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February 21, 2018

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The Brief for Feb 21
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CASSANDRA POLLOCK, Texas Tribune02/21/2018 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Issues

Mother's Nightmare at Mexico Resort
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While the U.S. State Department, Canada’s department of global affairs, members of Congress — both Republican and Democrat — as well as travel websites and Mexican authorities vow they are making changes and doing what they can to ensure the safety of travelers, their slow, bureaucratic efforts have yet to prevent the harms. The Journal Sentinel has identified an additional 10 people who reported terrifying — in some cases near-death — experiences while visiting Mexico over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays alone. Like the more than 140 previously reported incidents, the newest ones include vacationers who blacked out after consuming a few drinks — sometimes just one. They regained consciousness hours later, many of them to learn they had been robbed, sexually assaulted, bruised, bloodied or otherwise injured.
Raquel Rutledge, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA Today02/21/2018 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Laws/Cases

BP Says Some Claims In Deepwater Suits Are Time-Barred
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BP has asked a Texas federal court to dismiss claims from two-thirds of the investor suits in multidistrict litigation related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill, arguing that a recent U.S. Supreme Court case made clear that some claims based on company statements from before the spill should be barred by the statute of repose.
Emma Cueto, Law360 ($)02/21/2018 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Lawsuit: Houston Welder Called Racial, Homophobic Slurs
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A fired welder at a Houston-area construction company filed a lawsuit claiming his former boss and another employee repeatedly used homophobic and racial slurs against him. Zachery Brinker, who is white, filed a discrimination lawsuit in Harris County on Tuesday in which he claims he was fired from Kilgore Industries after complaining about months of abuse from his boss and another employee.
Robert Downen , Houston Chronicle02/21/2018 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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3M Pays $850M to Settle Chemical Lawsuit
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3M has agreed to pay $850 million to settle a lawsuit with Minnesota’s Attorney General Lori Swanson. The lawsuit was filed eight years ago over a former Scotchgard ingredient that polluted the state’s drinking water supply. The state filed suit against 3M alleging that chemicals known as PFCs, which got into the water supply due to the company's actions, could cause harm to citizens. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Hennepin County.
Tiffany Kary, Bloomberg02/20/2018 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Class Action

Weinstein Co. Seeks Dismissal of Class Action Harassment Lawsuit
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The Weinstein Co. is seeking the dismissal of a class action lawsuit by alleged sexual harassment victims of producer Harvey Weinstein. The lawsuit was filed in November by six women alleging "predatory" behavior toward actresses, assistants, and models at the studio he co-founded. The company has filed a motion for dismissal alleging that Weinstein alone was responsible for his actions and that the acts allegedly happened over ten years ago.
Richard Winton, LA Times02/20/2018 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Products

Pacemakers, Defibrillators are Potentially Hackable
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Heart devices that use software or wireless communications may be vulnerable to hacker attacks that could cause life-threatening malfunctions, U.S. cardiologists say. Medical devices have been targets of hacking attacks for over a decade, physicians note in a paper published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The increasing popularity of devices using software and wireless communications has created a rising risk that hackers might reprogram devices to make them work improperly, interrupt the relay of information needed for doctors to monitor patients remotely, or prematurely drain the batteries, cardiologists write.
Lisa Rapaport, Reuters02/21/2018 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Wrongful Death

Parents File Suit After Son Dies During Pi Kappa Phi Hazing
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Pi Kappa Phi fraternity and nine of its members have been named in a wrongful death lawsuit over the hazing death of a Florida college student. The Florida State University pledge died in November of alcohol poisoning he suffered during a hazing ritual with the fraternity. His parents have filed suit against the fraternity alleging it "had been hazing and having pledges abuse alcohol for years and this was known and should have been known by each of the defendants."
Taylor Swaak, Newsweek02/21/2018 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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