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Over the Counter Meds: How Safe Are They?

July 19, 2008. By Gordon Gibb. Washington, DC: With a prescription, you are at least getting some intervention and experience—and some restrictions—when required to ingest a medication. And as dangerous as some meds appear to be, you benefit from a second pair of eyes with decades of medicinal trench warfare behind them. However, how safe are over the counter medications? And who, besides a busy pharmacist, can guide you through the maze? [ Read Over the Counter Meds: How Safe Are They? ]




Content Adword Overcharge: Keyword ‘Sucker’

July 19, 2008. By Gordon Gibb. Los Angeles, CA: It wasn’t that long ago that entrepreneurs were trying to figure out how to make a buck from this new, and strange frontier known as the Internet. Today, the new frontier is all things mobile—phones, internet, email, music, videos and a wealth of mobile phone content. Advertisers shilling their downloadable mobile content on the Internet are not just spending a small fortune with the hopes of making back an even bigger fortune, they may be spending too much thanks to overcharges. [ Read Content Adword Overcharge: Keyword ‘Sucker’ ]




Criminal Law: Restoring Dignity to a Proud Woman Left to Die

July 19, 2008. By Gordon Gibb. Brooklyn, NY: Anyone guilty of giving criminal lawyers a bad rap as being ambulance-chasers and opportunists always on the hunt for the next big case need only examine the last tragic hours of Esmin Green. The Jamaican immigrant and mother of six died June 18th under what has been described as horrid and cruel circumstances—and a lawyer skilled in criminal law is going to help the woman’s family bring those responsible for the tragedy to justice. [ Read Criminal Law: Restoring Dignity to a Proud Woman Left to Die ]




Hedge Funds and Mortgage Fraud

July 18, 2008. By Heidi Turner. Palm Beach, FL: Unscrupulous hedge fund managers and other financial advisors should be very nervous. Recent news has been filled with reports of indictments, lawsuits and arbitration cases against advisors who used their role for their own gain rather than for the benefit of their clients. More and more frequently, investors are holding their advisors accountable for providing misleading investment information. And they are not the only ones—even the FBI is getting involved. [ Read Hedge Funds and Mortgage Fraud ]




Automotive Motive: Know Your Rights and Act

July 18, 2008. By Gordon Gibb. Louisville, OH: While a vehicle lawsuit over allegedly defective engines in 2004 Ford F-250 Super-Duty trucks proceeds, owners continue to have problems with the power plant of a supposedly rugged truck that succeeds in costing owners in time, lost productivity and headaches. [ Read Automotive Motive: Know Your Rights and Act ]




Despite Suicide Risk, Feds Suggest Chantix Still the Best Way to Quit

July 18, 2008. By Gordon Gibb. Indianapolis, IN: As one of the first Chantix lawsuits against Pfizer becomes official this week, the entire Chantix issue just gets weirder: on one hand the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) highlights the risk of suicide in the Chantix Medication Guide. On the other, government health officials reportedly continue to urge smokers to use Chantix as part of any smoking cessation program. [ Read Despite Suicide Risk, Feds Suggest Chantix Still the Best Way to Quit ]




PPH: People Who Lost Pounds Now Losing Their Lives

July 17, 2008. By Gordon Gibb. Washington, DC: It is generally believed in this drug-driven society that the less medication you can get away with, the better. Thus if you’re up a few pounds and in need of dropping some weight, it’s always preferable to control the excess with diet and exercise, rather than popping a pill. Those that did pop pills back in the previous decade are suddenly finding themselves suffering from PPH, a rare but debilitating lung condition that is almost always fatal. [ Read PPH: People Who Lost Pounds Now Losing Their Lives ]




Hedge Fund Lawsuits: Did Your Hedge Fund Live Up to its Promise?

July 17, 2008. By Heidi Turner. New York, NY: People who are tired of hearing about hedge fund lawsuits may have to wait a while until the furor dies down. A lawsuit against Bear Stearns continues to make the news as amendments are filed, while lawsuits against other hedge fund managers are just getting underway. The common thread in these suits is the allegation that managers have violated their fiduciary duty to investors and hedge funds have not lived up to managers' promises. [ Read Hedge Fund Lawsuits: Did Your Hedge Fund Live Up to its Promise? ]




Levaquin: Pop an Antibiotic, Pop Your Shoulder...

