| Tips for the List Server, Search Tools & Access to Trialsmith's Expert Database | Join Kent Hughes, President & CEO of TrialSmith as he teaches you how to better manage your list servers, learn how search spans all of your trial lawyer list servers including TrialSmith, plus see youâ??ll see how to investigate experts and make critical connections with lawyers nationwide on any topic or expert. Thu, April 30th, 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM. Click on the headline to register.
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| 2020 Midyear CLE & Conference is Going Virtual, May 14-15 | Our lives have been disrupted, but we canâ??t be disconnected! Letâ??s come togetherâ?Œ online! TTLA's full Midyear Conference & CLE Seminar will be held online May 14-15. We will have a full CLE Seminar with 8.0 hours of high quality, practice relevant MCLE with 1.0 hour of ethics + virtual caucus events to keep us connected! Click on the headline to learn more & register.
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| TTLA COVID-19 Resource Page | 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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| Lawsuit Documents Show 3M Shrugged Off Concerns About Military Ear Plugs |  | New documents were released in connection to lawsuits filed against 3M by 140,000 U.S. service members. The documents show that the company joked about earning lucrative margins from the Defense Department and dismissed concerns about defective products. Service members allege that 3M and a subsidiary, Aearo Technologies, deceptively marketed and sold combat-grade earplugs to the military.
Asher Stockler, Newsweek 04/29/2020    | | Read Article: Newsweek |
| Tesla Hit With Lawsuit Over Fatal Pedestrian Incident | | Tesla has been hit with a lawsuit filed by the family of a Japanese man who was fatally struck by a car in California in April 2018. The complaint was filed in a San Jose federal court on Tuesday and contends the car that struck the man "suddenly accelerated" when a car in front of it switched lanes. The driver of the Tesla was "found to have been dozing shortly before the crash," according to the complaint. Tesla is accused of defective design, failing to warn, negligence, and wrongful death.
Jason Murdoch, Newsweek 04/30/2020 | | Read Article: Newsweek |
| VA Defends Use of Hydroxychloroquin on Veterans | | Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie on Wednesday defended the use of hydroxychloroquin on veterans for the coronavirus, insisting they were never used as â??test subjectsâ?? but given the treatment only when medically appropriate. The Food and Drug Administration has warned doctors against prescribing the drug for COVID-19 outside hospitals because of the risks of serious side effects and death.
HOPE YEN, AP, Yahoo News 04/30/2020 | | Read Article: Yahoo News |
| Almost 70 Died in Outbreak at Massachusetts Veterans Home | | Nearly 70 residents sickened with the coronavirus at the state-run Holyoke Soldiers' Home have died. State and federal officials try to figure out what went wrong in the deadliest known outbreak at a long-term care facility in the U.S. While the death toll at the state-run Holyoke Soldiers' Home continues to climb, federal officials are investigating whether residents were denied proper medical care and the state's top prosecutor is deciding whether to bring legal action.
ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press, Yahoo News 04/30/2020 | | Read Article: Yahoo News |
| â?˜Motherhood Penalty' May Fuel Workplace Lawsuits | | The â??motherhood penaltyâ?? has been oft-used to describe persistent gender disparities that working mothers can encounter, as documented by a surge in discrimination lawsuits related to caregiving in recent decades. Itâ??s exacerbated during the pandemic, lawyers and professors say, and could lead to more claims of sex discrimination in hiring, firing, pay, and promotions; pregnancy bias from mothers who must choose between their safety and getting paid; and family leave law violations.
Erin Mulvaney , Bloomberg 04/30/2020 | | Read Article: Bloomberg |
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