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  May 1, 2013

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Surviving Daubert Challenges

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May

Serious Head Injuries: Using the Latest Medical Knowledge and Tests to Persuade Juries

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May

ERISA Subrogation

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May

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May

Bad Faith and the Affirmative Duty of Insurance Companies to Resolve Cases

Announcements


 

 

Run-off Election for State Bar of Texas President-Elect

There will be a run-off election for State Bar of Texas President-elect held from May 9 through May 23 between Trey Apffel and Steve Fischer. The run-off election will cease at 5 p.m. on May 23. Click on headline for election results.  

 

TTLA 2013 Annual Conference - Reinventing The Rules With Rick Freidman

June 12 - 14, Sheraton Downtown Hotel - Austin Register Now! The TTLA CLE Committee is proud to have Rick Friedman present Reinventing the Rules during the Annual Conference. You will want to reserve the date and book early as we expect that this will be the most heavily attended seminar in TTLA history and space will be limited. Click on the headline to learn more!  

 

Laws/Cases


 

 

Suit Filed over Wrongful Sexual Assault Accusations

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Darius McClinton-Hunter, son of baseball player Torii Hunter, has filed a $40 million lawsuit against two girls at his high school who accused him of sexual assault last year. In May 2012, two girls at Prosper High School in Texas accused McClinton-Hunter and three others of forcing them to have sex, but recanted their claims a few days later. The plaintiff claims that because of the negative publicity, he has lost out on scholarship offers from major collegiate football programs.
Peter Barzilai, USA Today 04/30/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Harvard Student’s Suicide as a Case Study

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A lawsuit against Harvard provides rare detail on the issues involving a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder from a student-health department. Johnny Edwards, who had just finished his freshman year, received his diagnosis in June 2007 and was prescribed Adderall after a single examination at Harvard University Health Services. Mr. Edwards killed himself six months later after he was also prescribed antidepressant medications at the clinic. Mr. Edwards’s father, John, contends, among other accusations, that his son had never had A.D.H.D. and that Harvard’s original diagnostic procedure, and subsequent prescriptions for Adderall, did not meet medical standards.
ALAN SCHWARZ, The New York Times 05/01/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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BP Ordered to Give Lawyers’ E-Mails on Gulf-Spill Size to U.S.

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BP was ordered by a federal judge to give the U.S. government e-mails regarding Gulf of Mexico oil-spill volume estimates prepared with the help of the company’s internal and outside counsel. BP had sought to prevent disclosure of the documents, contending they were protected by attorney-client privilege. The e-mails discuss preparation of BP’s June 2010 letter to U.S. Rep Edward J. Markey. The letter is connected to BP’s guilty plea to a charge of obstructing Congress’s investigation of the April 2010 spill.
Margaret Cronin Fisk & Laurel Brubaker Calkins, Bloomberg 05/01/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Humira Was A Factor In Widespread Infection, Doctor Testifies

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An infectious disease doctor testified Tuesday that the blockbuster arthritis drug Humira was a substantial factor in a woman's widespread fungal infection, at an Illinois trial over claims that AbbVie Inc. and Abbott Laboratories had failed to warn about the drug's risks. Arnold Lentnek took the stand as an expert witness for plaintiff Milton Tietz, who alleges that in May 2010 his wife, Delores, was hospitalized, suffered multiple organ failure and nearly died of a fungal infection that had spread throughout her body.
Megan Stride, Law360.com 05/01/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Products


 

 

123,000 Nissan Sedans Recalled

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Nissan has issued a recall of about 123,000 Altima sedans over defects related to the spare tire. The company said the spare tires can overheat in the trunk and blow out due to over-inflation. Nissan officials said they are not aware of any accidents or injuries resulting from the issue.
Jerry Hirsch , LA Times 04/29/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Contaminated Ground Turkey Found in 21 States: Report

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Dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been found in ground turkey on U.S. grocery shelves across a variety of brands and stores located in 21 states, according to a report by a consumer watchdog organization. Of the 257 samples of ground turkey tested, more than half were found to be positive for fecal bacteria and overall, 90 percent were contaminated with one or more types of disease-causing organisms, many of which proved resistant to one or more common antibiotics, Consumer Reports found.
Carey Gillam, Reuters, Yahoo News 05/01/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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Issues


 

 

Attention-Deficit Drugs Face New Campus Rules

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Lisa Beach endured two months of testing and paperwork before the student health office at her college approved a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Then, to get a prescription for Vyvanse, a standard treatment for A.D.H.D., she had to sign a formal contract — promising to submit to drug testing, to see a mental health professional every month and to not share the pills. resno State is one of dozens of colleges tightening the rules on the diagnosis of A.D.H.D. and the subsequent prescription of amphetamine-based medications like Vyvanse and Adderall. Some schools are reconsidering how their student health offices handle A.D.H.D., and even if they should at all.
ALAN SCHWARZ, The New York Times 05/01/2013   Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon

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