| 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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| Patent Cases Flood East Texas Courts | | | Patent holders flooded East Texas federal courts with an unprecedented number of new infringement lawsuits during the first six months of 2015. Intellectual property law experts cite patent holders' fear that Congress will pass new laws limiting the locations where they can sue infringers and a decision by many IP lawyers to stop filing their cases in Delaware because of recently enacted court rules they view as negative.
Jeff Bounds, The Texas Lawbook, Houston Chronicle 08/17/2015   
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| New Details in Fraternity Bridge Death Lawsuit |  | New details have emerged in the lawsuit over the death of a Clemson University student at a fraternity gathering. The young man fell off a bridge to his death last September, and new filings in the lawsuit suggest that he was forced to walk on top of the bridge by fraternity members. The $25 million lawsuit was filed against Clemson University, the Sigma Phi Epsilon National Fraternity and three of the fraternity's brothers. The new details have been confirmed by a yet-unidentified witness.
Harrison Cahill, The State 08/13/2015 | | Read Article: The State |
| Appeals Court Dismisses Lauren Spierer Lawsuit | | An appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the parents of Lauren Spierer, an Indiana University student who disappeared in June 2011. The lawsuit was filed against several men with whom the girl was drinking with the night she disappeared. The parents alleged in the lawsuit that the defendants had a "duty to care" for the girl during the night of drinking. The lawsuit was originally filed in filed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Indiana.
Matt Coyne, Indianapolis Star 08/15/2015 | | Read Article: Indianapolis Star |
| Indiana Woman Injured on Water Slide Files Suit | | An Indiana woman has filed a lawsuit after she sustained a severe spinal injury while riding down an inflatable water slide. The lawsuit was filed last week in Delaware Circuit Court 1 and contends that the plaintiff sustained 'a comminuted vertebral compression fracture,' and has since incurred $330,000 in medical bills, when she went down the slide in August 2013. The slide was part of an event hosted by the Theta Chi fraternity on the Ball State University campus. The lawsuit names several defendants, including the slide's manufacturer, the business that leased the slide, and the national and local chapters of the fraternity.
Douglas Walker, Muncie Star Press 08/16/2015 | | Read Article: Muncie Star Press |
| School for Deaf Students Named in Sex Abuse Lawsuit | | A lawsuit has been filed by the mother of a student of the California School for the Deaf-Riverside alleging that her son was one of the victims in a "sex club" on the campus. According to the lawsuit, one of the school's students "roamed the campus day and night unsupervised for three years," during which time he forced his fellow students into sexual acts. The lawsuit names the California Department of Education and the school as defendants and seeks unspecified damages. The school serves about 400 hard-of-hearing students from kindergarten to 12th grade.
Brian Rokos, Orange County Register 08/15/2015 | | Read Article: Orange County Register |
| BP Settlement May Not Resolve Suits Filed by 2 Universities | | BP's $18.7B settlement for its 2010 oil spill may not end lawsuits filed by two public university systems, according to the New Orleans Advocate. It hasn't been clear whether the settlement includes the universities, but the attorney handling the university systems' claims issued a statement last week saying he believes those claims remain open.
Associated Press, Houston Chronicle 08/17/2015 | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
| Lawsuit Filed After Young Boy Dies of E. coli from Daycare | | | A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against a South Carolina daycare after a 2-year-old boy died of complications related to E. coli, which he contracted at the daycare. The parents of the boy have filed a lawsuit against The Learning Vine daycare in Greenwood, South Carolina, which allegedly exposed the child to the bacteria. The boy was one of 14 victims of E. coli traced back to the daycare facility. The lawsuit was filed in the State of South Carolina Court of Common Pleas, Eighth Judicial Circuit.
Staff Report, Business Wire 08/13/2015
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