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  • Not All Bad Drywall Comes from China—Maybe
    Sep-26-09 Las Vegas, NV That smelly, home-destroying drywall that is creating havoc for thousands of Americans is not just a product of China. "I think the proper name for it may be toxic drywall," says attorney Craig Fuller. "We have found that some of this toxic drywall is manufactured by American companies." Fuller Jenkins is currently amending the complai...
  • Workers' compensation premiums to increase for Washington residents
    Sep-25-09 Olympia, WA Earlier this week Washington state's Department of Labor and Industries announced workers' compensation premiums would be increased by an average of 7.6 percent in 2010. This is lower than projected rates the department hinted at in the past when it indicated than an increase of 15 to 20 percent would be needed in the state, the Portland Bus...
  • Failed CD Horizon System Fast-Tracked to Approval, Manufacturer Played by the Rules
    Sep-22-09 Washington, DC The recall almost two years ago of the Medtronic CD Horizon Spinal System Agile Dynamic Stabilization Device was initiated literally months after the device was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). And because the Medtronic CD Horizon system was substantially similar to other devices already on the market, manufacturer...
  • Antitrust Laws, and 3.79 Million Reasons to Cry Foul
    Sep-12-09 Schaumberg, IL A massive antitrust act case that may see payouts to 3.79 million class members was upheld this past Tuesday, assuring that antitrust laws have been brought to bear and antitrust policy is actively defended in this country. It was in 2006 that settlements were reached in class action cases over allegations that Zurich Financial Servi...
  • With Black Mold, Always Better to Err on the Side of Caution
    Sep-12-09 Hanover, PA Toxic Mold Exposure continues to be a confusing subject for most people, given that household black mold and other sources of mold are more commonplace than most people think and not quite as hazardous as most people realize. Still, few are keen on taking any chances. Witness what happened this week when the Spring Grove Area School Dist...
  • Texas Employment Law: Right-To-Work
    Sep-9-09 Austin, TX Texas employment law protects Texas employee rights by regulating how employers must treat their employees. One provision that has far reaching implications for the average Texas employee is the Right-to-Work law, which puts strict guidelines on organizations who want to make joining a union a requirement of employment. Not every state has...
  • Idaho Developer Called Out for Discrimination Against the Disabled
    Sep-7-09 Post Falls, ID While racial discrimination and workplace discrimination constitute two of the most common affronts to discrimination law , one that is often overlooked but equally discriminatory is the ignorance towards persons with disabilities—not in the workplace, but where they live. A case in point is the lawsuit filed by the US Departmen...
  • Report Outlines Treatment Recommendations Regarding Antidepressants and Pregnancy
    Aug-26-09 Washington, DC Women who take Paxil and are worried about Paxil side effects now have a little guidance regarding antidepressant use while pregnant. A joint report released on August 21, 2009, and issued by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the American Psychiatric Association (APA), has set out treatment recommendation...
  • Auction Rate Securities and Stock Broker Arbitration
    Aug-22-09 New York, NY New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has filed a lawsuit against brokerage firm Charles Schwab, alleging the company committed fraud and misled investors in the sale of auction rate securities. Some investors who have not had their auction rate securities bought back by their brokerage firms are now considering filing a stock broker arbitr...
  • Construction Site Accidents Can be Life Changing or Deadly
    Aug-18-09 Lionville, NJ Construction is risky business—and even when precautions are taken a construction accident causing construction injury or death is devastating to a family. Were a construction worker accident to cause permanent disability and the contractor was deemed at fault, a construction accident law firm is your fist line of defense. Here...
  • Allegations of Conflict Dog FDA Official Over Generic Heparin Drug
    Aug-16-09 Washington, DC In a pharmaceutical world bedeviled by drug side effects , drug defects and even medical device safety inherent with products put out by medical device companies, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has at various times found itself called out for everything from lax oversight to slow response times. Now there are conflict of int...
  • Former AIG CEO to Pay $15 Million to Settle Claims
    Aug-16-09 New York, NY The former chairman and chief executive officer of AIG will pay $15 million to settle claims he misled investors. Although the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) does not allege that Maurice "Hank" Greenberg was involved in securities fraud, it does allege that he and another AIG officer, Howard Smith, manipulated the company's earni...
  • FAA Warned About Concerns Before Mid-Air Plane Crash
    Aug-13-09 Washington, DC Literally a month before the New York City plane crash that involved a mid-air collision with a tourist helicopter in the congested air corridor above the Hudson River, the US Department of Transportation slammed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for lax oversight of the 'on-demand' flight industry. The August 8th airplane crash...
  • Health Canada Removes Bowel Cleansing Indication for OTC OSPs
    Aug-12-09 Ottawa, ON: Concerns over oral sodium phosphate (OSP) continue, with the latest salvo in the OSP debate coming from Health Canada. Earlier this month the Canadian health agency declared that oral phosphate soda is no longer indicated for purgative use (bowel cleansing) due to a risk for OSP kidney damage, while stressing oral sodium phosphate product...
  • Unum Group Posts Second Quarter Profits
    Aug-6-09 Chattanooga, TN The only reference to the past misdeeds of Unum life insurance and problems policyholders have had with Unum long-term disability was made not by Unum Provident, but by a financial analyst on the occasion of Unum's Q2 earnings report. Colin Devine, an analyst with Citigroup Global Markets, was quoted in the Chattanooga Times Free Pr...
  • Enbrel Among Five Drugs to Get Cancer Warnings From FDA
    Aug-5-09 Washington, DC The same day that LawyersandSettlements.com reported that a Copenhagen study raised the red flag on Enbrel side effects (etanercept) with regard to the potential for development of inflammatory bowel disorder (IBD) in children suffering from juvenile arthritis, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned Tuesday that a group of fiv...
  • Enbrel Use Linked to Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Juvenile Arthritis Patients
    Aug-4-09 Copenhagen, DK Those patients who take Enbrel for arthritis risk a collection of Enbrel side effects including, but not limited to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children suffering from juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). An Enbrel infection of this type appears to present as a high possibility according to a recent study released last month in C...
  • FDA Drops the Hammer on Misbranded Dietary Supplements
    Jul-31-09 Washington, DC This past week the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) came down hard on potentially dangerous products designed for the body-building industry sold as dietary products, but that in reality are unapproved and misbranded drugs. According to a recent CNN report, the FDA this week specifically focused on American Cellular Laboratories...
  • Company Keeps Violating the California Labor Law
    Jul-28-09 Palm Springs, CA David says he was hired as a resident manager for an apartment complex owned by Landmark Equity Management Inc. At the time he didn't know that this company had previously violated several California state laws, so it came as no surprise that David was treated unfairly and the company may have violated the California Labor Law . "M...
  • Allegedly Defective Baby Floats Recalled for Drowning Risk
    Jul-13-09 Washington, DC A baby float that was recalled in the interests of consumer protection and product liability has been cited for 31 incidents where infants have suddenly fallen into, or under the water. So far there have been no deaths or injuries reported from the defective products .However, four million of the inflatable baby floats have been recalle...
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