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Jan-4-16 Sacramento, CA: Of the 807 new California labor laws that went into effect on January 1, 2016, it is likely that the Fair Pay Act will keep labor lawyers busy. Fair Pay Act (SB 358) Four important things have changed from the previous law. 1. SB 358 requires equal pay for “substantially similar” and not equal work as it was st... - Lawsuits Allege Olympus Withheld Reports of Endoscopy Infections from US Hospitals
Dec-30-15 Santa Monica, CA: A damning exposé on endoscopes that appeared earlier this month in the Los Angeles Times (12/19/15) provides a troubling backdrop to a rash of serious infections and responses undertaken by a manufacturer that commands the single largest sector of the endoscopy market in the United States. Such revelations would be of interest to... - VW Car Dealerships Hurting This Holiday Season Sue Volkswagen Group
Dec-19-15 Los Angeles, CA: Car dealers have been hit hard by the Volkswagen emissions debacle. They have lost business on several levels and they have lost their customers’ trust. But lawyers say they do have legal recourse. Consumers have already filed claims and dealers too can file a Volkswagen Lawsuit. Dealers are stuck with inventory they can&rsquo... - Zyprexa Lawsuits - Eli Lilly May Lose Insurance Coverage
Aug-3-06 In the company's first quarter report for 2006, Eli Lilly says it is having problems with insurance coverage. "We have experienced difficulties in obtaining product liability insurance due to a very restrictive insurance market," the report says, "and therefore will be largely self-insured for future product liability losses." Although Lilly has cover... - $11M Awarded in Bellwether Wright Conserve Hip Implant MDL
Nov-26-15 Santa Clara, CA A jury has awarded an $11 million verdict against Wright Medical Technology Inc, the makers of allegedly defective Wright Conserve Hip Implants. Considered a bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation (MDL), the Atlanta jury found the plaintiff did have a defective hip implant, and that Wright had misrepresented the safety of... - Onglyza Lawsuit Alleges Heart Failure Caused by Drug
Nov-15-15 Chicago, IL: An Onglyza lawsuit has been filed against AstraZeneca, alleging the diabetes drug caused a woman’s death. The lawsuit was filed late in October, according to reports, and claims that Lillie Ree Gibson died from heart problems after taking Onglyza. Onglyza, known generically as saxagliptin, is a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhib... - Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline Help Send Kids To Prison
May-29-06 In 2003, the pharmaceutical industry passed out $16.4 billion worth of free drug samples to doctors. These so-called free samples are literally killing people. Two young lads who were lucky enough to get free samples of Zoloft are now sitting in prison. After visits to their family doctors, Christopher Pittman and Zachary Schmidkunz were both sent home wi... - Benicar Lawsuits Keep Coming, Olmesartan Still on the Market
Nov-10-15 Newark, NJ: It is no surprise that Benicar Lawsuits continue to grow exponentially, given the seriousness and negative impact to one’s health delivered by a diagnosis of sprue-like enteropathy. The latter is a serious gastrointestinal condition characterized by severe dehydration and diarrhea, and in some cases colitis. Such chronic suffering can... - Ex-Pfizer VP Peter Rost Takes On Goliath
May-9-06 Beginning in 1997, Pharmacia, currently a subsidiary of Pfizer, sought to boost its sales of the drug Genotropin. To that end, the company illegally marketed the drug to spur growth in short children and as an anti-aging drug for adults looking for the fountain of youth. In a nutshell, the off-label marketing scheme included: (1) direct payments to doct... - Kids Dying From Off-Label Use Of Antipsychotics
May-5-06 A recent USA Today sponsored review of the FDA database from 2000 to 2004 found at least 45 deaths in children under 18 with atypical antipsychotics listed as the "primary suspect," and 1,328 reports of other serious side effects, some life-threatening. Atypical antipsychotics are a relatively new class of drugs approved by the FDA for the treatment of a... - Financial Institutions Told to Halt Overdraft Fees on College Cards
Oct-29-15 Washington, DC: Hoping to protect college students from excessive overdraft fees and other banking practices that would push them further into debt, federal regulators have finalized regulations that should help them keep better control of their money. The rules affect students who have bank accounts with financial institutions that have ties to educat... - Tequin's Serious Injuries - Bristol-Myers Feigns Ignorance
May-1-06 On April 27, 2006, Dow Jones reported that Bristol-Myers Squibb had decided to stop selling Tequin, an antibiotic found to increase the risk of blood-sugar problems. BMS made a "recent decision to stop all our commercialization efforts" for Tequin and to return the rights to Kyorin, Dow quoted Chief Financial Officer, Andrew Bonfield, as saying. BMS licen... - VA Benefits Study Suggests Veterans Most in Need Are Not Getting Help
Oct-28-15 New Brunswick, NJ: A troubling trend appears to be emerging with regard to VA benefits , and it’s a trend of interest to anyone contemplating or currently litigating a VA lawsuit. According to a published study, it appears that those veterans in greatest need of help, health care, services and disability benefits aren’t getting them from Vet... - Texas Jury Awards $8.2M Against DuPont In Benzene Exposure Case
Oct-23-15 Dallas, TX, October 20, 2015 - A jury has awarded $8.2 million to a 60-year-old Texas man battling MDS/AML, a form of leukemia caused by his exposure to benzene contained in paint and thinners manufactured by E.I. Du Pont De Nemours. Virgil Hood handled DuPont’s toxic products on the job daily in Colorado between 1973 and 1996, when he worked as a pain... - Autism - Worst Welfare Disaster In History
Apr-20-06 Scientist and medical experts say that unless the government forces the pharmaceutical industry to pay for the damage caused by mercury-laced vaccines, in the not too distant future, Americans will experience the worst welfare disaster in the history of this country. No doubt with that in mind, eight members of Congress are calling for a new investigation... - Bair Hugger: The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind
Oct-5-15 Chilton, WI Rosie Bartel is a woman from Chilton, Wisconsin, who went in for a routine knee replacement some years ago. However, Bartel got more than she bargained for and came away from the hospital with more than a new knee. She also left with a MRSA infection that would result in 27 additional surgeries and eventually cost Bartel her right leg, amputate... - Additional Concerns Surface Over Invokana Side Effects: FDA
Oct-4-15 Washington DC Up until now there has been ongoing concern with regard to side effects associated with Invokana, the type 2 diabetes medication marketed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Janssen), an offshoot of pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson. “ Invokana Linked with Cardiovascular Injuries and Kidney Failure ” is a headline no type... - Risperdal Criminals
Sep-28-15 Philadelphia, PA Although Johnson & Johnson has been finally caught, pleaded guilty and fined more than $2 billion for aggressively marketing Risperdal to the elderly and to young boys, that amount is a drop in its bucket considering that the antipsychotic drug brought the drug giant $30 billion in sales worldwide. Many online discussions stem... - FDA Grants Guinea Pig Status To US Citizens
Feb-28-06 "It is outrageous that, for all intents and purposes, the FDA allowed a clinical trial to proceed, which makes every citizen in the United States a potential "guinea pig," without providing a practical, informative warning to the public." The statement of outrage above was included in a letter to acting FDA Commissioner, Dr von Eschenbach, from Senator Ch... - Off-Label Use Of Lilly's Evista Multiplies Risks
Feb-26-06 On October 24, 2002 the Cancer Prevention Coalition issued a press release that said women taking the osteoporosis drug Evista, marketed since 1997 by Eli Lilly, were at an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer. "There is ample scientific evidence that Evista poses risks of ovarian cancer," wrote Samuel Epstein, MD, Chairman of the Prevention Coalit...