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Sort by date 16,391 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Increasingly Savvy Hackers Snatched Billions of Dollars in Data
Feb-24-15 Seattle, WA Cyber thieves slipped through an unlocked door somewhere in the Anthem computer system and made off with the personal data of up to 80 million people. That number includes the health care provider giant’s past and current clients as well employees. According to Joseph Swedish, Anthem’s CEO, the cyber thieves accessed home addr... - Accutane Labeling and Litigation Angst
Feb-23-15 New York, NY Thousands of Accutane claimants in the consolidated state litigation are likely waiting anxiously to hear New Jersey Judge Nelson Johnson’s decision regarding the link to Accutane and Crohn’s disease. The outcome of the hearing was supposed to be announced by February 20, 2015. Roche, the Accutane manufacturer, told Judge J... - A Tough Title IX Fight in Alabama for BHJ
Feb-23-15 Huntsville, AL There is a lot of attention currently focused on the issue of sexual assault in educational environments. Five years ago, there were fewer news stories and arguably less consideration given to the rights of students and the responsibilities of schools and colleges to ensure a sexual harassment-free educational institution. That, in pa... - Energy Drink Lawsuit Filed After Consumer’s Death
Feb-20-15 Kansas City, MO Another energy drink lawsuit has been filed following the death of a consumer who drank numerous energy drinks in the days leading up to his death. The lawsuit, filed by the man’s wife, alleges energy drinks are falsely marketed as safe when in fact they are dangerous. According to some reports, the FDA has received numerous repor... - Yelp Businesses Have No Right to the Identity of Bad Critics
Feb-22-15 Public Citizen went before the Collin County, Texas, District Court in January to argue for an anonymous Yelp user’s right to privacy. When The Rhodes Group, a Collin County Texas real estate firm, received a negative review from an anonymous customer with the username Lin L., it sued, alleging defamation and requesting disclosure of her identity. L... - Major Victory for Truck Drivers in California Overtime Lawsuit
Feb-19-15 Los Angeles, CA One of the great sources of conflict in California overtime litigation is whether or not workers are considered employees or independent contractors. And although there are times when the matter is clear-cut, for some workers the issue is hazy and based more on industry history than on any legal definitions. But that division can be cos... - The Case of Ms. Jane Doe and Title IX
Feb-19-15 Grandville, MI In the autumn of 2010, a 15-year-old Jane Doe reported that she had been sexually assaulted by one of the school’s star athletes in a soundproof band practice room at her secondary school in Michigan. So began Jane Doe’s ordeal that continues to this day as she fights for justice in a civil action whereby she claims that h... - Depakote for Migraine? Weigh the Risks
Feb-21-15 Tampa, FL The decision to discontinue taking Depakote and risk an epileptic seizure during pregnancy isn’t easy. While most doctors agree that valproic acid (Depakote) should be a last resort for pregnant women, the consensus is that seizures are worse for the babies than risking Depakote birth defects. But why prescribe the drug for migraine or... - DriveTime Hit with $8 Million Settlement for Debt Collector Harassment
Feb-21-15 Washington, DC They’re known as the DriveTime Automotive Group Inc. (DriveTime) and undertake business as the largest so-called “buy-here, pay-here” automotive dealer in the US. DriveTime has also been accused of debt collector harassment , to the point where they agreed to an $8 million settlement in November of last year to settle ch... - Study: Naturally Occurring Asbestos Poses a Risk
Feb-18-15 Las Vegas, NV Because the risk of developing asbestosis and mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos is so high, there are rules to protect employees who regularly work around asbestos. But people who do not work around asbestos might also be at risk of asbestos cancer, asbestosis and other serious health problems, without even knowing about it. Us... - Levaquin FAQ
What is Levaquin ? Levaquin belongs to a class of antibiotics called fluroquinolones and is prescribed to millions of people each year. It is a powerful medication prescribed to treat certain bacterial infections, including pneumonia, bronchitis, sinus, skin, and urinary tract infections. Fluoroquinolones were originally designed and approv... - News and information on Levaquin lawsuits and side effects related to Peripheral Sensorimotor Neuropathy
In 2013, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it was updating the warning labels for fluoroquinolone antibiotics to better describe the risk of serious a fluoroquinolone side effect known as peripheral neuropathy . This serious side effect could be permanent and could reportedly occur soon after beginning treatment of the drugs. Lev... - UCLA CRE Superbug Outbreak Kills 2, Infects 179
Feb-20-15 Los Angeles, CA Two people are dead and 179 potentially infected with a deadly superbug found at a UCLA medical center. According to a report by Frontline, the antibiotic resistant superbug outbreak took place at Ronald Reagan Medical Center from October 2014 to January 2015. It is believed that tainted medical scopes, called duodenoscopes, may... - Have Crestor Side Effects Done Me In?
Feb-20-15 Toronto, ON Can we talk? Thank you. This is written in the first person as the subject at hand is Crestor and I have been mandated to take the stuff by my doctor. I fit the profile: I am middle-aged and my so-called “bad” LDL cholesterol is a tad on the high side. For various reasons he has me on 30 mg per day, which may be reduced going forwar... - Persistence Pays Off for Chapel Hill Extended Warranty Plaintiffs
Feb-17-15 Chapel Hill, NC A couple from Chapel Hill who brought a Home Warranty Lawsuit against the contractor and a supplier of their custom-built home encountered a few setbacks in their litigation. But they stuck with it and late last year were rewarded with a partial victory by the North Carolina Supreme Court. Plaintiffs George and Deborah Christie had h... - Zappos Reaches Data Breach Settlement with Nine States
Los Angeles, CA: Zappos.com Inc. has reached a settlement in a data breach class action filed by nine states. The clothing retailer announced a no-fault assurance of voluntary compliance settlement of enforcement actions related to the hacking which was made public in January 2012. The data hack affected 24 million customers, whose personal inform... - The Lasting Legacy of Fen-Phen
Feb-16-15 Los Angeles, CA Ask anyone who was at all concerned about their weight in the mid-to-late ’90s and they’ll likely remember the fen-phen debacle: A weight loss drug that came with an increased risk of serious heart and lung problems. Those problems - primary pulmonary hypertension (now called pulmonary atrial hypertension) and/or heart valve... - Herbal Supplements Under Attack from Regulators and Consumers
Feb-18-15 Washington, DC If you take any pill, you’re supposed to know what’s in that pill. That’s the basis for regulations concerning pharmaceuticals. But when it comes to herbal supplements , the rules are more relaxed, and it turns out that some herbal supplements may have been sold without the ingredients their labels claimed they contained... - Xarelto Bleedout: Where Is the Exit Strategy?
Feb-18-15 Charleston, WV In life, it is always good to prepare well. Know where you’re going. Have a plan. Having said that, a good plan always includes an exit strategy in case something goes wrong. In case the original decision proved to be the wrong one. This is something we tell our kids, our business partners and ourselves. Plan for moving forward, but al... - New Studies Announced to Scrutinize Propecia Impotence
Feb-14-15 Milano, Italy An indicator of the seriousness and real-world concern over Propecia finasteride remains the implementation of studies designed to delve into why some men experience sexual dysfunction following use of Propecia for either hair loss or problems related to the prostate. Many plaintiffs allege that not only did Propecia foster sexual dysfunc...