IMPORTANT: Member Needs Survey Hits Your Inbox Next Week | Next week expect an email containing an online survey for you to provide feedback on your experience with TTLA programs and to rate TTLAâ??s performance. Your responses will remain anonymous. This is an important component of our effort to ensure that TTLA is exceeding our membersâ?? expectations. So, please take a few minutes to participate | TTLA Annual Meeting: Registration is Open! | Join TTLA December 8-9, 2016 at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas for the 2016 Annual Meeting and CLE Seminar. See this year's Keynote Speaker, Matthew Dowd, and other great speakers while earning up to 7.50 hours MCLE credit. Click on the headline to learn more. | Texas Tribune Daily Brief | | St. Jude Forms Advisory Board Following Heart Device Malfunction Allegations | | St. Jude Medical Inc., has announced that it will be setting up an advisory board to investigate claims that its heart devices are "riddled with defects that make them vulnerable to fatal cyber hacks." The medical-device maker is currently under investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. St. Jude says that the new Cyber Security Medical Advisory Board would advise on cyber-security standards for medical devices. Staff Report, The Star News - Canada 10/18/2016 | Read Article: The Star News - Canada | Samsung to Face First Class Action Over Galaxy Note 7 Phones | | Samsung is facing the first class action lawsuit over its now-recalled Galaxy Note 7 phones, which have been known to explode. The company previously replaced parts of the phones after multiple instances of the phones catching fire and/or exploding. However, Samsung recalled the phones completely after the phones with new parts were also prone to catching fire and exploding. The lawsuit, filed by three Samsung Galaxy Note 7 owners, seeks unspecified damages and an order requiring the company to repair, recall and/or replace the phones, and extend applicable warranties. Chris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg 10/18/2016 | Read Article: Bloomberg | | |