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Dec-11-06 Chicago, IL: It's Just Lunch is a dating service that claims to offer specialized match-making services for its professional clientele. However, many former clients and employees argue that It's Just Lunch is less than professional and fails to honor its contractual obligations. Over the past few months, many complaints about It's Just Lunch have be... - Hewlett-Packard Co. Spying Scandal Settlement
Silicon Valley, CA: California Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed charges against the computer maker alleging unfair business practices regarding a spying scandal. The case was filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court and claimed Hewlett-Packard violated privacy and ethics laws. Boardroom leaks to the media prompted the HP Chairwoman to order a wide-ra... - Weighing Benefits of SSRIs Against Suicide Risk
Dec-8-06 Washington, DC: Before the FDA's Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee begins the discussion at the December 13, 2006, public hearing on the suicide risks associated with selective serotonin inhibitor antidepressants , it should get honest with the audience and openly admit that the SSRIs do not even work. Medical professionals maintain that in... - Secure Computer Anti-Spyware Settlement
Seattle, WA: Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna filed a lawsuit against the company for allegedly deceiving consumers into buying its anti-spyware software, called Spyware Cleaner. The lawsuit was filed in Seattle District Court and claimed Secure Computer violated the state's anti-spyware act by misrepresenting security problems to get consu... - Glaxo Writing Checks Left and Right to Settle Paxil Legal Battles
Dec-3-06 Madison County, IL: GlaxoSmithKline is no doubt looking forward to the New Year because the end of this one is becoming costlier by the month. On November 1, 2006, the Associated Press reported that Glaxo had agreed to pay $63.8 million to settle a class action lawsuit with allegations that Glaxo promoted Paxil for use with children and adolescents wh... - Biggest Off-Label Drug Marketing Scheme in History - Part II
Dec-1-06 [ Read Part I ] Washington DC: In fairness to off-label prescribing doctors, until recently, studies that showed SSRIs were ineffective and dangerous when used by children were kept hidden and thus, the data made available to physicians painted a rosy, but false, picture of success with SSRIs. And up until recently, many doctors were not even awar... - Maryland Early Prison Release Murder Settlement
Frederick, MD: Elmer Spencer Jr. served 3 1/2 years of a 10-year prison term for assaulting a woman. He was released on November 14, 2000. Five days later, Spencer sexually assaulted and killed 9-year-old Christopher Ausherman Jr. in a baseball field dugout. Christopher's parents filed a lawsuit against the state claiming the state prison agency had mis... - UnumProvident settles with Two States
Nov-23-06 New York, NY UnumProvident Corp. has settled major lawsuits in the states of New York and California. In the first lawsuit, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced on November 1 that the UnumProvident will stop contingent commission payments, disclose insurance-broker compensation and pay a settlement of $17.4 million. Of that $17.4 mill... - Ending FDA's Love Affair With Big Pharma
Nov-22-06 Washington, DC: With the Democrats back in power, critics say officials at the FDA and representatives of Big Pharma had better plan on spending much of their time testifying on Capital Hill in Congressional hearings in 2007. Democrats have spelled out their plans to change how the administration chooses experts to sit on FDA advisory panels and put a... - Rent-A-Center, Inc. Consumer Protection Settlement
San Francisco, CA: California Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed a lawsuit against the nation's largest rent-to-own business for allegedly failing to disclose the true cost of its rent-to-own program to California consumers. The lawsuit claimed Rent-A-Center violated California state law and was engaged in deceptive advertising in marketing and selling... - FDA's Preemption Gift to Big Pharma
Nov-20-06 Washington, DC: An item sure to end up on the chopping block with the Democrats back in power, is the Bush administration's multi-billion dollar gift to Big Pharma, that bars people who have been injured by drugs approved by the FDA from suing the drug's maker in state courts. Under the FDA's federal preemption position, victims injured by dangerous dru... - Lexapro Legal Problems Mount Against Forest Laboratories
Nov-15-06 Fair Haven, NJ: According to Forest Laboratories' Annual Report, for the year ending March 31, 2006, Celexa and Lexapro , accounted for 68% of the company's sales. The drugs belong to the class of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Sales of Lexapro, the filing notes, increased 16% in the 4th quarter to $464,100... - More Adverse Effects linked to SSRI Celexa
Nov-14-06 Avalon, NJ: According to testimony at an inquest into the deaths of Roxanne Richardson, 30, and her children, Luke, 3, and Grace, 20 months, an autopsy revealed that at the time of their murders, husband and father-turned-killer, Michael Richardson, had Celexa in his system higher than prescribed which may have caused him to become agitated and irritable... - Antibiotics Caused Stevens Johnson Syndrome
Nov-12-06 Sarasota, FL "My daughter was prescribed a 10 day course of penicillin for strep throat," says Tara Runge. Just days later, 11-year-old Madison was on the brink of death: she was diagnosed with Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS). "And here is the kicker - she might never have needed the penicillin that caused SJS to begin with." "Back in March, Madd... - FDA needs to Reevaluate Fosamax Safety
Nov-10-06 Roseland, NJ: The FDA is facing mounting accusations that it puts more effort into protecting drug company profits than protecting American consumers from unsafe drugs and Merck's Fosamax is but the latest example of this unhealthy allegiance. According to the 2003 report by the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Service... - Unscientific Depression Screenings and Front Groups Boost SSRI Sales
Nov-10-06 USA: Prior to the arrival of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants (SSRIs) on the market, depression was estimated to affect only 100 people per million. And those 100 people per million sought help from a medical professional trained in psychiatry and the treatment of depression. Since the introduction of SSRIs, rates for dep... - ACE Inhibitors and Birth Defects - More Expensive and Less Effective
Nov-9-06 Boston, MA: About one in every four American adults has high blood pressure which is a major risk factor for heart and kidney disease, as well as stroke and heart failure, but often occurs with no warning signs. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against blood vessel walls. The heart pumps blood into the arteries which carry the blood througho... - Stockbroker Arbitration: Protecting Yourself
Nov-7-06 Los Angeles, CA: If an investor feels his losses were the result of negligent actions on the part of his stockbroker , rather than the vagaries of the market, he can file for arbitration to try to recover those losses. Many contracts between investors and brokers require the investors to submit such disputes with their brokers to arbitration. Furth... - Multiple Births and Infertility may Increase Risk of Cerebral Palsy
Nov-2-06 Los Angeles, CA: A study conducted by researchers at the University of California has found that couples suffering from infertility are three times more likely to have a child with serious problems such as cerebral palsy. Meanwhile, a recent study from Europe has identified an important risk factor for infants born with cerebral palsy. Children of mul... - Benzene Litigation Similar to Early Days of Asbestos and Tobacco
Nov-1-06 Los Angeles, CA: Legal analysts say that the recent surge of benzene lawsuits is beginning to resemble the early days of asbestos and tobacco litigation. CFO Magazine reports that company CFOs and corporate attorneys "foresee a flood tide of benzene suits, including cases that have nothing to do with occupational exposure." CFO quotes Insurance Inf...