July 17, 2008. By Gordon Gibb. Washington, DC: Concern over antibiotics is nothing new. So effective are they for treating infection, some doctors dispense them like candy and patients lap them up like a cat takes to milk. Many have debated that we're relying on them too heavily, and that pathogens that cause infection are building up a resistance to them. And now there's word that popping a certain antibiotic can pop your tendon. Levaquin, along with some others, has just been lavished with a black box warning. [ Read Levaquin: Pop an Antibiotic, Pop Your Shoulder... ]




Cipro Joins the Black Box Club Too Late for Some

July 17, 2008. By Gordon Gibb. Washington, DC: Credit the folks at the Los Angeles Times for daring to put a light-hearted spin on a serious subject Americans have grown weary of: black box warnings. And according to the venerable paper in the sun-kissed State, Cipro has 'joined the club' that already corrals many drugs not considered too dangerous to take off the market, but risky enough to warn people with a black box warning. [ Read Cipro Joins the Black Box Club Too Late for Some ]



• W.R. Grace Facing 110,000 Asbestos Lawsuits By Gordon Gibb (Jul-16-08)
• Auction-Rate Securities: Investors Led Down the Garden Path By Gordon Gibb (Jul-16-08)
• Digitek Recall: Yet Another Lawsuit After Heart Drug Turns Nasty By Gordon Gibb (Jul-15-08)
• Railroad Worker Safety: The Hazards of Noise and Hearing Loss By Gordon Gibb (Jul-15-08)
• Levaquin Upgraded to Black Box Warning By Jane Mundy (Jul-12-08)
• Cipro Given Black Box Warning By Jane Mundy (Jul-12-08)
• Lehman Brothers Faces ERISA Lawsuit By Heidi Turner (Jul-10-08)
• Is Gardasil to Blame in Teen Deaths and Adverse Effects? By Julia Browne (Jul-9-08)
• ATV Rollovers: The Sad Truth By Heidi Turner (Jul-9-08)
• Salmonella Tomatoes Without Borders By Jane Mundy (Jul-9-08)
• Avandia – I Survived a Widow Maker By Lucy Campbell (Jul-7-08)
• Unum: One Woman's Story By Gordon Gibb (Jul-6-08)
• Plane Crash: Hope and Celebration Ends in Tragedy By Gordon Gibb (Jul-5-08)
• Truck Accidents: Out for a Walk, Never to Come Home By Gordon Gibb (Jul-4-08)
• Did MRI Contrast Agents Cause Kidney Failure? By Jane Mundy (Jul-3-08)
• More Heparin Lawsuits Filed By Heidi Turner (Jul-3-08)
• Unpaid California Overtime 101: It’s Soooo Easy… By Gordon Gibb (Jul-2-08)
• Ortho Evra – What's The Body Count Really Worth? By Lucy Campbell (Jul-1-08)
• Hedge Fund Collapse By Heidi Turner (Jul-1-08)
• A Litany of Truck Accidents By Heidi Turner (Jul-1-08)
• ATV Rollovers: Summer Fun Takes a Tragic Turn By Heidi Turner (Jun-30-08)
• Tomato Salmonella: BLT's or just BL Sandwiches? By Jane Mundy (Jun-29-08)
• Botox: Will Jekyll, or Hyde Come Calling on You? By Gordon Gibb (Jun-29-08)
• MRI Health Risks: "I need to get tested for NSF/NFD" By Jane Mundy (Jun-28-08)
• Investors Lose Big with Citigroup Hedge Funds By Heidi Turner (Jun-27-08)
• Total Body Supplement: Total Contamination By Heidi Turner (Jun-27-08)
• Plane Crash: Lawsuits and Accidents in the News By Heidi Turner (Jun-27-08)
• Ortho Evra Patch: Warnings and Settlements By Jane Mundy (Jun-27-08)
• Yamaha ATV: Was Rhino Under-tested Before Coming to Market? By Gordon Gibb (Jun-26-08)
• Workers Denied Overtime Pay By Heidi Turner (Jun-26-08)
• Exposure to Mineral Dust Causes Lifelong Health Issues. By Julia Browne (Jun-26-08)
• Overtime in California: Employees Expected to Work During Vacations By Heidi Turner (Jun-25-08)
• Hedge Fund Fraud: Playing Poker with People's Lives By Gordon Gibb (Jun-25-08)
• ATV Design Favors Rollover: Engineer By Gordon Gibb (Jun-25-08)
• Heparin Devices: More News of Heparin Deaths By Heidi Turner (Jun-25-08)
• Total Body Supplement: Total Screw-Up By Gordon Gibb (Jun-24-08)
• Digitek Death: The Letter Arrived Too Late By Gordon Gibb (Jun-24-08)
• Yamaha Rhino Killed My 10-Year Old Daughter. By Lucy Campbell (Jun-24-08)
• Asbestos Mesothelioma: When the Dust Settles…Despair By Gordon Gibb (Jun-23-08)
