| 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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| Dallas Car Wrecks CLE Seminar, October 8, 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! Join the TTLA Advocates Board of Directors at Happy Hour after the Seminar from 5:00-8:00pm (included in registration). Click on the headline to learn more and register.
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| TTLA Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Seminar | April 3-4 | Royal Sonesta, Houston | This year, experience something REAL at the premier Texas Pharmaceutical Seminar. Click the headline for more information on the 3rd Annual TTLA Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Seminar. You won't want to miss this sell-out seminar with our lineup of in-demand topics, storied speakers and unparalleled insight. Real Torts. Real Talk. Real Time.
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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| Amputee Awarded Benefits in Rare Order |  | Jane Hays who lost her leg in a car accident on the way back from a work meeting will start receiving her workers' compensation benefits after all ' at least for now. The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation ordered the insurer (Texas Political Subdivisions) to start immediately paying Jane Hays temporary income benefits and cover the cost of her reasonable and necessary medical care.
Jay Root , Texas Tribune 09/28/2015    | | Read Article: Texas Tribune |
| Overloaded Federal Courts Lead to Delays in Civil, Criminal Cases | | | Across the country, federal district courts have seen a rise in recent years in the time it takes to get civil cases to trial and resolve felony criminal cases as judges' workloads have increased, according to statistics from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. The problem is particularly acute in some federal courts such as California's and Texas's Eastern Districts. Judges there have workloads about twice the national average and say they are struggling to keep up.
SUDHIN THANAWALA, Associated Press, US News and World Report 09/28/2015
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| Fig & Olive Faces Lawsuits Over Salmonella Outbreak | | Multiple lawsuits have been filed against the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. locations of restaurant Fig & Olive, which has been linked to a salmonella outbreak. According to Food Poisoning Bulletin, these two of the restaurant's locations have been accused of causing illness in as many as 160 people in five states. Reports indicate that nine of the California cases of illness were caused by the same strain of salmonella as the D.C. cases. The restaurant is a New York-based chain.
Samantha Bonar, LA Times 09/25/2015 | | Read Article: LA Times |
| Cleveland Cardiologist Found Guilty of Unnecessary Medical Procedures | | After facing several lawsuits by former patients, a cardiologist from Cleveland, Ohio has been found guilty by a jury on Friday afternoon of performing unnecessary procedures and over-billing insurance companies. After the four-week trial, the cardiologist was found guilty of health-care fraud and 13 counts of making false statements relating to health-care matters.
Eric Heisig, Cleveland.com 09/25/2015 | | Read Article: Cleveland.com |
| Lance Armstrong Settles Case With Promotions Company | | Lance Armstrong has settled a decade-long dispute with Dallas-based SCA Promotions that sought repayment of more than $10 million in bonuses it paid the former cyclist during a career that was later exposed to be fueled by performance-enhancing drugs.
Jim Vertuno, AP, The Washington Post 09/28/2015 | | Read Article: The Washington Post |
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