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		<title>Watch Your P&#8217;s and Q&#8217;s on Facebook and Twitter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janem</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have a potential personal injury suit, the first thing a lawyer will tell you is to &#8220;Keep your mouth shut&#8221;. They should also add -and many already do&#8211; &#8220;Stay off Facebook, Twitter, and any other social networking sites, including your own blog.&#8221;
Not only are more people than ever turning to Internet sources for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Taking Baby Steps on BPA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter West</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week the US Food and Drug Administration did an about-face on its stance with regard to bisphenol-A (BPA), saying Friday that it has had &#8220;some concern about the potential effects of BPA on the brain, behavior and prostate gland of fetuses, infants and children,&#8221; and would join other federal health agencies in studying the chemical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abuse is Abuse, Regardless of Gender</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/abuse-is-abuse-regardless-of-gender-02421.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter West</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Injury]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Harassment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/?p=2421</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In late 2009 an upscale New York restaurant was hit with a lawsuit by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for alleged harassment against male employees by other male employees. The alleged abuse includes attempts to grab buttocks and genitals, pushing one&#8217;s body against another in a sexually suggestive fashion and the verbalization of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You can sue Tobacco, but it may cost you</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/you-can-sue-tobacco-but-it-may-cost-you-02404.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/you-can-sue-tobacco-but-it-may-cost-you-02404.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AbiK</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Injury]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Philip Morris]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tobacco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been keeping up with the news on smoking lawsuits, you&#8217;ll know that Florida is the hotbed for action right now. Ever since the Florida Supreme Court threw out a $145 billion judgement against Philip Morris et al in 2006, the road has been opened up for smokers to file individual lawsuits against the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pole-Dancing Workout Leads to Lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AbiK</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Injury]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[


I&#8217;m on the fence (vs. the pole) on this one. Here&#8217;s the low-down (via nydailynews):

NY Dermatologist Sue Ann Wee is suing Crunch gym (that&#8217;s not her, or Crunch in the vid).
She was taking a pole-dancing workout class.
She had signed up for a free class (aka, this was apparently her first go at the pole)
Wee&#8217;s suit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moose Takes Nose Dive into Diner</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AbiK</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Raina Kumra]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[restaurant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When was the last time you stepped into a place that used taxidermy as art? It actually hasn&#8217;t been that long for me—just last week in fact at Thomas Edison&#8217;s house in West Orange, NJ. But before that, it was a college-aged roadtrip to a rinky-dink bar in the backwoods of Amish country—the sort of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex Toys Need to Be Safe</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/sex-toys-need-to-be-safe-02303.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter West</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Injury]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BPA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Health Canada]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Phthalates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a titillating subject to be sure and one that would be expected to serve as the butt of many a joke in the locker rooms of the nation. The fact remains, however that sex toys comprise a legitimate product component in the retail industry—and like any product that is used for the purposes to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Button Batteries Bad for Babies – and Kids in General</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/button-batteries-bad-for-babies-%e2%80%93-and-kids-in-general-02161.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/button-batteries-bad-for-babies-%e2%80%93-and-kids-in-general-02161.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LucyC</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Injury]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just a heads-up as Christmas is around the corner&#8230;a warning was issued today about those ubiquitous button batteries—you know—the little round guys that power everything from alarm clocks to greeting cards to cameras.
Dr. Sam Daniel who works out of the Montreal Children&#8217;s Hospital, in Quebec, Canada, told the media that if kids ingest these batteries, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Landmark Ruling Awards Florida Smoker $300 Million</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/landmark-ruling-awards-florida-smoker-300-million-01958.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/landmark-ruling-awards-florida-smoker-300-million-01958.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter West</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Injury]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Altria Group]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Clifford Douglas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David Adelman]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lucinda Naugle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Philip Morris]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[University of Michigan Tobacco Research Network]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fort Lauderdale, FL: A landmark ruling by a jury in Fort Lauderdale late Thursday could set the stage for additional personal injury lawsuits after a Florida woman was awarded $300 million in a tobacco lawsuit. Provided the verdict survives an assumed appeal by defendant Philip Morris, the award represents the largest single award to an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pet Turtles, Salmonella and the Ban No One Knows About</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/pet-turtles-salmonella-and-the-ban-no-one-knows-about-01722.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/pet-turtles-salmonella-and-the-ban-no-one-knows-about-01722.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter West</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Food Illness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personal Injury]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[FDA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Salmonella]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Turtles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a ban on small pet turtles? 
Really? 
Okay, so the ban is only on pet turtles less than four inches in diameter. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) enacted the ban after reports surfaced that children were putting the cute little things in their mouths. However, it wasn&#8217;t a choking hazard that seemed to drive [...]]]></description>
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