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Sort by date 1,812 pages found matching bank of america- David Drexler: Clients for Life–Big City Lawyer with a Small Town Approach
Jul-10-08 Los Angeles, CA David Drexler has won tens of millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for clients over the last 30 years or so, but that is not the most fascinating part of his law practice. It's the way he runs his law firm that sets Drexler apart from everyone else. He refers to it as his 'client for life' philosophy. "I have clients, Rosa... - Attorney Ilyas Akbari Combines Bioengineering and Law in the Case Against Heparin
Jul-10-08 Maybe it is because his parents smuggled him out of Afghanistan in a suitcase when he was two and half years old, that personal injury and litigation lawyer Ilyas Akbari has such a keen sense of what it means to be pushed to the limits of human endurance by circumstances beyond your control. "I have been out of law school for five years now. The first cou... - Truck Accidents: Out for a Walk, Never to Come Home
Jul-4-08 New York, NY Summer was about to begin, but someone's life was about to end unexpectedly June 23rd just before a loaded dump truck lumbered off the Manhattan Bridge and plowed into a parked bus. A pedestrian was killed , and four people were injured. An inspection of the truck by the New York State Department of Transportation found eight violations,... - Unpaid California Overtime 101: It's Soooo Easy…
Jul-2-08 Los Angeles, CA Okay, so you're working away at work, happy as a clam, oblivious to any potential slight-of-hand your employer might be wielding against you in an effort to avoid paying what is your due. In this way, you may be a victim of unpaid California overtime , and not even know it. What's that, you say? 'My boss is being unfair to me?' Surely,... - Dangerous Asthma Drugs: Short-Term Relief, Long-Term Death
Jun-10-08 Washington, DC Take our dangerous asthma drug . Please. It will relieve your symptoms. Oh, but it could also worsen your asthma, which could kill you. But you'll die happy. Have a nice day. Give us a break. Are you as sick as the rest of us with the 'drugification' of America? They make drugs for everything, and more than half the time the drugs ar... - Truck Accident: Tragic Tangle with a Tractor-Trailer
Jun-4-08 Charlottesville, VA She was a soccer player—caring, and fun-loving. When a classmate's dog died, she baked the grieving owner cookies. That's the type of person Sydney Aichs was. And that's why so many friends and loved ones are mourning her death to a truck accident after her small car was rammed by a tractor-trailer running a red light. The 16-year... - Attorney Jay Edelson on New Technology Class Action
May-29-08 Chicago, IL: Jay Edelson, a managing partner at KamberEdelson, LLC , says that "new technology class actions" differentiate KamberEdelson from other class action law firms. "It's a field unto itself," Edelson says. "It can include things like security breaches, text messaging slam cases, Internet fraud, and unauthorized mobile phone content charges." That... - Securities / Stock Fraud: Big Boys Roll the Dice, the Little Guy Loses…
May-25-08 Anaheim, CA Not that his team is in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Well, at least not this year. But on the night that the pre-eminent hockey championship launches before a sea of ribald hockey fans far removed from California, the owner of the Anaheim Ducks hockey club has resigned as Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of Broadcom Corp after allegations of... - Credit Card Abuse: To Be Continued?
May-19-08 Washington, DC On March 13, 2008 five credit card consumers were ready to testify at a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing regarding credit card industry practices and credit card abuse . But it turned out to be a waste of time: GOP staff members asked them to sign waivers allowing public disclosure of their private financial matters—which... - Attorney Michael L. Hodges on BPA Class Action
May-15-08 Lenexa, Kansas: In his thirty-year legal career, Michael Hodges says, "We've done virtually every kind of damages case you can think of, but in the last four or five years, we've done mainly mass torts and class actions." That includes joining in multiple class actions filed recently against Avent America, Evenflo, Gerber, Handi-Craft (Dr. Brown's), and Pl... - Heparin Victim Widow: "We Have a False Sense of Security."
May-5-08 Washington DC Joanna Marie Staples of Toledo, Ohio told a congressional subcommittee on April 29, 2008 that there is a false sense of security in a country where people expect to feel safe and protected. Her husband Dennis had died shortly before his 60th birthday after he had received an injection of contaminated heparin. The same contaminated heparin... - Possible Merck ERISA Violation Regarding Vytorin
Apr-29-08 Whitehouse Station, NJ When Merck dragged its feet for 21 months before releasing the ENHANCE study shaming Vytorin , the manufacturer allegedly did more than delay the bad news: it may have also delayed the returns, and derailed the retirement plans of thousands of investors unaware of a ticking time bomb. But Merck knew, and in so doing may have breac... - Heparin Counterfeit Seven Times Cheaper Than the Real Thing
Apr-15-08 Washington, DC: Patients with recently-implanted heart stents, vascular stents or grafts are wondering if they are going to be affected by the tainted heparin scare, after the US Food and Drug Administration last week alerted medical device manufacturers that they should review their sources of heparin. Some medical devices, including devices used in pul... - Religious Discrimination Lawsuit is Implemented after Circuit Court Ruling
Apr-6-08 Gaithersburg, MD: A religious discrimination lawsuit has been implemented for a second time following a ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A former employee of Sunbelt Rentals Inc., Clinton Ingram, has accused the company of neglecting his reports of religious discrimination by former co-workers. It's alleged that Mr. Ingram had racial... - The Duragesic patch: Fentanyl Can Kill More Than Pain...
Mar-29-08 Raritan, NJ: Chronic pain sufferers will tell you that the Duragesic patch is so bad, it's good. Very, very good, in stemming the kind of chronic pain most closely associated with cancer patients, and others who suffer with ailments and agony the rest of us couldn't imagine having to live with. But make no mistake, the Duragesic patch and the opioid t... - Kids Play Shouldn't Be This Dangerous
Mar-23-08 Washington, DC The number of children injured or killed by dangerous and defective children's products has more than doubled in the past five years. Toys head up the list of culprits, followed by furniture and arts and crafts supplies. Already for the month of March, 10 out of 23 products recalled jointly by the Consumer Product Safety Commission an... - Student Workers' Wages Withheld Unlawfully While Working in the US
Mar-17-08 Albany, NY: Several student workers heralding from areas of the world such as Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America were denied earned wages including overtime pay. This is in direct violation of New York Employment Law . In addition, some of the youthful guest workers were required to pay room and board from their paycheck. Resort cities were the ta... - Lawsuit Alleges Chiquita contributed to Deaths
Mar-15-08 New York, NY: The relatives of missionaries killed in Columbia filed a lawsuit against Chiquita Brands International Inc., alleging that the company contributed to their deaths by financing FARC, a leftist rebel group. This lawsuit is one of the latest challenges faced by the company due to its operations in Columbia. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday M... - Wind Shear Detection Improving but not Foolproof
Mar-12-08 Hamburg, DE Passengers aboard a Lufthansa flight on March 1st narrowly escaped a plane crash when stormy winds up to 155 mph rocked their aircraft as it attempted to land in Hamburg, Germany. Gut-dropping images caught on amateur video of its runway approach, show the left wing of the Airbus A320 grazing the runway; the aircraft teeters, then lifts o... - Bankruptcy Debt Help: Interview with Bankruptcy Lawyer
Mar-12-08 Phoenix, AZ: In the wake of soaring credit card debts and subprime loans, a bankruptcy wave is likely to hit the US anytime soon. Nationwide, attorneys are getting more calls from people who are having financial problems; more calls from small businesses; more calls from individuals who have credit card debt and more calls from home owners. Unfortun...