• Plane Crash: "The Whole Thing was on Fire" By Gordon Gibb (Jun-23-08)
• Tainted Heparin: Where Will the Recall of Medical Devices End? By Gordon Gibb (Jun-23-08)
• Truck Accidents: Families Left Devastated By Heidi Turner (Jun-22-08)
• Paxil Birth Defects By Heidi Turner (Jun-20-08)
• Unum: a Tale of Two Extremes By Gordon Gibb (Jun-19-08)
• ReNu Contact Lens Solution: Consumers Put at Risk By Heidi Turner (Jun-19-08)
• Nursing Home Abuse of the Worst Kind: Rape By Gordon Gibb (Jun-19-08)
• COUP CONTRE COUP (The Neglected Brain Injury) (Jun-18-08)
• Yamaha Rhino ATV: The Death Toll Rises By Gordon Gibb (Jun-14-08)
• Auction Rate Securities: Inside the Mind of a Conniving Trader By Gordon Gibb (Jun-14-08)
• Ortho Evra: Risks Known Before Contraceptive Patch was Approved By Gordon Gibb (Jun-14-08)
• Truck Accident: Seven Years for Seven Lives Lost By Gordon Gibb (Jun-13-08)
• California Overtime Laws Include Small Businesses By Heidi Turner (Jun-13-08)
• Boat Accident Lawsuits By Heidi Turner (Jun-12-08)
• Landlord and Tenant: Let's Get Personal… By Gordon Gibb (Jun-12-08)
• California Unpaid Overtime: Electricians Taking Contractors to Court By Gordon Gibb (Jun-12-08)
• Icy Hot: Some Nasty Stories By Gordon Gibb (Jun-11-08)
• Tainted Heparin: It's Still Out There, and Still a Concern By Gordon Gibb (Jun-11-08)
• Couple Awarded $1.3 Million in Stockbroker Arbitration Claim By Heidi Turner (Jun-10-08)
• FDA Imposes Warnings of Suicidality on Anti-Epileptic Medications By Lucy Campbell (Jun-7-08)
• California Unpaid Overtime: Missed Meal Breaks Equals Extra Hours By Gordon Gibb (Jun-6-08)
• Trasylol: Not Too Late to Join a Lawsuit By Heidi Turner (Jun-6-08)
• Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawsuits Increasing By Jane Mundy (Jun-5-08)
• Wrongful Death Lawsuits Filed By Heidi Turner (Jun-4-08)
• Defective Products Cause Harm By Heidi Turner (Jun-3-08)
• No Extra Pay for Off-Clock-Employee Overtime By Julia Browne (May-27-08)
• Chantix Suicide: Quit-Smoking Aid, or Smoking Gun? By Gordon Gibb (May-25-08)
• Botox Adverse Effects Makes Looking Younger, Less Attractive By Gordon Gibb (May-24-08)
• Boat Accident Lawsuits Complicated By Heidi Turner (May-23-08)
• Class Action Lawsuit in Recalled Pet Food Case Settled in Hawaii (May-23-08)
• Intellectual Property Law: Nintendo Loses $21 Million Lawsuit (May-22-08)
• Employment Class Action Lawsuit: At The Car Wash (May-22-08)
• Hutchinson Technology: Damages Awarded in Unpaid Wages Suit (May-21-08)
• Loss of Dignity: Sum of $904,200 Awarded in Eldercare Lawsuit (May-20-08)
• One More Tractor-Trailer Related Fatality By Lucy Campbell (May-19-08)
• NuvaRing & Breaking the Silence By Lucy Campbell (May-18-08)
• Fen-phen PPH: "I Was Scared to Death" By Gordon Gibb (May-17-08)
• AMD Files Antitrust Suit against Intel By Ginger Gillenwater (May-15-08)
• Lawsuit Alleges Tattoo Parlor Rules Violate Civil Rights By Ginger Gillenwater (May-14-08)
• Man Files First Lawsuit in Casa Fiesta Salmonella Outbreak By Ginger Gillenwater (May-13-08)
• Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against LifeLock By Ginger Gillenwater (May-13-08)
• World's Largest Oil Companies Settle with Water Providers for $423M By Ginger Gillenwater (May-12-08)
• Discrimination Suit Settled by Conectiv and Others for $1.65M By Ginger Gillenwater (May-11-08)
• AIG Sued by Starr Foundation for Alleged Stock Fraud By Ginger Gillenwater (May-11-08)
• State Settles for $4.25 Mil in Whistleblower Lawsuit By Ginger Gillenwater (May-11-08)
• Which is the Killer: The Cigarette or the Drug? (May-9-08)
• NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Policy Challenged by Civil Rights Group (May-9-08)
• Antitrust Suit against GlaxoSmithKline Certified Class Action (May-9-08)
• Aging School Buildings, Asbestos, and Our Teachers (May-8-08)
• Arguments Begin Over 2001 Anthrax Death (May-8-08)
• Labor Lawsuit Settled for $625,000 (May-8-08)
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