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Santa Clara, CA: Southern California utility companies are coming under legal attack for the practice of transferring funds gathered from customers in their regular utility bills, to the City of Los Angeles, on the grounds that the transfers amount to a tax charged to consumers of power and water, which is essentially consumer fraud and illegal under... - Plaintiffs Give Up on GM Faulty Ignition Switch Fund, Look to Courts Instead
Apr-26-15 New York, NY A division has formed between plaintiffs trying or having tried to access a compensation fund established by General Motors for victims of faulty GM ignition switches, and those plaintiffs who have either given up on the fund, don’t qualify, or at the end of the day feel they would fare better with the courts. The dividing of the camps a... - In Wake of Supplements Lawsuit, GNC Agrees to Changes
Apr-17-15 New York, NY Following news of herbal supplements lawsuits and allegations of fraudulent labeling in the herbal supplement industry comes news that at least one retailer has agreed to make changes to its herbal supplements products. GNC has reportedly agreed to make changes to its testing procedures in an attempt to regain some of the trust lost in the... - $4.5 Million Premises Liability Verdict Against Landlord in Double Murder
Mar-29-15 What duty does a landlord owe to residents to make an apartment complex safe under premises liability law? The Florida Supreme Court recently answered that property owners cannot ignore security issues, finding an apartment owner liable for negligence for failure to repair the security gate of a gated apartment complex. It upheld a $4.5 million jury ve... - Benicar Sprue-Like Enteropathy Continuing to Drive Litigation
Mar-22-15 Little Rock, AR While all medications have side effects, it’s evident that some side effects are more serious than others. In the case of Benicar side effects , a malady known as sprue-like enteropathy can trigger chronic diarrhea and other gastrointestinal ailments that have the potential to foster weight loss, dehydration and serious health issu... - More On-Demand Companies Face California Overtime Lawsuits
Mar-21-15 San Francisco, CA From car services to cleaning companies, the on-demand economy is surging. But California overtime laws may slow them down. Lawsuits filed in 2013 against Uber and Lyft are pending, and it comes as no surprise that more recent lawsuits have been filed against start-ups with similar business models: housecleaning company Homejoy and de... - Herbal Supplements: A Massive Industry with Little Oversight
Mar-21-15 Washington, DC Seemingly lost in the headlines over the New York State attorney general’s assertion that four major retailers have been selling fraudulent herbal supplements , instantly triggering a host of lawsuits and questions over testing methods, is the fact that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not updated its definition of &ldq... - Crestor Issues Maintain Center Stage in Crestor Lawsuits
Mar-18-15 Austin, TX While a Crestor lawsuit alleging the withholding of test results linking Crestor to diabetes and other side effects quietly percolates through the courts, a couple of one-year anniversaries are due later this year that affords no cheer for health advocates concerned with the adverse event profile for rosuvastatin (Crestor), and other statin... - Avelox Antibiotic Injuries Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Avelox (moxifloxacin hydrochloride), is in a class of antibiotic drugs known as fluoroquinolones, which includes Cipro and Levaquin. Avelox antibiotic is used to fight bacterial infections and is generally prescribed to treat bacterial sinusitis, chronic bronchitis, and community-acquired pneumonia. However, the oral fluoroquinolones have been linked to... - Can Herbal Supplements Lawsuits Support Lack of DNA Evidence?
Mar-15-15 New York, NY A number of herbal supplements lawsuits have recently been filed in the wake of investigations by the New York Attorney General’s office. But those claims may need to sit on the back burner while experts determine if DNA testing was the right kind for the supplements. A recently formed coalition of State Attorneys General may ne... - Papa John’s Franchisee Hit with $2 Million New York Labor Law Judgment
Mar-13-15 New York, NY A New York judge and the Attorney General of the state have both signaled through their actions that New York labor law will not be allowed to flounder at the hands of employers who are alleged to play unfairly in the employment sandbox. To that end, a Papa John’s franchisee has been hit with a $2 million judgment for allegedly under... - Age Discrimination Case Against Zillow Can Proceed
Mar-13-15 A federal judge in California ruled that an age and disability discrimination case, filed by a 41-year-old ex-employee, can proceed against Zillow. The court denied Zillow’s motion to dismiss stating there was sufficient evidence the employer engaged in discriminatory conduct. The former employee, Jennifer Young, also complained Zillow caused intent... - FDA Warns of Infection Risk with Duodenoscope
Los Angeles, CA: Following an outbreak of a deadly antibiotic resistant bacteria at Ronald Regan Medical Center in California, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning to doctors and hospitals that duodenoscopes, a commonly used type of medical scope, can be difficult to sanitize between uses and "may facilitate the spread of dead... - Lawsuits Filed Over Herbal Supplements
Mar-7-15 Minneapolis, MN In the wake of news that herbal supplements may not contain the ingredients their labels claim, comes news that lawsuits are now being filed against the makers of some herbal supplement products. The lawsuits follow an announcement by New York’s attorney general that at least four brands of herbal supplements carried at major reta... - Asbestos Mesothelioma Study Provides Some Insights into Fatal Disease
Mar-5-15 Minneapolis, MN A 2014 study regarding asbestos mesothelioma and cancer has shown that certain particles are linked to the development of mesothelioma, but did not provide any further information on the issue. The study was conducted after concerns were raised that Minnesota taconite workers had a higher than expected rate of mesothelioma, a fatal cond... - Feed Your Body with Food, Not Herbal Supplements
Mar-1-15 New York, NY Most everyone over 40 remembers Jefferson Airplane’s famous song, “White Rabbit.” Grace Slick, the writer and singer, said the song was intended to be a wake-up call to parents who read their children novels such as Alice In Wonderland, and then wondered why their children would later use drugs, namely hallucinogens. Today... - Herbal Supplement Fraud News and Information
Four major retailers have been accused of committing herbal supplement fraud by selling supplements whose ingredients did not match the ingredients listed on the supplement label. Tests conducted by officials reportedly showed widespread supplement contamination , including ingredients found in the herbal supplements that were not listed on the label, e... - Herbal Supplements Under Attack from Regulators and Consumers
Feb-18-15 Washington, DC If you take any pill, you’re supposed to know what’s in that pill. That’s the basis for regulations concerning pharmaceuticals. But when it comes to herbal supplements , the rules are more relaxed, and it turns out that some herbal supplements may have been sold without the ingredients their labels claimed they contained... - Hawaiian Back and Neck Injury Plaintiffs Sue State for Raised Seabed
Feb-9-15 Honolulu, HI A back and neck injury lawsuit can take all forms; whiplash from an automobile accident, a slip and fall, and so on. In what appears to be a unique and compelling neck and back injury compensation claim, two men from the Oahu district of Hawaii have launched lawsuits alleging that state officials, when adding sand to a beach area to appeas... - Herbal Supplement Lawsuit News and Information
Los Angeles, CA: Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman' office has sent letters to four major retailers, GNC, Target, Walmart, and Walgreens, for allegedly selling store brand herbal supplement products in New York that either could not be verified to contain the labeled substance, or which were found to contain ingredients not listed on the labels...