| 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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Editorials/Columns/Letters
| | | | Michael Hiltzik: How Wells Fargo Exploited a Binding Arbitration Clause |  | Wells Faro has succeeded in getting several judges to toss fraud lawsuits over the bogus accounts by asserting that, even though the accounts are fake, they stem from legitimate accounts the victims opened, in which they agreed to submit any future disputes with the bank to an arbitrator.
Michael Hiltzik, LA Times 09/27/2016    | | Read Article: LA Times |
| 24 Hour Fitness Faces Lawsuit Over Treadmill Brain Injury | | A $3.8 million lawsuit has been filed by a California woman who suffered severe brain injuries when she fell from a treadmill in 2011. The then-60-year-old woman cracked her skull when she fainted on a treadmill at a 24 Hour Fitness and fell. The lawsuit seeks nearly $4 million in lost wages and future long-term care, including physical therapy, neuropsychology counseling and household â??chore services.â?? A settlement conference is scheduled for Jan. 12 and the case will go to trial on Feb. 27 if no settlement is reached.
Claudia Buck, The Sacramento Bee 09/26/2016 | | Read Article: The Sacramento Bee |
| RJ Reynolds Hit With $3M Verdict Over USAF Vet's Death | | A Florida jury on Friday awarded $3 million to the family of a U.S. Air Force veteran and former jail guard who died of lung disease, finding R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. was liable for his sickness and death but did not deserve to pay punitive damages. Jurors said that R.J. Reynolds was 65 percent responsible for Julius Smith's chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and Smith himself bears the remaining 35 percent of the blame.
Brandon Lowrey, Law360.com 09/27/2016 | | Read Article: Law360.com |
| Drug Company Teva Named in Philly Family's Wrongful Death Suit | | A Philadelphia family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit over the death of a man by drug overdose. The family recently filed suit against Teva, the maker of the powerful painkilling lollipop that led to the victim's drug overdose. The lawsuit contends that Teva aggressively marketed the Fentanyl products, which are dangerous to patients. Named as defendants in the lawsuit are Teva, and Cephalon Inc., which it previously acquired.
Don Sapatkin, Philly.Com 09/26/2016 | | Read Article: Philly.Com |
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