| TTLA Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Seminar | October 22-23 | Royal Sonesta, Houston | Get ready for 2015 PMD Night Out! Click the headline for more information on TTLA's Party of the Year! Held exclusively during TTLA's Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Seminar, this is the party you will be talking about all year. You also won't want to miss the sell-out seminar with an unprecedented lineup of in-demand topics, storied speakers and unparalleled insight. This year, experience something REAL. Real Torts. Real Talk. Real Time.
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| TTLA Annual Meeting & Advanced PI CLE Seminar December 2-4 | Mark your calendar and register today! TTLA Annual Meeting & Advanced PI CLE Seminar, December 2-4, Four Seasons Hotel, Houston. CLE speakers are confirmed and the program agenda is set. Registration is now open. Hotel room rate of $195 per night expires November 10. Reserve your room today using promo code CI1215LA or call 800-734-4114 and mention the Texas Trial Lawyers Association. Click on the headline to learn more.
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| San Antonio Car Wrecks CLE Seminar, November 5, 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! Click on the headline to learn more and register.
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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| Hospital Workers Often Transfer Germs When Removing Gloves, Gowns |  | Florescent lotion and black light revealed that health care workers often contaminate their skin and clothing while removing their protective gear, researchers say. This contamination can spread germs and place the health care workers at risk for infection, the authors write in JAMA Internal Medicine. 'It was surprising for the participants in the study to see that they frequently contaminated themselves during (personal protective equipment) removal,' said senior author Dr. Curtis J. Donskey of the Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
KATHRYN DOYLE, Reuters 10/13/2015    | | Read Article: Reuters |
| Boston Scientific Mesh Verdict Slashed to $10M | | Judge Mary Johnston in New Castle County, Delaware said Boston Scientific should only have to pay $10 million to a woman originally awarded $100 million by a jury who found she was injured by transvaginal mesh, a device that is the subject of thousands of lawsuits. But Johnston denied Boston Scientific's bid to set aside the verdict altogether and order a new trial. While the jury had properly decided the company's liability, Johnston wrote in her ruling that the jury's award was too high, particularly in comparison with the other mesh trials, in which punitive damages awards spanned from $1.75 million to $7.76 million.
JESSICA DYE, Reuters 10/13/2015 | | Read Article: Reuters |
| Blue Bell Workers Detail Unsanitary Conditions Inside Plant | | For the first time, former Blue Bell Ice Cream workers are claiming management ignored their complaints about conditions at their factory in Texas that was linked to an outbreak of listeria. During the outbreak, 10 people became sick and three died. The company recalled 8 million gallons of ice cream. Before this, Blue Bell was the number three brand in the country and was sold in 23 states.
Jim Axelrod and Emily Rand, CBS News, KHOU-TV 10/13/2015 | | Read Article: KHOU-TV |
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