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Oct-26-16 Santa Clara, CA: All prescription testosterone products will now carry class-wide labeling changes introduced by The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to warn of the health risks associated with testosterone abuse and dependence. The revised safety information is taken from published literature and case reports regarding the abuse and depende... - Will California Labor Lawsuit Bite Apple Profits?
Oct-21-16 San Diego, CA: A California labor class action lawsuit involving current and former Apple employees over nine years just commenced in California. The Apple California Labor Code Class Action Suit, filed October 16, 2016, includes over 20,000 class members. The case was first filed back in 2011, when four employees (the Plaintiffs) claimed that Appl... - The Business of Transvaginal Mesh
Oct-16-16 New York, NY: While countless women are suffering serious transvaginal mesh injuries, market researchers report on how “negative press” has impacted sales in the European and U.S. market. Perhaps 49,000 federal lawsuits against TVM makers are also to blame. One disturbing comment from this recent market research report is how “... - Consolidation Granted for Monsanto Roundup Lawsuits
Oct-25-16 Oakland, CA: Efforts to consolidate Monsanto Roundup lawsuits involving the well-known weed killer Roundup by Monsanto Co. (Monsanto) have resulted in centralization in California, a win for plaintiffs who had been pushing for the Golden State over other jurisdictions Monsanto fought centralization, but these efforts failed to sway the Court. Lawsui... - Apple Lawsuit Alleging California Labor Violations Gets Underway
Oct-25-16 San Diego, CA: A lawsuit filed by Apple employees alleging the company violated California labor law by not providing employees with proper meal and rest breaks is underway in San Diego. As many as 18,000 employees could be affected by the lawsuit. Apple has also recently faced allegations it denied employees overtime pay by not properly compensating w... - Airbag Injury Lawsuits Filed in North Carolina
Oct-24-16 Guilford County, NC: There is little doubt that a host of airbag injury plaintiffs allege their airbag injuries to be catastrophic in nature. In the case of David Earl Ebron Jr., who does indeed allege catastrophic airbag injuries , the plaintiff alleges he suffered the indignity of being injured twice. According to an airbag failure lawsuit Ebron fi... - Students Win $11.2M Settlement in Chicago School of Psychology Fraud Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $11.2 million settlement in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against The Chicago School of Psychology has received final approval. The lawsuit was brought by students who alleged they were provided with misleading information regarding the school’s accreditation and their job prospects after completing their courses... - Alere Triage Products Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Washington, DC: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified healthcare professionals of a Class I Recall of Alere Triage products. Identified lots may have significantly decreased precision relative to the package insert, which could result in an increased frequency of false positive or false negative results. These false positive and false neg... - Olympus Duodenoscopes: Failure to Warn “Disturbing”
Oct-23-16 Seattle, WA: Mere days after the Los Angeles Times detailed allegations that endoscope manufacturer Olympus Corp. instructed its US executives to keep mum about endoscope-related infections, Representative Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) was renewing his push for the US Congress to get tough with medical device warnings. Plaintiffs, in the meantime, remain embroiled... - Gulf Oil Spill Damaging Lives and Livelihoods
May-3-10 New Orleans, LA As round-the-clock crisis management of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster continues in the Gulf of Mexico, experts are suggesting that efforts to clean-up one of the worst oil spills in history could go on for years. And the costs, both in environmental and human terms, could be unprecedented, as the environmental devastation could... - Attorney: Ethicon Physiomesh Flexible Composite Mesh Withdrawn Due to High Revision Rates
Oct-22-16 Dallas, TX: Attorneys are investigating possible lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon concerning the Ethicon Physiomesh Flexible Composite Mesh . The Physiomesh, used in laparoscopic hernia surgeries, has reportedly been linked to higher than normal revision rates. In May 2016, the Ethicon Physiomesh Flexible Composite Mesh produc... - What Is Bayer Really Saying About Yasmin / Yaz?
May-1-10 Washington, DC The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has negotiated with Yasmin and Yaz manufacturer Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals to update the products labels for Yaz (3 mg drospirenone / 0.02 mg ethinyl estradiol) and Yasmin (3 mg drospirenone / 0.03 mg ethinyl estradiol) in the US in order to reflect concerns over the link between the oral c... - IVC Filters a ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ for Canadian Patients
Oct-19-16 Courtice, ON: Retrievable inferior vena cava filters (IVC filter) are yet another example of an otherwise promising medical device with a definitive dark side: they can fail while implanted in the body with often disastrous consequences. Designed to be removed after a period of time, most can’t. It leaves the IVC filter patient dealing with so... - Taxotere Hair Loss: “It’s Devastating”
Oct-18-16 Montreal, PQ: With taxotere hair loss lawsuits now centralized and consolidated in Louisiana, it’s apparent the courts are viewing the Taxotere hair loss file as one that may be around for some time, given allegations of permanent hair loss by a growing number of plaintiffs. Taxotere (docetaxel) is a cancer drug used in association with chemot... - Patients Allege They Were Harmed by Actos
Oct-17-16 Shreveport, LA: It may have been a few years since Actos litigation first got underway, but lawsuits are still being transferred into the Actos multidistrict litigation, and plaintiffs are still filing lawsuits alleging they were harmed by the use of the drug. Meanwhile, allegations from a whistleblower that Takeda Pharmaceuticals paid kickbacks for pr... - Belgian AndroGel Manufacturer Attempts to Duck Testosterone Lawsuits
Oct-17-16 Chicago, IL: A manufacturer of a testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) based in Belgium recently petitioned to escape a testosterone lawsuit , given that the pharmaceutical company has little exposure, knowledge or influence over the US market. However, a federal judge in Illinois would have none of it. It appears that Besins Healthcare, the manufac... - Don’t Let Unpaid Hospital Bills Ruin Your Life
Oct-16-16 Los Angeles, CA It happens more than you might think. An uninsured patient comes into the hospital for medical treatment. It’s when they get the hospital bill that they really start to feel sick. The bill turns out to be so large it is impossible to pay. So, the uninsured patient doesn’t pay the bill because they don’t have the mo... - Congress Overrides Obama, Allows State Sponsored Terrorism Lawsuits Linked to 9/11
Oct-16-16 Washington, DC: Congress has vetoed President Barack Obama, opening the door for the families of people killed in the 9/11 terror attacks to file state-sponsored terrorism lawsuits against Saudi Arabia. Although an inquiry has not turned up evidence Saudi Arabia was involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Congress voted to allow the families of the vic... - Fire Crews Concerned about Ohio Labor Laws that Limit Hours
Apr-29-10 Columbus, OH A number of firefighters in the Buckeye State are expressing concerns that Ohio labor laws relating to billable hours may be endangering the finances of Ohio's Bravest and the safety of the community at large. Part-time municipal employees who don't receive health and pension benefits in Ohio aren't supposed to work more than 1,500 hours a... - Attorney: Stryker LFIT V40 Femoral Head "Prone to Catastrophic Dislocation"
Oct-13-16 Dallas, TX: Lawsuits have been filed against the maker of the Stryker LFIT V40 femoral head, alleging patients were harmed by use of the hip implant component. Issues associated with the Stryker LFIT V40 femoral head reportedly result in failure of the device, requiring patients to undergo revision surgery to fix the problem. Dr. Shezad Malik, founder...