| Free Legislative Webinar RE: Net Worth (SB735), 8/24/15 | August 24, Noon: TTLA President Bryan O. Blevins will discuss the changes to discovery of net worth of a party passed last session (1-hr CLE). Learn the impetus behind the bill and the story of the negotiations leading to the enacted version. Before the bill's effective date of September 1, 2015, He will take you through the legislative history of the bill ' from an outright ban on discovery of net worth to a new discovery procedure ' and share with you strategies for how to comply with this new area of discovery practice. Click on the headline to register.
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| Free Legislative Webinar RE: Forum Non Conveniens (HB 1692), 8/25/15 | August 25, Noon: Join TTLA's Vice President for Communications Laura Tamez for a webinar (1-hr CLE) on the changes to the Forum Non Conveniens statute, Chapter 71 CPRC. Laura will discuss the In Re Ford case, which led to the filing of the bill and the negotiations which crafted the final language passed into law. Laura will discuss the changes to the safe harbor aspect of the statute and the changes to the definitions in the statute ' the elimination of the definition of 'legal resident' and the changes to the definition of 'plaintiff.' The changes to this statute are effective now, so if you have a case with FNC implications, you need to listen to this webinar. Click on the headline to register.
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| Dallas Car Wrecks CLE Seminar, October 8, 2015 | Earn up to 7.25 hours MCLE credit including 1.0 hr ethics credit. TTLA's Car Wrecks CLE Seminar features practical, in-depth tips and strategies to help you WIN YOUR CASES. Come away with the tools you need to compete in the courtroom! Join the TTLA Advocates Board of Directors at Happy Hour after the Seminar from 5:00-8:00pm (included in registration). Click on the headline to learn more and register.
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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| Shell Oil Spills Toxic Gas in Deer Park |  | On Sunday morning, hundreds of thousands of pounds of toxic gas were accidentally released from the Shell Oil facility in Deer Park. According to reports from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, 326,166 pounds of butadiene escaped through an open valve on a spherical tank between 10:40 am and 11:35 am
Dylan Baddour, Houston Chronicle 08/13/2015    | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
| EPA May Face Legal Action Over Toxic Water Spill | | The Environmental Protection Agency may be facing legal action over a toxic spill in a river in Colorado. According to legal experts, victims of the contamination of the Animas River in Colorado may file suit against the agency over the spill of an estimated 3 million gallons of toxic wastewater into the river by a team of EPA contractors. The spill occurred on Friday and sent toxic materials from the Gold King Mine and south through Colorado and into New Mexico. The agency has refused to comment on the pending lawsuits, but has set up a claims process to compensate residents affected by the spill.
Rick Jervis, USA Today 08/11/2015 | | Read Article: USA Today |
| After 17 Years, Texas Poised to Resolve Oil Spill | | Koch Pipeline Company is finally poised to pay up for spilling nearly 24,700 gallons of crude into Karnes County's Marcelinas Creek ' almost 17 years after the fact, according to filings in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Jim Malewitz, Texas Tribune 08/13/2015 | | Read Article: Texas Tribune |
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