TTLA PAC: Light a Match Today! | PAC Match Challenge! This is a tremendous opportunity, but it will only happen if each of us join in the Light a Match campaign. With the March 1 primary elections days away, we need you to strike the first match right now in order that our political support gets to key races as soon as possible. Click on the headline to learn more. | Early Bird Pricing for Houston Car Wrecks Ends Friday, Feb 26 | TTLA's Car Wrecks Seminar on March 3rd is the must-attend program for practitioners of all experience levels. The 2016 CLE Seminar features practical, in-depth tips and strategies presented by a stellar faculty covering real-world topics to help you WIN YOUR CASES. Come away with the tools you need to compete in the courtroom! Program highlights: Psychodrama Techniques, Car Wreck Law Update, Diagnosing Your Car Wreck Injuries, UM/UIM Survey Results and Things Learned and a lunch presentation from TTLA President Jeffrey Simon. Click on the headline to learn more. | Texas Tribune Daily Brief | | Two Women Join University of Tennessee Sexual Assault Lawsuit | | Two women have joined a sexual assault lawsuit filed against the University of Tennessee. The recently filed lawsuit alleges that women were sexually assaulted by athletes as a result of a partying culture in the athletics department for which players had no consequences. With the addition of the two new plaintiffs, the lawsuit now includes eight female plaintiffs. Five of the women named in the lawsuit allege that they were sexually assaulted by football players. The other women allege they were assaulted by a basketball player and by a non-athlete at a party thrown by an athlete. Anita Wadhwani and Matt Slovin, Tennessean 02/24/2016 | Read Article: Tennessean | Texas School District Faces Lawsuit Over Aquatic Center Death | | The school district of Brownsville, Texas is facing a lawsuit over the death of a 20-year-old woman. The woman, who suffered from cerebral palsy, died after a May 13, 2015 incident at the district's aquatic center. The lawsuit filed by the woman's family alleges that the school district did not provide the woman with the assistance that she required and failed to follow strict instructions by the woman's doctor. While at the aquatic event, the woman "aspirated water," began choking and vomiting. She died at Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville two weeks later. Laura B. Martinez, Brownsville Herald 02/23/2016 | Read Article: Brownsville Herald | Walmart Faces Lawsuit Over Wood Pulp Filler in Cheese | | A potential class action lawsuit has been filed against Walmart alleging that the giant grocery store chain has sold Parmesan cheese that contains wood pulp. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Manhattan federal court alleges that cheese made by Walmart's Great Value brand filled its 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese with, â??as much as 10 percent cellulose, a wood-based anti-clumping agentâ??. The plaintiff in the lawsuit alleges that he would not have bought the product if he knew that it did not contain 100% cheese. According to reports, the cheese product contained as much as 10% wood pulp. Jef Feeley , Bloomberg 02/23/2016 | Read Article: Bloomberg | | |