| | Car Wrecks CLE in Dallas, October 9, 2014 (8 hours MCLE with 1.5 hours ethics) | | TTLA's CLE Committee has revamped our exceptional Car Wrecks program to bring you innovative, relevant topics and some exciting new speakers. From new issues like E-Filing, to fresh looks at opening & closing, voir dire and defense strategies, you'll come away with tips, insights & valuable information to give you the edge in your car wreck cases. Additionally, the TTLA Advocates Board of Directors is pleased to host a post-CLE Happy Hour. Click on the headline to learn more. |
| Fracking Boom Increases 'Triple Tragedies' on Texas Highways | | 
| | All across Texas, the drilling and fracking boom has boosted fatal accidents for oil and gas workers, and for those who share the urban and rural roads that serve as important oil patch connectors. Triple tragedies - accidents that killed three or more people - have become common. The death toll from those kind of catastrophic crashes increased statewide from 72 in 2010 to 101 in 2012 and 148 last year, crash data compiled by the Houston Chronicle shows. Eighty-one people had died in triple tragedies through mid-July of this year.
Lise Olsen, Houston Chronicle 09/17/2014    | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
| Corinthian Colleges Accused of Preying on Students | |
| | The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has filed a lawsuit against the California-based Corinthian Colleges system accusing the for-profit higher education chain of "victimizing tens of thousands of students with predatory loan and debt-collection practices." According to the lawsuit, the colleges force the students to take out school loans while misleading them about career opportunities and job placement assistance. The lawsuit seeks $569 million in private loans taken out by nearly 130,000 students from July 2011 to March 2014.
Kevin McCoy, USA Today 09/16/2014 | | Read Article: USA Today |
| Online Ammo Retailers Sued over Colorado Shooting | |
| | The parents of a young girl who was killed in the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado two years ago have filed a lawsuit against the online retailers which sold the shooter his ammunition. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday, accuses the websites of failing to screen the gunman, who purchased 4,325 rounds for various weapons just a month before the deadly shooting. The lawsuit names as defendants BulkAmmo.com, BTP Arms, sportsmansguide.com and BulletProofBodyArmorHQ.com.
Phil Tenser, Jennifer Kovaleski , The Denver Channel 09/16/2014 | | Read Article: The Denver Channel |
| FDA Warns of Dangerous Drugs in Weight Loss Supplements | |
| | The FDA is warning consumers that three weight loss supplements sold online and in some retail stores contain dangerous pharmaceutical ingredients hidden from consumers, and should be thrown away. The supplements-- called LX1, Mezo, and Best Line Suplemento Alimenticio-- are part of a growing trend of dietary supplements sold for weight loss and sexual enhancement, usually advertised as "herbal" or "all natural," which really contain pharmaceutical ingredients.
Brie Zeltner, Cleveland Plain Dealer 09/17/2014 | | Read Article: Cleveland Plain Dealer |
| Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over Remote Shutdown of Cars | |
| | A class action lawsuit has been filed accusing a financing company of remotely shutting down vehicles using global positioning technology. The lawsuit was filed by the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada and alleges that the finance company used the technology to shut down cars well before their owners legally defaulted on payments. According to the filing, the use of the Passtime Elite GPS system violates Nevada law. The company operates in Nevada and Arizona and has been using the GPS technology for the last eight or nine years.
David Ferrara, Las Vegas Review Journal 09/17/2014 | | Read Article: Las Vegas Review Journal |
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