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  • Five Indicted in Real Estate and Securities Fraud
    Feb-28-11 Jefferson City, MO A complicated securities fraud case involving real estate and home sales has landed five real estate and securities professionals in hot water. Real estate transactions and the sale and transfer of securities can be complex and challenging at the best of times as a separate entity. In this case, the actions of the five are alleged to...
  • Actos under Investigation in Texas
    Feb-25-11 Austin, TX Although Actos side effects have not been deemed serious enough to put strict limits on how the medication is used, Actos still reportedly has some severe side effects. Those side effects reportedly include a risk of Actos heart failure. Now, the maker of Actos diabetes medication has been asked to send in documents related to an investigati...
  • Carr Miller Ponzi Scheme: Did They Spend the Money on Themselves?
    Feb-7-11 Marlton, NJ Any individual who may have lost wealth in the Carr Miller Capital Ponzi Scheme would be displeased to know that while the investor was busy making an honest living and expecting modest returns from his investment, the accused co-conspirators were allegedly enjoying themselves at a luxury skybox at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jerse...
  • Vermont to Receive $136,000 Settlement in Paxil Side Effects Case
    Jan-29-11 Montpelier, VT Vermont's attorney general has announced that the state will receive $136,000 as part of a settlement with drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline over Paxil side effects allegations, among others. Attorney General William Sorrell said that the settlement comes after allegations that the drug company produced and sold four products with strength, p...
  • Walgreens Poised to Settle Pharmacy Tech Wage Lawsuit for $3.3 Million
    Apr-15-21 Los Angeles, CA  On April 15, a federal court in the Central District of California is expected to approve a $3.3 million settlement in Christina Epstein v. Walgreens Pharmacy Services Midwest LLC. The settlement will end a California labor lawsuit brought on behalf of a class of 6,745 pharmacy technicians who allege that Walgreens failed to compens...
  • Predatory Lending, Mortgage Fraud in the Spotlight
    Dec-24-10 Washington, DC As tough a time as homeowners have in the current economy, it is heartbreaking to know that homeowners have even more to worry about with regard to the potential for mortgage fraud, by way of an inflated mortgage fee or predatory lending practices designed to squeeze every last dime out of a homeowner who can least afford to be taken to...
  • Vaginal Rejuvenation Lawsuit News and Legal Information
    On July 30, 2018, the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) issued a formal warning to manufacturers of laser gynecological devices and patients who have undergone, or plan to undergo, treatment with such devices. The FDA initially cleared these “energy based” devices for the treatment of serious health conditions, including cancer and hysterec...
  • Makers of Avandia Sued by the State of Utah
    Dec-6-10 Salt Lake City, UT A lawsuit was recently filed against the makers of Avandia by the state of Utah over what the state's Office of the Attorney General calls misleading claims by GlaxoSmithKline that the Type 2 diabetes drug is a "wonder drug" when in fact, the allegations claim, Avandia increases the risk of heart attack and other serious cardiovascul...
  • Pain from Surgical Mesh Complications Dropped Physiomesh Patient “To My Knees”
    Aug-12-17 Dartmouth, NS: It might be argued that an 86-year-old individual shouldn’t be spending his twilight years suffering debilitating pain and surgical mesh complications from an allegedly defective surgical product. But such is the fate of a Canadian man who alleges that Ethicon Physiomesh, which has been recalled by Health Canada, is responsible for...
  • Insurance Company ER Services Denial Lawsuit Information
    Several insurance companies are refusing to cover emergency room visits, telling their policy holders/patients that they must pay for emergency services if the insurer deems the ER visit “unnecessary”. This new policy began with Anthem Insurance Company, which decides whether to pay an emergency room bill based on a doctor’s diagnosis — not the reas...
  • Checkbook Accounts: Unum Gets a Reality Check
    Sep-2-10 Washington, DC In 2008 the US First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Unum after three beneficiaries of an employer-sponsored plan sued the insurer when they were mailed checkbooks, arguing that their policies with Unum stated they would be paid "in one lump sum." According to the 8/6/10 edition of the Wall Street Journal Unum and plaintiffs law...
  • Settlements and Verdicts: General Electric Co.
    A $1.4 million settlement has been reached in the state lawsuit against General Electric Co. claiming that the company had engaged in deceptive practices. New York's Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed the suit in March 2000 claiming that GE had deceived thousands of consumers into buying a new dishwasher when they concealed that recalled models could be...
  • Employer Must Pay Attorney for Secret Settlement
    Mar-7-21 Los Angeles, CA Former motel employee William Hang filed a wage and hour lawsuit against his employer, but when Hang’s attorney sought the employer’s payment and obtained a default judgment of $255,000, he discovered that the employer had coerced Hang into a substantially less settlement: $20,000 cash. Litigation in this case is rather con...
  • Alleged Nursing Home Sexual Abuse Not Reported to Victim's Family
    Aug-23-10 Hazard, KY An elderly resident of a nursing home in Kentucky was allegedly sexually assaulted on two separate occasions in 2009 by a male resident of the facility. The family of the woman at the receiving end of the alleged nursing home abuse was not told of the incidents. The Lexington Herald Leader reported earlier this month that the operator o...
  • Payday Loan Company Sued for 782 Percent Interest Rates
    Aug-12-10 Little Rock, AR Two online loan companies and their owners will have their day in court after the Attorney General of Arkansas accused the enterprises of providing illegal payday loans with interest rates far above what is allowable under state law. According to a report by the Associated Press (AP), contracts provided to the office of the Attorney...
  • Repeated Sexual Abuse in Nursing Home Criminal
    Mar-2-21 Oswego, NY A female resident in Pontiac Nursing Home in Oswego suffering from dementia was sexually abused  three times by another resident who was admitted to Pontiac in 2019. Management declined to tell Pontiac’s doctor and other employees that he was a known sexual offender. And Pontiac management didn’t call the police to report th...
  • A Tale of Two Qui Tam Whistleblower Suits
    Jul-13-10 South Bend, IN So far the month of July has been financially lucrative for at least two and possibly more qui tam whistleblowers . The Office of the Attorney General of Indiana filed notice that it will join two whistleblowers' Medicaid fraud lawsuit, and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Federal Bureau of Investigation's Los Angeles Field Office annou...
  • Northern District of Illinois Nixes Mandatory Arbitration in ERISA Lawsuit
    Feb-8-21 Chicago, IL On January 25, the Northern District of Illinois denied Triad Manufacturing’s attempt to force ESOP participants to individually arbitrate their claims of fiduciary self-dealing. The ERISA lawsuit , James Smith v. Board of Directors of Triad Manufacturing Inc. , alleged that the Board of Directors caused the plan to buy Triad stock at a...
  • USDA Inspector General Slams Feds for Chemical Residue in Beef
    Apr-14-10 Washington, DC In 2008 authorities in Mexico turned away a shipment of American beef at the border. The meat was tested for traces of copper and did not meet Mexico's limits for copper content. However, that contaminated beef could be easily sold in the US, which has no such limits on the books. A new report by the US Department of Agriculture Inspe...
  • Monsanto Hit with Yet Another Lawsuit Over Roundup
    May-8-17 Washington, DC: As the manufacturers of Monsanto Roundup continue to grapple with Monsanto Roundup lawsuits alleging the active ingredient in the popular herbicide causes cancer, Monsanto has been hit with more litigation over an alleged labelling issue. According to court documents, two nonprofits combined last month to launch a Roundup lawsuit aga...
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