TTLA Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Seminar | October 22-23 | Royal Sonesta, Houston | REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Each year, we are dedicated to planning seminars that are bigger, better and bolder than the year before. But it takes YOU to make a TTLA seminar a true success. Register for TTLAâ??s 3rd Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Seminar and experience our unprecedented lineup of in-demand topics, storied speakers and unparalleled insight. You wonâ??t want to miss this sell-out seminar. This year, experience something REAL. Real Torts. Real Talk. Real Time. | Dallas Car Wrecks CLE Seminar, October 8, 2015 | Earn up to 7.25 hours MCLE credit including 1.0 hr ethics credit. TTLA's Car Wrecks CLE Seminar features practical, in-depth tips and strategies to help you WIN YOUR CASES. Come away with the tools you need to compete in the courtroom! Join the TTLA Advocates Board of Directors at Happy Hour after the Seminar from 5:00-8:00pm (included in registration). Click on the headline to learn more and register. | Texas Tribune Daily Brief | | Texas to Injured State Worker: "You Have Been Sued" | | 80 injured state workers in the past decade have been taken to court by Texas' Office of Risk Management after being awarded compensation from the state's Division of Workers' Compensation. The lawsuits are a last-ditch attempt by the risk management office to dispute a decision on worker benefits. But when such suits are filed, the odds are stacked against injured workers. That's because a recent Texas Supreme Court decision that exempts state agencies from paying attorneys' fees in such cases â?? even when they lose â?? makes it incredibly difficult for workers to find legal help. Jim Malewitz, Texas Tribune 09/17/2015 | Read Article: Texas Tribune | DuPont Knew Chemical Dumping in Ohio River Was Health Risk, Lawsuit Says | | A trial is underway in U.S. District Court in Columbus, Ohio in a personal-injury lawsuit accusing DuPont of dumping toxins into the Ohio River. The lawsuit alleges that DuPont was aware that it was dumping toxins in the water but failed to notify the public. The chemicals allegedly dumped into the river are C8 left over from the manufacturing of Teflon products, the lawsuit alleges. An epidemiologist, who claims that DuPont was aware of the health risks associated with the chemical dumping, was just one of the individuals who testified in federal court on Wednesday. Kathy Lynn Gray, Columbus Dispatch 09/16/2015 | Read Article: Columbus Dispatch | GM Settles Criminal Case Over Ignition Switches | | GM admitted it failed to disclose to the public a deadly problem with small-car ignition switches as part of a $900 million deal reached with federal authorities to avoid criminal charges, authorities announced Thursday. The automaker will retain an independent monitor to review and assess its policies to ensure compliance with the agreement with the government, according to court papers released by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan. The deal calls for two criminal charges to be dismissed if the company complies with terms of the agreement for three years. The $900 million must be paid by Sept. 24. TOM HAYS, ERIC TUCKER AND TOM KRISHER, AP, Houston Chronicle 09/17/2015 | Read Article: Houston Chronicle | | |