| Didn't make it to Austin? No worries! TTLA Car Wrecks Seminar is coming to Dallas | A must-attend program for anyone trying car wreck cases, this essential program provides relevant topics presented by your TTLA colleagues. Come away with the tools you need to compete in the courtroom! Happy Hour to follow hosted by the TTLA Advocates Board. Earn up to 7.0 hours MCLE credit including 1.0 hr ethics credit. Early Bird Registration ends September 30th, click on the headline to register.
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| TTLA Annual Meeting: Registration is Open! | Join TTLA December 8-9, 2016 at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas for the 2016 Annual Meeting and CLE Seminar. See this year's Keynote Speaker, Matthew Dowd, and other great speakers while earning up to 7.50 hours MCLE credit. Click on the headline to learn more.
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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| U.S. Court Sides With Agricultural Industry on West-Related Fertilizer Regulation |  | The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit sided with the agricultural industry Friday, rolling back federal rules that would have subjected 3,800 fertilizer dealers to extensive new regulation beginning Oct. 1. The OSHA skirted rule-making procedures by using a memo to reclassify sellers of anhydrous ammonia as wholesalers instead of going through the formal regulatory process, the court ruled.
Lynn Brezosky, San Antonio Express News 09/26/2016    | | Read Article: San Antonio Express News |
| Texas Justices Won't Review Medical Device Claims Ruling | | The Texas Supreme Court Friday denied a medical device manufacturerâ??s request for review of an appellate court ruling that personal injury claims arenâ??t subject to the same tort-reform requirements imposed on health care liability claims, despite the companyâ??s argument itâ??s a health care provider. Verticor Ltd. told the stateâ??s high court in its petition that the court of appeals incorrectly held that plaintiff Michael Woodâ??s claims were not health care liability claims and Verticor was not a health care provider under the Texas Medical Liability Act.
Bonnie Eslinger, Law360.com 09/26/2016 | | Read Article: Law360.com |
| Deepwater Appeal Still Has Life, BP Tells 5th Circ. | | BP Exploration & Production Inc. urged the Fifth Circuit to keep alive the company's appeal of the liability finding in the Deepwater Horizon litigation, saying Wednesday its settlement with the federal government doesn't warrant tossing its appeal over general maritime law claims brought by private plaintiffs and local governments. BP is appealing U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier's September 2014 ruling that the company acted with gross negligence and willful misconduct under the Clean Water Act in the deadly Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Keith Goldberg, Law360.com 09/26/2016 | | Read Article: Law360.com |
| Former Employees File Class Action Against Wells Fargo | | Two former Wells Fargo & Co employees have filed a class action in California seeking $2.6 billion or more for workers who tried to meet aggressive sales quotas without engaging in fraud and were later demoted, forced to resign or fired. The lawsuit on behalf of people who worked for Wells Fargo in California over the past 10 years, including current employees, focuses on those who followed the rules and were penalized for not meeting sales quotas.
David Bailey, Reuters 09/26/2016 | | Read Article: Reuters |
| Oklahoma Woman Awarded $6.5M in Suit Over Assault by Police Chief | | An Oklahoma woman has been awarded $6.5 million in her lawsuit alleging that the Harmon County sheriff failed to prevent her from being sexually assaulted. The lawsuit was filed in September 2014 in Oklahoma City federal court and alleged that the sheriff failed to protect the plaintiff from being raped by the then-assistant police chief. The 32-year-old plaintiff argued in her lawsuit that the sheriff acted with deliberate indifference in failing to prevent her assault. The jury reached a verdict in the case after a four day trial. The defendants are expected to appeal the ruling.
Kyle Schwab, NewsOK.com 09/26/2016 | | Read Article: NewsOK.com |
| Medical Record Mix-Ups a Common Problem, Study Finds | | According to a report from the ECRI Institute, a nonprofit research group that studies patient safety, patient-identification mix-ups are common and can have deadly consequences. â??This is a huge problem that the general public isnâ??t aware of,â?? said William Marella, executive director for operations and analytics at the ECRI Instituteâ??s Patient Safety Organization. â??Pretty much every clinician involved in your health care is at risk of making this kind of error.â??
MELINDA BECK, Wall Street Journal - $$ Subscription Required 09/26/2016 | | Read Article: Wall Street Journal - $$ Subscription Required($) |
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