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  • Attorney Files Equifax Class Action Lawsuit
    Sep-25-17 San Jose, CA: In the wake of an Equifax data breach that occurred in July but reported this September, attorneys at Oakland, California- based Scott Cole & Associates have filed a lawsuit seeking class action status against the credit reporting agency. This digital disaster could potentially affect up to 175 million Americans, and millions of peopl...
  • Insys Faked Cancer Patients to Get Fentanyl Sales
    Sep-7-17 Washington, DC: : Federal investigators have revealed a massive scheme by Insys, maker of Subsys, a sprayable form of fentanyl, to mislead insurers and boost sales of the opioid. The congressional investigation is led by Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat from Missouri, where deaths by opioid overdose have more than doubled between 2005 and 2014. Acc...
  • Insulation Failure, Battery Failure and Cyber Hacking - A Triple Threat for Pacemaker Patients
    Aug-24-17 Washington, DC: Premature insulation failure in recalled St. Jude Medical Riata defibrillator (ICD) leads may be only the tip of the iceberg for heart patients with ICDs, more commonly known as “pacemakers.” In 2011 St. Jude Medical Inc. recalled the electrical leads used to connect the Riata pacemaker to patients’ hearts because...
  • Heart Surgery Patient Blames Stockert 3T Heater-Cooler System for Infections
    Aug-22-17 Toronto, ON: Four years ago David had triple bypass heart surgery and he has been suffering from infections ever since. “Nobody could tell us why he was getting so many infections, until we got a letter from the hospital that said this Stockert 3T heater-cooler system used during surgery is linked to a rare bacterial infection,” says Shelly,...
  • Patient Deaths and Liquid-filled Intragastric Balloon Systems
    Santa Clara, CA: Following five reports of patient deaths that occurred within a month or less of placement of liquid-filled intragastric balloon systems the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an updated alert. The agency states that the five unanticipated deaths occurred from 2016 to present day in patients with liquid-filled intra...
  • Guardian Denied Disability Lawsuit Goes to Mediation in Florida
    Aug-8-17 Gainesville, FL: Smith v. Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, a Guardian denied disability lawsuit, has been sent to mediation in the Northern District of Florida. A settlement is expected in November, 2017. Dr. William E. Smith Jr., a surgeon, filed a complaint in March, 2017 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida...
  • Invokana to Get Black-Box Warning over Amputation Risk
    May-18-17 Washington, DC: An issue that looms even larger than that of Invokana linked with cardiovascular injuries and kidney failure is the potential for amputation associated with the diabetes drug. The issue first surfaced a year ago when the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an alert after studying the results of two clinical trials, warning that...
  • Airbag Injuries and Defective Airbags Getting More Complicated
    May-12-17 Kansas City, MO: Recent reports of airbag injuries suffered by a young woman in an older-model car that had been in an accident and returned to the road with a replacement airbag , together with media reports originating from Kansas City with regard to recycled airbags , points to an entirely new issue with recalled airbags, and accompanying airb...
  • Health Canada Equally Concerned About IVC Filter Side Effects
    May-3-17 Ottawa, ON: We’re coming up to the one-year anniversary that Health Canada, the Canadian equivalent to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), released a guidance review and summaries pertaining to in-depth analysis of the inferior vena cava filter landscape in America’s northern-most neighbor. Akin to the FDA, Health Canada maintains co...
  • Lead Poisoning Still Happens
    Apr-19-17 Dallas, TX It was an alert physician who first noticed signs and symptoms of lead poisoning in some of her patients in Flint, Michigan. It was soon discovered water from the Flint River had corroded aging pipes causing lead to leach into the city’s water supply. Dangerous amounts of lead were slowing building up in the blood streams of Flint r...
  • Pentax targeted by FDA Safety Update in January
    Mar-21-17 Washington, DC: In a move that would provide little cheer for any patient either infected, or concerned about potential infection from endoscope infection , the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in January updated the safety information for a product from Pentax Medical, and the potential for increased risk of infection. According to FDA reports...
  • New Report Shows 10 Banks Account for 67 Percent of Overdraft Fee Revenue
    Feb-28-17 Boston, MA: A recent report revealed that out of more than 600 banks, 10 of those banks accounted for a huge percentage of all reported bank overdraft fees revenue collected through the first three quarters of 2016. According to a December 2016 consumer protection report published by the US Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG), 626 large bank...
  • Government Agencies Release Recommended Warning for Labeling Drug Products Associated with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
    Feb-19-17 Silver Spring, MD: Three US government agencies in January released finalized guidance on warning label wording for over-the-counter drugs that contain acetaminophen and labels regarding serious skin conditions such as Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) . Recommended Warning for Over-the-Counter Acetaminophen-Containing Drug Products and Labeling Statem...
  • US Food and Drug Administration, FDA, St. Jude Medical Inc.
    Feb-12-17 Washington, DC: The manufacturer of an implantable cardiac device recently caught in the crosshairs of a cybersecurity concern issued from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), continues to deal with reports of premature failure of ICD batteries . St. Jude Medical Inc. warned in early October that while the situation, in its estimation is rare, the...
  • 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...
  • Despite $1B Penalty by the Feds, It’s Not Over Yet for Takata: Airbag Injuries
    Feb-1-17 Washington, DC: The massive $1 Billion criminal penalty announced by the US Department of Justice earlier this month surrounding defective Takata airbags is not, in reality, an end to the troubles for the beleaguered Japanese manufacturer. Just one day after the Christmas holiday this past December, German automotive manufacturer BMW announced a recall of...
  • Healthcare Whistleblowers Protect Patients' Rights
    Jan-20-17 Marion, NC: Patients rely on doctors, medical centers, and healthcare companies to ensure the treatment they receive is safe and lives up to strict regulations. But sometimes healthcare companies attempt to get around the rules, putting the health and lives of their patients at risk. In those cases, healthcare whistleblowers —the people who know o...
  • California Supreme Court Weighs In on Intent of Rest Period
    Jan-14-17 Los Angeles, CA: A revealing opinion issued at the end of last year by The California Supreme Court addressed, and clarified a heretofore murky area of California labor law , notably just what constitutes a true rest period, and what doesn’t. Specifically, the difference between rest periods whereby employees are relieved of all work tasks and...
  • Updated FDA Review Suggests Link Between Actos and Bladder Cancer
    Dec-13-16 Santa Clara, CA: Findings from an updated review by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the use of type 2 diabetes medicine pioglitazone (Actos, Actoplus Met, Actoplus Met XR, Duetact, Oseni) suggests there may be an increased risk for bladder cancer associated with drug. The FDA has issued an alert based on their findings. Additionally,...
  • Transvaginal Mesh Deaths Reported as Injuries?
    Nov-25-16 York, PA: “A good number of attorneys have reported transvaginal mesh adverse events to the FDA on behalf of their clients/patients, but over 23,000 reports are from physicians,” says Madris Tomes, founder of Device Events and former FDA Program Manager. “Physicians are not great at reporting— this is a HUGE number.” Du...
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