In a 5 – 4 vote, the United States Supreme Court ruled that a bankruptcy court does not have the authority to release the Sackler family members from legal claims made by opioid victims. Read more here…
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For years, the Purdue bankruptcy has been working its way through the federal court system. Earlier this year, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the Bankruptcy Court’s order which would pave the way for qualified individuals to file claims and eventually receive money from the […]
By Brittany Mierzwa – On Monday January 18th, U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers of the Northern District of Florida announced the selection of a bellwether case in the Deepwater Horizon BELO litigation. Christopher F. Causey’s case was selected to go to trial as a test of more than 500 similar […]
By Brittany Mierzwa – FDA Press Release January 12th 2021 – The FDA has published their Action Plan as they move forward with Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) -based software as a Medical Device. The FDA’s vision through AI/ML -based software ‘will deliver safe and effective software functionality that improves the […]
By Cindy Nations – The American Association for Justice (AAJ) released a new research report titled Fighting for Those Who Fight for Us: Protecting the Rights of Service members and Veterans. The report examines the many ways in which our country fails to protect veterans from harmful products and services and highlights […]
In the first bellwether trial of the Bard IVC Filter litigation, a federal jury ruled against the manufacturer C. R. Bard. On March 30, 2018, jurors in Phoenix ordered Bard to pay $1.6 million in compensatory damages to Plaintiff Sherr-Una Booker, who was harmed by an inferior vena cava (IVC) […]
A Superior Court Judge denied a motion by Equifax to dismiss a lawsuit that the Massachusetts Attorney General filed in September after the breach was discovered. Read more here… URL: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-equifax-cyber/massachusetts-can-sue-equifax-over-data-breach-judge-rules-idUSKCN1HB2QQ
Researchers have discovered and disclosed a massive WiFi vulnerability that puts everyone’s private data at risk. According to the article, nearly every WIFI device we use is vulnerable – and may even be compromised – due to a standard industry high-security protocol WPA2. Read more here: https://consumerist.com/2017/10/16/researchers-discover-wifi-vulnerability-affecting-basically-every-device-on-earth/
As you have probably heard by now, Equifax, a consumer credit reporting agency , has been hacked. Reportedly, the hackers have accessed personal information, including social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and credit card numbers for 143 million U.S. customers. That is nearly two-thirds of the adult U.S. population! Identity […]
By Cindy Nations August 30, 2017, updated December 14, 2021 To our friends in Texas. The Texas insurance laws changed FRIDAY SEPT 1st, 2017. Any claims filed after that date fell under the new law, HB 1774, reducing protection and remedies against insurance companies, should they deny claims or drag […]
By Cindy L. Nations – Drug company Mylan agreed to pay $465 million to quickly settle a Justice Department investigation into claims that it deliberately overcharged Medicaid for its EpiPen anti-allergy device. Why would a company agree so quickly to such a large settlement? Well, it might have something to […]
By Cindy L. Nations – On May 24 and 25, the Women Trial Lawyers Caucus descended on Capitol Hill to lobby Congress to beat back legislation designed to close the courthouse doors on our clients. Overall, 150 women from 41 states attended over 250 Congressional meetings. Women trial lawyers stormed […]
By Lacey Crawford – February 27, 2017 – Ford, Nissan, Honda, BMW, and Toyota are accused of using Takata airbags despite knowing about their defects. Read more… To find out if a vehicle is on the recall list, enter the VIN number here on NHTSA Safercar.gov’s database.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released a series of reports involving Takata’s defective air bag inflators, around 100 million of which have been declared defective worldwide, with nearly 70 million inflators in the U.S. alone. In the report, Takata also holds its U.S. arm, not the parent company, responsible […]
Ford announced that it was tallying 1.5 million cars, SUVs and vans to the recall, bringing the North America total of recalled vehicles this year to 2.4 million. Read more here…
General Motors stated it will recall almost 4.3 million vehicles worldwide due to a software defect that prevents air bags from deploying during a crash, a fault already linked to one death and three injuries. Read more here… URL: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/09/gm-recalling-4-million-vehicles-worldwide-for-software-defect-linked-to-1-death.html
Wells Fargo is being sued by customers in what may be the first of many lawsuits to come after leaks that employees created unauthorized accounts to increase the bank’s fees. Read more here… URL: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-16/wells-fargo-faces-customer-suit-over-unauthorized-accounts
In a complaint filed in May 2015, California prosecutors contended that Wells Fargo urged customers into overpriced financial products that they did not need or even request. Read more here… URL: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-wells-fargo-settlement-20160907-snap-story.html
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is putting a stop to the use of a number of common ingredients in antibacterial soaps and washes because there is no evidence those products are safe for long-term use or more effective than plain soap. Read more here in the New York Times […]
Mazda Motor Corp. is recalling more than 190,000 CX-7 SUVs because of a potentially hazardous steering control defect. Read more here… URL: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/mazda-cx7-suv-recall-steering/
Mitsubishi Motors’ American division will conduct a new recall, the second announced this month, for its CVT transmission. According to the filing made to the NHTSA, Mitsubishi’s Constant Velocity Transmission could momentarily lose signal, thus delaying acceleration. Read more here… URL: http://www.autoblog.com/2016/08/22/mitsubishi-recall-82426-cvt-transmission/