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Aug-14-08 Washington, DC A high-end vehicle manufacturer not often caught having to recall vehicles has today issued a recall notice for 200,000 vehicles due to a potentially faulty passenger airbag detection system. The German automaker BMW AG has recalled the 2006 3 Series, the 2004-2006 5 Series, and the 2004-2006 X3 compact sport utility vehicles sold in th... - Zimmer Hip Replacement: Is the Durom Cup Half Full, or Half Empty?
Aug-13-08 Warsaw, IN The lucrative field of hip-replacement surgery could be forgiven for inviting controversy. In the case of Zimmer, the world's largest supplier of hip replacement parts, scrutiny has been focused on the quality of their Durom Acetabular Component, known as the Durom Cup , and the naming of Zimmer along with other manufacturers in a lawsuit all... - University of South Carolina Breach of Contract Settlement
Co-defensive coordinator John Thompson was demoted by Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier midway through the 2005 season and later placed on a leave of absence. Thompson filed a breach of contract and wrongful termination lawsuit against the university. The University of South Carolina has agreed to pay Thompson a $101,000 settlement for the contract dispu... - Nursing Home to Pay for Alleged Abuse
Aug-10-08 Las Vegas, NV Edward "Tiger" Monsour was placed in a nursing home by his sons to recover from a fall. The 75-year-old emerged less than a year later in far worse shape than when he arrived, and he died from alleged nursing home abuse a few weeks after being discharged from a facility that was supposed to improve his well-being, not take it away. That... - Study: Better to Take the Deal, Than Go to Trial
Aug-9-08 New York, NY In a classic case of the glass half-full vs. half-empty, a new report due for publication next month puts the trial on trial, as it were—and makes the case for cutting the deal and walking away with something, vs. the prospect of going the distance and coming away with nothing. The study, to be published in the September issue of Journa... - Plane Crash: Pilot Not Licensed
Aug-5-08 Tyler, TX: It's one of those stories that makes you think, 'Oh…my…God.' A plane crash : a small plane, carrying a handful of passengers that goes down. In many cases there are fatalities, but luckily in this case there were no deaths. Just injuries, the fear and the emotional fallout that comes with being in a plane that falls from the sky. And then... - Avandia – Buyer Beware
Aug-4-08 Boston, MA Avandia , as of August 3, 2008, has undergone yet more prescribing information changes. Remarkably, the changes talk about the benefits of the drug, not the increased risk for cardiac events, edema, and breathlessness, which so many Avandia users have suffered. The update includes data from A Diabetes Outcome Progression Trial (ADOPT), which... - PPH: Could Fen-phen Come Back?
Aug-4-08 Chapel Hill, NC It's been a few years since the diet drugs behind the gradual emergence of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension, or PPH , were pulled from the market and banned. Pondimin, Redux and the combination Fen-phen were considered the new frontier in weight loss, until the Crown Prince of Weight Loss was shown to have an ugly side. But now, the appe... - Trusts and Estates: Be Careful Who You Trust
Jul-28-08 Charlotte, NC As the largest wave of baby boomers—now just hitting retirement—advance through old age, there will be a virtual flood of wills, estates and family trusts flowing to banks over the next three decades. The question is, for whom will they be working? You, or themselves? That's the billion-dollar question. Or should we say, the trillion... - Roger Drake: Attorney Believes More Avandia Cases To Come
Jul-27-08 Los Angeles, CA The legal team at Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman in Los Angeles is among the most successful drug liability litigators in the country. It has fought and won hundreds of personal injury and wrongful death cases against pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) related to the antidepressant Paxil. Now attorney Roger Drake at the firm is re... - Auction Rate Securities: UBS Commits "Flagrant Breach of Trust"
Jul-25-08 New York, NY If you needed any further proof that companies have been up to illegal activity regarding auction rate securities, this should finally convince you. New York State has filed a lawsuit against Swiss bank UBS AG, accusing the company of misleading clients by falsely selling auction rate securities as cash equivalents. According to the lawsuit,... - Cancer Center Warns of Too Much Cell Phone Use
Head of Center Issues Warning to his Staff Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, broke ground yesterday when he issued a warning to his staff to limit cell phone use because of the possible risk for cancer. In a memo to 3000 faculty at the center, he recommended that children only use cell phones in emergenc... - Toxic Chemicals Found in Common Scented Laundry Products, Air Fresheners
Plug-in Air Freshener Contains 20 Plus Volatile Compounds A University of Washington study of top-selling laundry products and air fresheners found the products emitted dozens of different chemicals. All six products tested gave off at least one chemical regulated as toxic or hazardous under federal laws, but none of those chemicals was listed on the pr... - Ortho Evra: 4.4 Seconds of Information that Could Change Your Life
Jul-22-08 Atlanta, GA A recent study out of the UGA Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia, has found that most prescription drug ads on television do not present 'fair balance'. Ironically, the study points to recent ads for the Ortho Evra birth control patch as an example of balanced advertising, stating that their recent ads g... - Stockbroker Arbitration: "I Trusted a Man Who Was Dishonest"
Jul-21-08 Vancouver, WA Investors run the risk of losing money on investments or not getting as much of a return as they thought they would get. There is, obviously, a certain amount of risk that is involved in investing. However, problems occur when the risk comes not from the investment itself, but from unscrupulous investment advisors, who do not properly manage... - Despite Suicide Risk, Feds Suggest Chantix Still the Best Way to Quit
Jul-18-08 Indianapolis, IN As one of the first Chantix lawsuits against Pfizer becomes official this week, the entire Chantix issue just gets weirder: on one hand the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) highlights the risk of suicide in the Chantix Medication Guide. On the other, government health officials reportedly continue to urge smokers to use Chantix as... - Wachovia Corp. Employee Savings & 401K Plan
Wachovia Corporation ("Wachovia" or the "Company") (NYSE: WB) has announced lower than expected earnings for the year 2007 and write downs of $600 million related to losses from securities backed by commercial mortgages. Wachovia and other administrators of the Wachovia Employee Savings or 401(k) Plans (the "Plans") may have breached their ERISA-mandated fi... - Antidepressants Linked to Increased Fracture Risk
Spinal Fracture Risk Increases in Post Menopausal Women A study published in the May issue of the Journal of General internal Health has shown a link between antidepressant use and fracture risk in women whose average age was 64. The study reviewed data on 93,000 women enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study, and found a 30 percen... - Justin Perl: Minneapolis Firm Wins 6.5 Million in Back Pay for Minnesota Wal-Mart Employees
Jul-13-08 Minneapolis, MN The next time you are in a Wal-Mart store in Minnesota, you might want to ask one of the staff if they have had lunch that day. The Dakota County District Court in Minnesota has ruled that Wal-Mart violated Minnesota's Fair Labor Standards Act over 2 million times, and awarded 6.5 million dollars in damages to approximately 56,000 curren... - Lehman Brothers Faces ERISA Lawsuit
Jul-10-08 Hartford, CT Lehman Brothers has become yet another name in a long list of companies facing ERISA lawsuits related to its handling of 401(k) plans. Companies like Lehman Brothers are finding themselves facing such lawsuits with increasing frequency, as plan participants realize that companies are withholding important information regarding plan stabili...