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Sort by date 16,381 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- How Will New EEOC Regulations in 2018 Affect Donning and Doffing?
Feb-11-17 Washington, DC: Employers, and especially those employing 100 workers or greater, will be looking to 2018 and preparations for a response to new rules proposed for the employer information report under the auspices of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEO-1). There is speculation the proposed changes could expose employers to increased instances... - $1M Settlement Proposed in Harmless Harvest Coconut Water Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $1 million settlement has been proposed in a pending consumer fraud class action lawsuit filed against Harmless Harvest Inc, makers of coconut water products that allegedly carried false information on their labelling. The lawsuit claimed that the coconut water product packaging contained false and misleading statements that its... - Latest Defective Catheter Takes Its Place in Long Line of FDA Recalls
Feb-8-17 Silver Spring, MD: When it comes to defective catheters causing injury , Bard Peripheral Vascular's recall of its Halo One Thin-Walled Guiding Sheath is the latest in a long line of catheter recalls that include the Boston Scientific Corp. Fetch 2 Aspiration Catheter and Cook Medical's Shuttle Select Slip-Catheter and Beacon catheters. Catheters, w... - $15.3 Million Settlement over Predatory Lending
Feb-10-17 Richmond, VA: An alleged purveyor of predatory lending is facing a settlement in excess of $15 million following protracted litigation lasting years and involving various interpretations pertaining to whether, or not the defendant(s) claims to immunity from state laws were legal, or justified. Most states have laws governing the amount of interest a... - Appeals: I’ve had a Few, but then Too Few to Mention?
Feb-10-17 New Orleans, LA: It’s little wonder that Hip Replacement Implant Failure litigation, as is apparent with a majority of cases, takes so long to resolve given the right and freedom for both plaintiff and defendant to appeal a ruling either party feels is unjust. To this end, recent bellwether lawsuits involving settlements against DePuy and Johnson... - INRatio Class Action Headed for Trial
Feb-7-17 Los Angeles, CA The Alere INRatio home monitoring system offered warfarin (Coumadin) users a convenient way to test their blood clotting rate without having to go the doctor’s office or a laboratory. Instead, they got an expensive, unreliable and potentially dangerous product. They want their money back. Thousands of people who purchased... - Damning Report on FDA Approval of Power Morcellators Released
Feb-9-17 Washington, DC: According to findings from a just-released investigative report, during the past 20 years the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved 25 surgical devices such as power morcellators, that have the potential to spread undiagnosed cervical cancer in women. The reason for the approvals, according to the U.S. Government Accou... - Counsel for US Airways Asks Judge to Reject Overtime Claims by Certified Class
Feb-6-17 San Francisco, CA: Attorneys for US Airways in a California labor class action lawsuit filed in 2012 asked a federal judge in a hearing last month to reject California overtime claims brought by a certified class of US Airways fleet service agents, claiming that the unionized workers' collective bargaining agreement (CBA) and the Railroad Labor Act (RL... - Federal Bair Hugger Lawsuits Climbing, Now Number 1105 in MDL
Feb-8-17 Minneapolis, MN: It’s little wonder the Bair Hugger lawsuit ledger continues to grow and swell, given the number of patients for whom the forced-air warming system has been utilized over the past 25 years: some 200 million procedures have used the system, originally designed and deployed to keep the patient warm and prevent hypothermia, amongst o... - Invokana Still Invoking Concerns
Feb-8-17 Trenton, NJ: It was about a year ago that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) raised the alarm over kidney problems associated with diabetes medication Invokana and other drugs in the SGLT2 class. This followed a warning the previous year from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, which reported in 2015 its identification of some 457 serious adverse... - Monsanto Loses Labelling Battle in California – Tentatively
Feb-3-17 Fresno, CA: Opponents and families involved in lawsuits against the makers of the chemical herbicide known as Roundup are hailing a “tentative decision” by a California judge based on written arguments to allow glyphosate to be added to the “list of chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer” under... - Hernia Mesh Implants: Risks Outweigh Benefits
Feb-5-17 Portland, OR: Given the amount of recent complaints following hernia repair surgery, abdominal mesh complications could soon equal, or even surpass, transvaginal mesh complaints, of which more than 100,000 lawsuits have been filed. Despite reports questioning the benefits of abdominal mesh, and studies indicating the risks may outweigh the benefits... - Benicar Side Effects Lawsuit Blocked from Remand to State Court
Feb-7-17 Camden, NJ: A Benicar side effects lawsuit has suffered a setback after a federal judge in New Jersey found issues with various aspects of the medical malpractice lawsuit, thereby refusing to send the lawsuit back to state court in Texas, where the action was originally filed. US District Judge Robert B. Kugler is overseeing Benicar Lawsuits in multid... - New Balance Hit with California Class Action
Feb-6-17 Los Angeles, CA: The day before the Trump Administration initiated its contentious travel ban against individuals hailing from seven predominantly-Muslim countries, a move in part in support of the Administration’s mandate to safeguard and promote America and American workers, New Balance Athletics Inc. (New Balance) was hit with a putative Califor... - Smith & Nephew Hip Implant Lawsuits Headed to Multidistrict Litigation
Feb-4-17 Dallas Ft. Worth, Texas: Plaintiffs injured by Smith & Nephew Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) and R3 hip replacement implant failure filed a petition on February 1 with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to consolidate all pending federal BHR and R3 cases in a single venue or courthouse. "The plaintiffs have requested a Maryland fed... - A Victory for Pennsylvania Donning & Doffing Lawsuit Plaintiffs
Feb-4-17 Towanda, PA: A rather complex Pennsylvania Donning and Doffing lawsuit ended the year in 2016 with a partial victory for three Pennsylvania plaintiffs who took issue with their employer for attempting to offset off-the-clock work with payments for lunch breaks. The defendants in the putative class action are EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DuPont) a... - $53M Settlement Reached In Milk Products Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $52 million settlement has been reached in an antitrust class action lawsuit pending against several milk producers alleging they conspired to fix milk prices. According to the complaint, the defendants, namely National Milk Producers Federation aka Cooperatives Working Together (CWT), Dairy Farmers of America Inc., Land O’Lake... - New Study Suggests IVC Filters are Overused
Jan-30-17 Boston, MA: IVC filters are typically considered life-saving devices that can prevent a patient from suffering a pulmonary embolism in cases where the patient cannot take an anticoagulant. Concerns have been raised, however, that patients who have an inferior vena cava filter implanted are at an increased risk of serious complications, including device... - Why Take Lyrica and Other Anticonvulsant Drugs Associated with Birth Defects?
Jan-30-17 Washington, DC: Not all anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) are made equal. Some AEDs, including Lyrica , are known to be associated with more birth defects than others. So why are they prescribed to pregnant women and/or women who may get pregnant? The latter question is raised because some women don’t realize they are pregnant until late in their fir... - Xarelto Bellwether Pushed Back by NBA All-Star Game
Feb-3-17 New Orleans, LA: The maiden bellwether Xarelto lawsuit was originally scheduled to commence this month, an important event given that the number of Xarelto Bleeding Issue cases now exceeds 10,000. However, the important work of establishing potential liability and proving, or disproving allegations of Xarelto side effects and other claims will have...