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Sex Crimes in America - the Epidemic of Silence and Shame In this day in age, hardly a day goes by where you do not hear, see, or read about some horrid sexual assault or another sexual predator sentenced for seemingly unspeakable crimes. Yet experts tell us that for every sexual assault that is reported to the authorities, many more go by unrep... - Settlements and Verdicts: Pacific Sunwear of California Inc.
A $4 million dollar settlement has been reached and is pending court approval in two lawsuits filed against Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. on behalf of employees. The suits were filed by two employees who alleged that the company had improperly classified them as exempt from overtime pay. (Apr-29-03) [ PRESS RELEASE ] Legal Help If you hav... - FDA Issues Nationwide Safety Alert for certain "Smoked Salmon, Skinless Sliced Sides" due to potential health risk.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stated on July 20, 2005 that it had issued a press release in cooperation with the food processor/manufacturer Golden Eagle Smoked Foods Inc., of Hialeah, Florida announcing a nationwide safety alert for SMOKED SALMON, SKINLESS SLICED SIDES packaged in a variety of 2 lb. to 4 lb. configurations. The FDA alleges... - Zyprexa Cat Out Of The Bag
Dec-19-06 Washington DC Documents acquired by the New York Times from attorney Jim Gottstein show that Eli Lilly ran a "Viva Zyprexa" marketing campaign to convince doctors to prescribe Zyprexa off-label and between 1999 and 2002, its sales doubled from $1.5 billion to $3 billion. Although most people would recognize that the Zyprexa cat cannot be stuffed ba... - 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... - Brink’s Unpaid Wages: The Downside to Being “On” at All Times
Jun-10-16 Olympia, WA: It was about 18 months ago that Brink’s Incorporated (Brink’s), the renowned armored car company, was hit with a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging non-payment of overtime wages, together with a failure to provide the legally required uninterrupted meal period as guaranteed by California law. The Armored Car Drivers Unpaid Ov... - Byetta Side Effects Do Not Stop Additional Use Approval
Apr-6-12 Dallas, TX When patients deal with serious conditions such as diabetes, drugs like Byetta can be lifesavers. The problem, however, is when patients have to deal with reported Byetta side effects and other health problems allegedly brought about by their use of the drug. Despite some reported concerns about Byetta side effects, the diabetes drug has bee... - Lingering Radiation Levels Only One Concern with Recalled CardioGen-82
Dec-4-11 Sarasota, FL The concern for radiation exposure in relation to the recent recall of CardioGen-82 by Italian manufacturer Bracco Diagnostics is obvious. What isn't, are the ancillary concerns—including travel across international borders—at a time when the world remains understandably vigilant with regard to terrorism. Medically, there is... - 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... - Byetta Side Effects a Fact of Life
Sep-18-08 San Diego, CA Rarely, if ever, will you hear pharmaceutical companies claim that drugs are safe. The preferred position is the 'positive benefit-risk profile' for patients suffering from some malady—typically the condition for which the drug was approved. In the case of Byetta acute pancreatitis has claimed lives, while others have been made to deal wi... - Suicides by Chantix Users Prompt FDA Advisory
Feb-3-08 Rockville, MD: Serious neuropsychiatric symptoms have occurred in patients taking Chantix (Varenicline). These symptoms include changes in behavior, agitation, depressed mood, suicidal ideation, and attempted and completed suicide , according to a Public Health Advisory issued February 1, 2008 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA i... - 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... - Byetta: Diabetes Drug Suspected in Acute Pancreatitis
Oct-17-07 Washington, DC Yet another diabetes drug has come under fire, after it was revealed yesterday that Byetta , manufactured and distributed by Eli Lilly and Amylin Pharmaceuticals, could be linked to acute pancreatitis in some patients. Pancreatitis can develop quickly and most often subsides quickly in most patients. However, this inflammation of the... - FDA Scientist Graham Calls Glaxo Avandia Trial Useless
Jul-30-07 Washington, DC: World-renowned cardiologist Dr Steven Nissen and statistician Kathy Wolski of the Cleveland Clinic posted a study online on May 21, 2007, to warn the public that the diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone) increased the risk of heart attacks by 43% and the risk of death from cardiovascular causes by possibly 64%. A print edition of the s... - More Studies Examine SSRI and Birth Defects
May-20-07 Seattle, WA: More studies are now underway to determine the link between certain types of antidepressants, known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and birth defects . Currently, The Yale Pink and Blue Study is being conducted to determine the association between depression, anti-depressant use during pregnancy, and the risk of del... - Credit Card Theft: An "Inside Job"
May-14-07 Ann Arbor, MI A Michigan State University study has shown that as much as 70 per cent of all identity theft -- including credit card theft -- is the work of "insiders" such as store clerks and other employees. Michigan State professor Judith Collins, director of an identity theft program at the university, randomly selected thousands of cases from aro... - Spinach E. coli: Warnings Unnoticed for Two Days
Dec-4-06 Salinas, CA: Concerns are now being raised that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did not warn consumers quickly enough about the recent E. coli spinach contamination that killed at least three people and made 200 more sick. Some critics believe that the deaths from the E. coli infection could have been prevented if the CDC had lear... - Bank Faces $10 Million Fine Linked to Overdraft Fees
Aug-11-16 Boston, MA: Santander Bank reportedly faces $10 million in fines after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found the company misled customers about its overdraft protection program . Banks and credit unions have faced increasing scrutiny in recent years over excessive overdraft fees and other unethical practices, and consumers have fought back, in... - Airbag Injuries Read Like a Bad Horror Movie
Jun-23-16 Richmond, TX: The airbag injuries associated with allegedly defective Takata airbags have been horrific and read like a script from a horror movie: a woman, at first glance, appearing to have been shot in the neck before police determined shrapnel from an exploding airbag had sliced into her neck… Another woman - who testified before a congre...