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Sort by relevance 1,836 pages found matching %3Cscript%3Ealert%28%27What_Security%3F%27%29%3C%2Fscript%3E- 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... - Study: IVC Filters Don't Save Trauma Lives
Oct-12-16 Boston, MA: A new study suggests that not only do IVC filters not save the lives of trauma patients, but leaving the IVC filters in for too long could put patients at increased risk. The study, which examined the use of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters in trauma patients, was published online in the journal JAMA Surgery (9/28/16). Lawsuits have been... - Janssen Knew About Issues With Alere INRatio Device
Oct-6-16 Boston, MA: A new report from BMJ suggests Janssen Pharmaceuticals knew about problems with the Alere INRatio device used during a trial to test a drug's safety but did not inform regulators about those issues. The report, published online September 28, 2016, involves an investigation conducted by The BMJ into whether Janssen and Bayer, co-makers o... - GM Recalls 3.6 Million Cars Linked to Airbag Issue
Sep-13-16 Detroit, MI: Vehicles with Takata airbags aren't the only ones experiencing airbag failures and other issues, even if they are getting the bulk of the attention these days. In the past week, General Motors issued a recall of more than 3.6 million vehicles thanks to a reported airbag defect that might prevent the airbag from deploying. According to W... - Taxotere Canadian Hair Loss Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Taxotere (generic name docetaxel) is a chemotherapy drug used in the treatment of certain cancers, including breast cancer. One drug side effect includes permanent hair loss, called alopecia. Taxotere lawsuits have been filed against Sanofi-Aventis, the manufacturer, claiming the drug company failed to warn of Taxotere hair loss . Canadian women first... - FDA Solidly on the Fence with Regard to Troubled Endoscope Reprocessor
Sep-8-16 Washington, DC: It is turning into a saga worthy of reality TV: the on-again, off-again relationship between the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Custom Ultrasonics Inc. (Custom) over the manufacturer’s System 83 Plus automated endoscope cleaning systems. Many an Endoscope lawsuit has alleged that infection has been passed from one pati... - Unum Proposes Long-term Disability Rate Hikes, Seniors Furious
Sep-3-16 Chattanooga, TN: You can’t help but think that Unum,or Unum Provident puts profits above people when its sales rise but at the same time the insurance provider proposes disability rate hikes up to 114 percent. Unum’s total revenue slid slightly to $2.6 billion in 2014 from $2.61 billion in the first quarter of 2013. Last month the Times... - IVC Filters: There is no Standardization of Care
Sep-3-16 Phoenix, AZ: The more one digs into the IVC filter debacle, the more one realizes the Catch 22 which appears to govern the existence of the small, spider-like devices designed as a hedge against the migration of potentially dangerous blood clots through the inferior vena cava vein, the major thoroughfare that carries blood up from the lower extremities... - Pradaxa Bleeding Event Lawsuits Continue to Flow Unabated
Sep-1-16 Hartford, CT: As we move into September and an end to the summer season with a return to classes, it’s instructive to revisit the onset of summer two years ago and the $650 million Pradaxa side effects settlement offered by Pradaxa manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim over its troubled new-age blood thinner. Two years later, the lawsuits are stil... - California Farm Workers Could Receive Bump in Overtime Pay
Aug-31-16 Sacramento, CA: California farm workers may now receive additional overtime pay after the California legislature voted to establish new farm worker overtime laws. And although the move does not directly address donning and doffing laws, those farm workers who have filed donning and doffing lawsuits could find themselves being paid overtime for hours sp... - Fast Food Workers Granted Class Action Status
Aug-15-16 Sacramento, CA: A California labor lawsuit that claimed McDonald's is responsible for how its franchisees manage their pay has been given the go-ahead to proceed as a class action lawsuit. Workers at five McDonald's restaurants in California filed the lawsuit, alleging the franchise owner - who owned all five restaurants - violated wage and hour laws,... - Former NFL Player Files Insurance Lawsuit
Aug-10-16 Charlotte, NC: It's not just the little guy who has his long term disability insurance claim denied by insurance companies. Even professional athletes who suffer debilitating injuries can fall victim to insurance company denials. Now, a former NFL player who had his career ended prematurely by a concussion has filed a lawsuit against an insurance compa... - Essure Good News and Bad News, from California to Connecticut
Aug-5-16 Hartford, CT: Judging from the recent Essure dismissal in a Connecticut court, you might want to keep a journal to record details of your Essure injury. If you have an Essure complaint in California, however, such documentation may not be as crucial. Essure Claims: Good News On August 2, 2016, Judge Winifred Smith in Superior Court of California... - Plaintiffs Continue to Advance Benicar Lawsuits, Alleging Defective Product
Jul-30-16 Port Arthur, TX: Anyone who dismisses the seriousness of the sprue-like enteropathy associated with use of hypertension drug Benicar, need only reference the number of Benicar Lawsuits currently on the books on behalf of various plaintiffs: as of March 1 of this year no fewer than 1,242 complaints. Sixty-seven of those cases are housed within multi-dis... - New Jersey Employment Labor Law Legal News and Information
New Jersey labor law lawsuits allege violations of New Jersey state labor laws including overtime pay, discrimination and harassment. The rights of employees in New Jersey are protected by a number of laws, including the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, the New Jersey Temporary Disability Benefits Law and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Possib... - Massachusetts Employment Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Massachusetts labor law lawsuits allege violations of Massachusetts state labor laws such as overtime pay, discrimination and harassment. The rights of employees in Massachusetts are protected by the a number of laws, including the Massachusetts Minimum Fair Wage Law, the Massachusetts Blue Laws and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Possible violations... - Texas Employment Labor Law
Texas Labor Law lawsuits allege violations of Texas state labor laws such as overtime pay, discrimination and harassment. The rights of employees in Texas are protected by the Texas Labor Code and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Possible violations of Texas employment labor law include wrongful termination, retaliation, discrimination, family and me... - Almost 6,000 Lawsuits Consolidated in Xarelto Litigation
Jul-14-16 New Orleans, LA: With almost 6,000 Xarelto lawsuits consolidated for pretrial proceedings, and more being regularly filed, plaintiffs await the day that bellwether trials will be heard. Those bellwether cases will set the tone for future Xarelto litigation, and will show both sides what the experts have to say about Xarelto side effects. According t... - IVC Filter Problems: Survivors Are Lucky…
Jul-11-16 Chicago, IL: As IVC filter lawsuits continue to climb, it is instructive to revisit the words of a noted interventional radiologist, from Stanford Health Care, who made damning comments late last year to NBC News (12/31/16) about the C. R. Bard inferior vena cava filter, and the impact it is having on patients. “All of the data that we&rsquo... - California Hotel Taking Advantage of Illegal Immigrants
Jul-10-16 Perris, CA: Ramon believes he was denied California overtime while working at a major hotel chain because they thought he was an illegal immigrant. “I look Mexican so they figured I had fake papers but they are illegally denying workers their rights,” says Ramon. Shortly after Ramon started working at the hotel he asked the manager when...