| Save the Date | | TTLA Members: please mark your calendars to attend the TTLA Annual Membership Meeting & Board of Directors Meeting December 4th & 5th at the Sheraton in Austin. Details and registration information coming soon. |
| 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. |
| Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| Look out Below: Danger Lurks Underground from Aging Gas Pipes | | | | About every other day over the past decade, a gas leak in the United States has destroyed property, hurt someone or killed someone, a USA TODAY Network investigation finds. The most destructive blasts have killed at least 135 people, injured 600 and caused $2 billion in damages since 2004. The gas leaks that fueled those blasts are not uncommon. Neither is the cast-iron pipe — some of it more than a century old — that is the chief suspect in each of those three explosions and many others, according to the investigation by USA TODAY and affiliated newspapers and TV stations across the country.
John Kelly , USA Today 09/24/2014    | | Read Article: USA Today |
| Judge Lifts Court Order Against Ala. Newspaper | | 
| | An Alabama judge ruled Tuesday morning that The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser and USA TODAY can publish details — contained in a public record submitted to the state government — detailing the age and condition of gas pipes in communities including Montgomery, Birmingham and Selma. Judge Robert Vance, after hearing arguments from Alabama Gas Corp. and newspaper attorneys Monday, said he erred in too hastily responding to the Alabama gas company's claims of a national security threat and issuing a temporary restraining order last week banning publication.
John Kelly, USA Today 09/24/2014 | | Read Article: USA Today |
| Army Surgeon General Focuses on Patient Harm During TEDMED talk | |
| | Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho, surgeon general of the Army, delivered a live TEDMED talk on Sept. 11, titled, "Don't you dare talk about this," which was held in the Kennedy Center. Horoho aimed to refocus national attention and provide insights on the problem of preventable harm in U.S. hospitals. TEDMED, which stands for technology, entertainment, and design, talks are the medical and health version of the internationally known and highly regarded TED conferences. "We can eliminate preventable harm," she said. "The problem is not the errors. The problem is that we ignore the errors. But in our U.S. hospitals, we talk about harm in hushed tones. We use metaphors. We talk about near misses, unintended complications, and close calls. To err is human." Horoho issued a call to action.
Ron Wolf , Army Times 09/24/2014 | | Read Article: Army Times |
| BP Points to Transocean's Blowout Preventer in Appeal | |
| | The blowout preventer that failed to contain a blast of oil and gas in BP's Macondo well could become a focal point in the ongoing legal battle over how much BP owes in pollution fines for the spill. BP says a federal judge's finding that the company was grossly negligent in the spill actually plays to its advantage in separate court proceedings in which BP is arguing it can't be held liable under the federal Clean Water Act.
Collin Eaton, Houston Chronicle 09/24/2014 | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
| Family's Suit Against NFL, Others Blames Concussions for Fomer Player's Suicide | | | | The wife and sons of former San Diego Chargers defensive back Paul Oliver sued the NFL for wrongful death, blaming sports-related concussions for his suicide last year. The suit was filed Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court against the league, the Chargers, the New Orleans Saints and the corporations that own several helmet manufacturers. It also alleges fraud and negligence. It says that Oliver, 29, shot himself to death in front of his wife, Chelsea, and two sons last September at his home in Marietta, Georgia. The suit claims that Oliver suffered "mood, memory and anger issues" associated with repetitive head trauma and that after his death, a pathologist confirmed that he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Associated Press, The Dallas Morning News 09/24/2014 | | Read Article: The Dallas Morning News |
| Settlement: U.S. to Pay Navajo Nation $554 Million | |
| | In the largest settlement with a single American Indian tribe, the Obama administration will pay the Navajo Nation $554 million to settle claims that the U.S. government has mismanaged funds and natural resources on the Navajo reservation for decades. The settlement resolves a long-standing dispute between the Navajo Nation and the U.S. government, with some of the claims dating back more than 50 years.
Sari Horwitz, The Washington Post 09/24/2014 | | Read Article: The Washington Post |
| Securities Fraud Case Granted Class Action Status | |
| | A securities fraud lawsuit filed against HCA Holdings Inc., the Nashville-based hospital giant, has been granted class action status. The lawsuit was filed by the New England Teamsters & Trucking Industry Pension Fund and accused the companies top executives of making a "false and misleading" initial public offering registration statement. According to the lawsuit, executives failed to disclose a decline in Medicare and Medicaid revenues. A U.S. District judge granted the lawsuit class-action status on Monday. The lawsuit claims $1 billion in damages.
Jamie McGee, Tennessean 09/24/2014 | | Read Article: Tennessean |
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