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Mar-30-10 Birmingham, AL A recent audit by the Social Security Administration's inspector general indicates that managers at the main state office that evaluates Social Security disability claims repeatedly pressured medical consultants to approve more cases for benefits. The Press-Register reports that pressure never reached the level of intimidation, but th... - Former Boyfriend Hits Lady Gaga with Employment Lawsuit
Mar-25-10 New York, NY The world is going gaga over a New York employment lawsuit filed last week against Lady Gaga by a former boyfriend, who is purported to hold a 20 percent stake in one of two companies the singer uses to facilitate her career. According to a 3/21/10 report in Newsday, songwriter and music producer Rob Fusari filed a $30.5 million dollar... - States See More Lawsuits over Yasmin Birth Control
Mar-5-10 Indianapolis, IN Hot on the heels of the recent declaration of mass tort in New Jersey, law offices around the country are seeing a continuing rise in the number of lawsuits surrounding Yaz birth control . There have been multiple filings in Pennsylvania against Bayer, the maker of the birth control product, and now a total of 47 cases in Indiana are... - Ascertainment Bias an Issue in SSRI Birth Defect Debate
Mar-1-10 Toronto, ON Recent studies have linked paroxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) frequently prescribed to women for depression and anxiety, to birth defects like PPHN (primary pulmonary hypertension of the newborn). Patients have filed lawsuits against the manufacturers of the antidepressant for failing disclose the potential risks of... - Toyota Testifies Before Congress about Gas Pedal Problem
Feb-26-10 Washington, DC The Japanese head of the largest automotive company in the world admitted to a congressional hearing on Wednesday that Toyota may have let quality slide in the pursuit of quantity. Akio Toyoda, in Washington, offered a personal apology for the recent Toyota accelerator pedal recalls and vowed to regain consumers' trust. A settlement... - Delaware Files Suit Against Developer over Consumer Fraud
Feb-26-10 Townsend, DE The Delaware State Justice Department has filed a consumer fraud lawsuit against NVR, a development firm working under the name Ryan Homes, over the marketing of houses in the Odessa National development in Townsend. The builder, which has worked on developments in 10 states, is accused of failing to deliver amenities that it promised t... - MRI Contrast Agent Side Effects Can Be Debilitating
Feb-14-10 Glasgow, UK One woman's ordeal with MRI contrast side effects may have changed how UK doctors use gadolinium-based contrast agents. The woman, who is now confined to a wheelchair, has filed a lawsuit against the maker of the agent. Margaret Roxburgh, a 54-year-old grandmother in the UK, was given Omniscan prior to a routine magnetic resonance angiog... - Toyota Recall: Possible Lives at Risk and Real Issue Still in Question
Feb-4-10 Detroit, MN Linda Hardy of Dallas took her 2008 Toyota Avalon to her dealership numerous times to complain of sudden and unexplained acceleration. "Please fix my car," she told them, recalling the events to Brian Ross in a report aired this morning on ABC's Good Morning America (GMA). Her car had raced out of control on three separate occasions between Tha... - U.S. Justice Department May Probe College Football for Abuses of Antitrust Law
Feb-3-10 Washington, DC Utah Senator Orrin Hatch has called for an investigation into the college football Bowl Championship Series (BCS) over perceived infringements of antitrust law . In a letter to the senator, Assistant Attorney General Ronald Welch outlined the inequities of the BCS that affect millions of football fans, players and universities. In t... - State Supreme Court Discusses Pregnant Women's Rights Under Ohio Employment Law
Jan-26-10 Columbus, OH: The Supreme Court of the Buckeye State is currently debating whether or not a company has the right to fire employees for taking pregnancy leave before they've worked long enough to qualify under Ohio employment law . The debate stems from an incident involving a Pataskala nursing home that allegedly fired a nurse in January 2004 after she... - Chrysler Recalls New Vehicles over Potential Brake Failure
Jan-21-10 Washington, DC One of two automotive manufacturers that emerged from restructuring last year has issued a product recall affecting numerous 2010 models. The Dodge Chrysler recall recall, affecting many of Chrysler Group LLC's most popular models, was announced late Tuesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The recalled v... - Massive Overtime Fraud Alleged in Washington
Jan-21-10 Washington, DC There are those who will deny workers the overtime pay that is their due, and then there are those who claim and receive thousands of dollars worth of overtime for work they have not even done. Laws on overtime prohibit both activities, but they do not prevent fraudsters from trying. A team of auditors from the finance department of... - Enforcement of DC Prostitution Law May Attack Women's Civil Rights
Jan-15-10 Washington, D.C. To help curb the high rate of prostitution in the nation's capital, a new law has given local police the freedom to establish Prostitution Free Zones that allow officers to arrest anyone suspected of being a sex worker. Yet the criteria used by some officers to label sex workers may actually violate women's civil rights . The Prostitut... - School Bus Accident Death Revives Seat Belt Debate
Jan-14-10 Hartford, CT Most school buses are not equipped with seatbelts. However, a school bus accident in Hartford that killed one student and injured several others has incited a new seat belt debate that might actually get legislation passed. According to an Associated Press, the school bus was ferrying a group of students to a robotics competition in F... - Vehicle Seized to Pay Whistleblower's Back Wages
Jan-2-10 Washington, DC The Whistleblower Protection Act, which forbids retaliation against employees who come forward with a legitimate concern, has recently come to the aid of a New Jersey whistleblower who was fired by his employer. The former employee will finally be paid back wages via the seizure of his former employer's car. According to a December 3... - Radiologist Warns of MRI Health Risks, GE Sues for Libel
Dec-31-09 London, UK A few years ago, Henrik Thomsen, one of Europe's leading radiologists, warned his colleagues about nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), which he called a medical "nightmare." In 2006, it was discovered that NSF was linked to Omniscan, a contrast agent given in advance of MRI scans . Now, GE Healthcare, a subsidiary of General Electric and the... - New Safety Concern Linked to Seroquel Side Effects
Dec-27-09 Washington, DC A new study of antipsychotics, including Seroquel , notes that the medications are reasonably effective and well-tolerated treatments for mood and psychotic disorders, but they do have a dark side—side effects that cause diabetes and hyperglycemia, among other adverse reactions. The most recent issue of Biological Psychiatry ad... - No Word on Birth Defects in New SSRI Research
Dec-26-09 Chicago, IL The debate over Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) birth defects and various other side effects will undoubtedly see more play in the wake of a new study that showed that SSRI antidepressants help depressed individuals become more optimistic, self-confident and outgoing. Such a response could be a boon for female patients who are... - "My Gallbladder Surgery Was Linked to Yasmin"
Dec-18-09 Bloomfield, NE "I was never told that Yasmin could cause gallbladder problems," says Jessie. "Back in 2004, when I was prescribed this birth control pill, I wasn't aware of any Yasmin side effects. And now I'm mad. "I talked to my doctor about possible Yasmin side effects and he only mentioned blood clots. I thought you could only get blood clots if... - AT&T Faces $1 Billion Overtime Lawsuit
Dec-16-09 San Francisco, CA Employees who have been misclassified as exempt from California overtime pay are fighting back and taking their employers to court. One lawsuit filed recently against a telecommunications giant alleges that the corporation violated California and federal overtime laws by improperly classifying employees as exempt from overtime pay. ...