| 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 | Oct 22- 23 | 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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| With Federal Lawsuit a Dallas Realtor Joins Battle Against VW |  | On Monday Dallas resident Amie Parsons sued VW, claiming that the German car-maker is responsible for 'one of the most deliberate and blatant frauds to be perpetrated on the U.S. consumers by an international automotive conglomerate in history.' Says the suit, Parsons 'intends to assert a claim under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, which makes it unlawful to commit â?˜[f]alse, misleading, or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce.'
Robert Wilonsky, The Dallas Morning News 09/30/2015    | | Read Article: The Dallas Morning News |
| Harris County Wants $100M for VW Fumes | | Harris County on Tuesday set in motion a $100 million environmental lawsuit against Volkswagen, claiming emissions from 6,000 diesel cars circulating on roadways in the region have caused harm to the population. County Attorney Vince Ryan said his review of filings indicated this could be the first government suit against the car company since the executives admitted to cheating on emissions monitoring in diesel cars released since 2009.
Gabrielle Banks, Houston Chronicle 09/30/2015 | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
| U.S. Workers Sue Monsanto Claiming Herbicide Caused Cancer | | A U.S. farm worker and a horticultural assistant have filed lawsuits claiming Monsanto Co.'s Roundup herbicide caused their cancers and Monsanto intentionally misled the public and regulators about the dangers of the herbicide. The lawsuits come six months after the World Health Organization's cancer research unit said it was classifying glyphosate, the active weed-killing ingredient in Roundup and other herbicides, as "probably carcinogenic to humans."
CAREY GILLAM, Reuters 09/30/2015 | | Read Article: Reuters |
| How Blue Bell Blew It | | Blue Bell's contamination episode shows the limits of the food-protection system'especially when the company is slow to come clean. The episode reveals not only how difficult it is to trace the source of food-borne illness but also what happens when a company is slow to tackle the causes'and doesn't come clean with its customers.
Peter Elkind, Fortune 09/25/2015 | | Read Article: Fortune |
| Fiat Chrysler Concedes Violating Rule on Reporting Death and Injury Claims | | Federal regulators said on Tuesday that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles had significantly underreported to regulators the number of death and injury claims linked to possible defects in its cars. Fiat Chrysler's admission of the underreporting, discovered in an internal review tied to the company's recent $105 million settlement over its handling of recalls, could result in new penalties.
BILL VLASIC, The New York Times 09/30/2015 | | Read Article: The New York Times |
| Calif. Man Dies in Collision with Guardrail, Family Files Suit | | The family of a California man who died in an automobile collision has filed a lawsuit alleging that a dangerous guardrail caused his death. The lawsuit was filed by the man's family after the accident which took place in March. The 22-year-old man from Richmond, California fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a guardrail near a railroad which pierced his head. The lawsuit names as defendants Contra Costa County, the city of Richmond and Richmond Pacific Railroad.
Melanie Woodrow, ABC7 - San Francisco 09/30/2015 | | Read Article: ABC7 - San Francisco |
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