| TACT
Registration opens TOMORROW at 7:00 AM! |
Set your
alarm clock for 6:45 AM TOMORROW, Thurs, Jan 23rd, to register for the 2020
Trial Advocacy College of Texas! Registration opens at 7:00 AM, space is
limited to the first 48 registrants. Click on the headline to learn more and
register
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| Bring
Your Legal Staff to the Houston Car Wrecks CLE |
Legal
Staff/Paralegals/Law Clerks are welcome to attend with a registered TTLA
attorney member. AND, is open to non-TTLA members who qualify for membership.
Houston Car Wrecks Seminar, Thursday, February 6, South Texas College of Law.
This daylong seminar includes nuts-and-bolts presentations that take you from
client intake all the way through trial. Come away with the tools you need to
compete in the courtroom. Click on the headline to learn more and register.
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Texas
Tribune Daily Brief
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| The
Brief for Jan 22 |
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In
today's Brief: Michael Bloomberg is spending a lot of money in Texas, but will
that strategy help him in the long run?
Elvia Limón, Texas Tribune 01/22/2020   
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Texas Tribune
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| Two
Years After Five Killed OK Well Explosion, Not Much Has Changed |
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Two years
ago, an oil well near a small Oklahoma town exploded into a fireball that
swept through a drilling rig, killing five in an accident deemed a needless
catastrophe by federal investigators and casting a short-lived spotlight on a
lack of regulation and oversight across the oil and gas industry. What has
happened since then? Not much.
Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle 01/22/2020
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Houston Chronicle
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| Federal
Appeals Court Rejects Youth Climate Change Lawsuit |
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A federal
appeals court has rejected a climate change lawsuit against the government
filed on behalf of a group of young people. The complaint sought to force the
government to draw up a plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions. In a split
decision Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco rejected the
lawsuit. According to the panel, while the evidence in the case was
compelling, it is beyond its power to order a remedial plan.
Edvard Pettersson, Andrew Harris, Kartikay Mehrotra, Claims
Journal 01/20/2020
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Claims Journal
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| Beauty
Products: You Are On Your Own |
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The
American beauty industry is highly unregulated, according to the Environmental
Working Group. It has been more than 80 years since Congress updated any
federal laws designed to ensure that beauty products, also called personal
care products, are safe, the EWG states.
JULIE GARCIA, Houston Chronicle 01/22/2020
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Houston Chronicle
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| New
Airbag Deflator Defect: Honda Recalling 2.7M Vehicles |
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Honda
Motor Co said on Tuesday it will recall 2.7 million older U.S. vehicles in
North America for potentially defective air bag inflators. The defect involves
a different type of Takata inflator than those that have prompted the
largest-ever auto safety recalls worldwide covering more than 42 million U.S.
vehicles by 19 automakers with Takata air bag inflators.
David Shepardson, Reuters 01/22/2020
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Reuters
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| Toyota
Recalls 2.9M Vehicles Due to Airbag Defect |
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Toyota
issued a massive recall on Tuesday to fix an airbag sensor defect on 2.9
million U.S. vehicles made over the course of nearly a decade. The vehicles
have a faulty electronic control unit, which is designed to assess incoming
signals from crash sensors and trigger an airbag deployment and seatbelt
tightening, if necessary.
Nathan Bomey, USA Today 01/22/2020
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USA Today
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| Judge
to Decide Case of Cincinnati Teen Who Died Trapped by Car Seat |
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A judge
is set to decide whether a lawsuit against the city of Cincinnati over the
death of a teen who was trapped in a car can proceed. Hamilton County Common
Pleas Court Judge Robert Ruehlman is expected to issue a ruling on Wednesday.
The lawsuit was filed against the city, its former city manager, two police
officers, and two 911 call takers by the parents of the 16-year-old boy who
died after becoming trapped under a folding seat in his car. The teen called
911 twice before dying of asphyxiation, according to the lawsuit.
Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Cincinnati Enquirer 01/22/2020
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The Cincinnati Enquirer
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