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August 27, 2019

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TTLA Annual Nov 6-8: Have you registered?
Registration is open for 2O19 TTLA Annual Meeting & CLE Seminar! We will be celebrating TTLA's 7Oth Anniversary at the historic Fort Worth hotel where TTLA's founders first met. Click on the headline to learn more & register:

18.001 Is Changing on Sept. 1st. Are You Ready?
Available on Demand: Changes to 18.001 Affidavits & Hospital Liens - What the Legislature Did and How to Adapt. During the recent legislative session, lawmakers made significant changes to the laws regarding 18.001 affidavits and hospital liens. During this webinar: - TTLA President Will Adams will discuss the legislative session. - TTLA members Judy Kostura and Guy Choate will walk you through the changes made by HB 1693 (18.001 affidavits) and HB 2929 (hospital liens) and theyâ??ll give you tips and strategies to help you adapt your practice to them. As part of your registration, youâ??ll receive a fully updated copy of Judy Kosturaâ??s definitive paper on subrogation and liens. Click on the headline to register.

Texas Tribune Daily Brief

The Brief for August 27
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In today's Brief: Majority of public schools in nonprofit and charter partnerships received F ratings and local officials hope children will increase census 2020 participation.
Elvia Limón, Texas Tribune 08/27/2019 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Laws/Cases

Over $3M Awarded to Woman Whose Ex-Husband Posted Photos of Her Online
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A bartender from North Carolina has been awarded $3.2 million to a woman who alleged her ex-husband and his girlfriend posted intimate photos of her online. The woman filed suit against the two after they allegedly posted the topless photos of her and spread false information, including that she had an eating disorder. The judgment is believed to be the first of its kind to reach a jury verdict in the state of North Carolina.
David Boroff, New York Daily News 08/27/2019 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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After the Oklahoma Opioid Judgment
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Oklahoma's $572 million judgment against Johnson & Johnson will likely be followed by more trials and legal settlements seeking to hold a drug company accountable for a U.S. opioid crisis. Monday's ruling could help shape negotiations over roughly 1,500 similar lawsuits filed by state, local and tribal governments consolidated before a federal judge in Ohio.
GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press, Longview News-Journal 08/27/2019 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Court Allows Purdue Pharma Court Records be Made Public
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The secret testimony from former Purdue Pharma President Richard Sackler and other records in a Kentucky opioids lawsuit must be made public after the state Supreme Court declined to review an earlier ruling. The court record was sealed in 2015 as part of a $24 million settlement between Purdue and the state of Kentucky.
ASSOCIATED PRESS, Yahoo News 08/27/2019 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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