather can be keyed to the value of the copied components.
Tony Mauro, The National Law Journal, Texas Lawyer 12/06/2016 | | Read Article: Texas Lawyer |
| Childrenâ??s Headphones May Carry Risk of Hearing Loss | | A new analysis by The Wirecutter, a product recommendations website owned by The New York Times, has found that half of 30 sets of childrenâ??s headphones tested did not restrict volume to the promised limit. The worst headphones produced sound so loud that it could be hazardous to ears in minutes.
CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS, The New York Times 12/06/2016 | | Read Article: The New York Times |
| Jury Finds Bus Company Guilty in Death of California Teen | | Following a civil trial in Compton Superior Court in California, a jury has found that a bus company is responsible for the death of an 18-year-old high school student. The teen suffered a severe brain injury in July 2014 when he stood up on the top of an open air bus and struck his head on a pedestrian bridge. The teen lost consciousness after the injury and never regained consciousness. The parents of the teen filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the bus company and the parents who hired the bus company for their teen's birthday. The jury decided to award $26 million to the plaintiffs. The amount is believed to be the largest jury verdict ever awarded in California for the wrongful death of a minor child.
Larry Altman, Daily Breeze 12/04/2016 | | Read Article: Daily Breeze |
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