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April 14, 2020

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TTLA Live Info Sharing: The World Has Not Stopped: Keeping Your Practice Moving Forward During COVID-19
TTLA is hosting a Live Info Sharing Session on Friday, April 17th at 11:00 AM. This interactive online session will include: *Virtual depos, mediations, and hearings - the wheels are turning *Supreme Court and other court orders affect on deadlines, including appeals *Dealing with defense tactics to delay cases *Updated status of SBA loan program *Interactive session for Q&A. Earn up to 1.00 hours MCLE credit including 0.50 Ethics. Click on the headline to learn more & register.  

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We are updating this page regularly with links and information that are relevant to your practice. Bookmark it and check it periodically for updates and new info. Click on the headline to access the TTLA COVID-19 Resource Page.  

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Texas Tribune Daily Brief

 
The Brief for April 14
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In today's Brief: Reopening Texas economy, twice as many Texans applied for SNAP, census delays might affect next year legislative session, and advocates push for the release of some inmates.
Elvia Limon, Texas Tribune 04/14/2020   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Studies/Reports

 
Damage From OxyContin Continues to Be Revealed
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Recent research shows how Purdue Pharma focused its OxyContin marketing in states with lighter prescription regulation =E2=80=94 to devastating effect. A National Bureau of Economic Research working paper published last fall sheds light on Purdue=E2=80=99s role. The researchers, economists from the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Notre Dame and the RAND Corporation, looked at variations in prescribing regulations that led Purdue to market OxyContin more aggressively in some states than in others.
Austin Frakt, The New York Times 04/14/2020   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Issues

 
With Low Traffic, Roadway Deaths Were Expected to Decline. They Did Not.
 
With many reports likely still finding their way into the state's crash recording system maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation, police last month logged at least 241 fatalities on state roads as of Monday. That is a decline of 21 percent from the 305 in March 2019, at a time when people are driving only about half as many miles. would have expected the number to go down more, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said. But we tend to have a bad driving culture in our region and less traffic doesn't mean safer drivers are out, sadly. We still see people taking unnecessary trips, and the fact we are still seeing high numbers (of fatalities) is worrisome.
Dug Begley, Houston Chronicle  04/14/2020  Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn icon
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Laws/Cases

 
Walmart Hid That It Was Under Criminal Investigation for Its Opioid Sales, Lawyers Say
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Walmart, a defendant in the massive lawsuit brought by states and municipalities around the country that accuses a broad range of companies of lax controls over opioid sales, failed to reveal that it had been under criminal investigation for similar conduct, according to plaintiffs in the case.
Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica 04/14/2020   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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University of Arizona Sued Over Former Student's Hazing Injuries
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The University of Arizona has been hit with a lawsuit filed by a former student who alleges he was subjected to hazing. The plaintiff alleges he suffered a chemical burn in his eye and a blood infection as a result of hazing by fraternity members. Named as defendants in the complaint are the university, the Arizona Board of Regents, Theta Chi Fraternity and 13 fraternity chapter leaders. The lawsuit filed on Friday seeks $1 million in damages and a jury trial.
Alyssa Stoney, Arizona Republic 04/13/2020   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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