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Feb-5-07 Philadelphia, PA The FDA has recently considered setting higher standards for new birth control drugs before they are approved for market. Some pills seem to be less effective at preventing pregnancy because manufacturers have started using lower doses of hormones that stop ovulation, while the Ortho Evra patch has seen the reverse: higher doses of ho... - America Online services: Still Difficult to Cancel
Feb-4-07 Orlando, FL If you have ever found yourself frustrated by trying to cancel your online services, you are not alone. A recent report in PC World magazine listed the 13 worst companies for online cancellation procedures. Among those on the list were AOL (America Online), Classmates.com, NetZero, and Napster.com. Reports at Consumer Affairs.com say that... - Zyprexa Injury Clock Keeps Ticking Away
Feb-2-07 San Jose, CA The on-going legal battle over the disclosure of secret Eli Lilly documents that reveal the serious health risks associated with Zyprexa and the company's off-label promotion of the drug involves a matter of grave public concern. But observers on the sidelines of this courtroom circus say the conduct of the judge in helping Lilly keep d... - Michigan State Police Fatal Shooting Settlement
Adrian, MI: A lawsuit brought by the family of Jesalynn Simons in 2004, against Michigan State Police and a trooper who fired a shot causing a fatal leg injury to Simmons, said that the shooting was not justified. A $650,000 settlement was accepted in Lenawee County Circuit Court to end the lawsuit when Judge Timothy Pickard rejected a motion to dismiss... - Priceline, Travelocity, and Cingular Adware Installation Penalty
Albany, NY: In a lawsuit filed in April 2006, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office charged Direct Revenue LLC with installing adware programs onto millions of consumers' computers worldwide to deliver advertisements, monitor Web sites and collect data. The programs are difficult to uninstall as well as serve a potential threat to the system... - FedEx Law Suit: Couriers Sign Up
Feb-2-07 Yorbalinda, CA Debbie Johnson worked as a courier at FedEx for more than 20 years. She loved her job, but recently she has come to dread going to work. "FedEx was based on the PSP philosophy - people, service, profit," she said, "But now it's spelled backwards." "The company started changing in the early 90s and most of us couriers were forced to do u... - Depakote Warning: Do Not Get Pregnant
Feb-1-07 Lexington, NC Back in 1981, Sonja Ashby was prescribed Depakane, similar to Depakote , for epilepsy. Sonja and her husband wanted children but they were warned by her doctor that it could cause severe birth defects so they decided it wasn't worth the risk. Then Depakote came on the market. Fast forward to 1985: "My husband read an article about a docto... - Adam Opel and McCann Erickson German Tom Waits Mimick Ad Settlement
San Francisco, CA: Tom Waits has settled his lawsuit against the carmaker Adam Opel AG and a German advertising agency over television commercials that he says mimicked his vocal style without his permission. The ads, made two years ago by McCann Erickson Germany for Opel, a division of General Motors, showed car owners putting their vehicles away to th... - GlaxoSmithKline Defamed With Truth About Paxil
Jan-31-07 London, UK: GlaxoSmithKline has labeled the allegations made in a Panorama television program that said the company had suppressed the results of clinical trials that showed Paxil was ineffective and caused children to become suicidal "defamatory." According to the January 30, 2007, Guardian, an official at the company said Glaxo had looked into takin... - Jacksonville, FL Religious Rally Fine.
Jacksonville, FL: The city will pay an atheist group $5,000 in attorney fees and avoid holding religious events in the future in the settlement of a lawsuit over a day of faith rally. The settlement requires the city of Jacksonville to write New Jersey-based American Atheists Inc. a letter saying it did not intend to violate the First Amendment and will... - No End in Sight for Fen-Phen Lawsuits
Jan-29-07 Rutherford, NJ: On December 5, 2006, five women with ages ranging from 53 to 71, who took the appetite suppressants drugs known as fen-phen in 1996 and 1997, filed lawsuits against Wyeth Pharmaceuticals after being diagnosed with a life-threatening lung disorder. These lawsuits demonstrate that the harm caused by fen-phen can surface many years after a... - UnumProvident Sued for Accessing Personal Files
Jan-27-07 San Francisco, CA: Most people don't know this, but health insurance companies like UnumProvident can deny claims based on confidential information, even if the claimant has not given permission for that information to be released. This is exactly what happened to one California woman who is now suing both UnumProvident for unfairly denying her claim... - Bio Performance Fuel Pills False Advertising Settlement
Dallas, TX: With gasoline prices hitting record highs, Bio Performance aggressively marketed their green pills as a wonder-cure, repeatedly and falsely claiming that its fuel pills could improve vehicular fuel efficiency by as much as 30 percent while also reducing engine emissions by 50 percent. In May 2006, the Attorney General filed a lawsuit against... - Bayer Corporation Bayer Side Effects Settlement
Tallahassee, FL: Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced that Florida and 29 additional states have reached an $8 million settlement with Bayer Corporation, resolving an investigation into the marketing of a drug to lower cholesterol. The settlement was part of a consumer protection enforcement action initiated over concerns that Bayer failed... - Off-Label Prescribing of Pain Lollipops Turns Deadly
Jan-24-07 Salt Lake City, UT: The painkilling lollipop, Actiq , is approved to treat chronic pain in cancer patients who are already on an opioid drug. But a recent study by Prime Therapeutics found the drug is being prescribed off-label for unapproved uses nearly 90% of the time. For those suffering with the agonizing pain of late stage cancer, the painkiller o... - WesTech Solutions Corp. Employee 401k Transactions Settlement
Salt Lake City, UT: The Labor Department sued Corona-based Internet services firm WesTech Solutions in 2005 after an investigation by the benefits administration unit. WesTech had allegedly been mixing employee contributions with the general corporate account and failing to deposit those contributions into the company's 401(k) plan. The owner of WesTech... - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport Terminal Construction Delays Settlement
Pittston, PA: In March of 2003, Sordoni Construction Services Inc. was awarded a $17.4 million contract to build part of the Joseph M. McDade terminal at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport. Changes during construction pushed the contract up to $19.2 million. Sordoni filed a lawsuit against the airport claiming it was responsible for delays... - Work Environment Breaks Several California Labor Laws
Jan-19-07 Los Angeles, CA Not only was Jose Velasquez subjected to working in a hazardous environment, he wasn't paid overtime for working through lunches and breaks. This went on for almost four years, until he finally quit on December 1, 2006. Needless to say, his family didn't have a Merry Christmas. "I had no choice but to quit," says Velasquez. "My general... - Public has Right to know Secrets revealed in Zyprexa Documents
Jan-15-07 Washington, DC In deciding whether to allow Eli Lilly to continue to use court orders to hide documents that show the company illegally marketed Zyprexa for unapproved uses and failed to warn the public about the serious health risks associated with the drug for a decade, the court needs to consider the harm done to the public by Lilly's conduct. Th... - Lilly's Legal Battle over Zyprexa Documents Continues
Jan-8-07 On January 3, 2007, a hearing was held before Judge Jack Weinstein, in a US District Court in New York, on a motion by Eli Lilly to extend an injunction to conceal company documents that show Lilly hid the lethal side effects of Zyprexa for a decade and engaged in an illegal off-label marketing scheme to promote the drug for unapproved uses. Zyprexa...