$54M Madoff-like Ponzi ‘Green Scheme’ has Victims Fighting for Lost Investments
Philadelphia, PA (press release): $54 million pales in comparison to the billions swindled by Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, but there is no difference to the hundreds of victims–many of them elderly–of the alleged financial fraud led in part by on…
Wal-Mart Faces Pension Plan Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: In addition to allegations of bribery, Wal-Mart now faces a lawsuit filed by a pension plan, which alleges the company breached its fiduciary duty. The latest retirement plan lawsuit was filed in relation to the Mexico bribery scandal …
Municipal Statute Does Not Violate California Labor Law: Ruling
Menlo Park, CA: It’s been an interesting journey in California labor law for both employees and taxpayers in one municipality in the state—and that is the right for those paying the bills to have some input into the pension benefits of municipal empl…
Municipal Statute Does Not Violate California Labor Law: Ruling
Menlo Park, CA: It’s been an interesting journey in California labor law for both employees and taxpayers in one municipality in the state—and that is the right for those paying the bills to have some input into the pension benefits of municipal empl…
Municipal Statute Does Not Violate California Labor Law: Ruling
Menlo Park, CA: It’s been an interesting journey in California labor law for both employees and taxpayers in one municipality in the state—and that is the right for those paying the bills to have some input into the pension benefits of municipal empl…
"My Wife’s Liver Failed After Tylenol IV Drip"
Waukon, IA: Van’s wife had a hip replacement last September 2011, and after surgery, Tylenol was given intravenously (by an IV drip) to reduce and replace the morphine. She didn’t have any liver or kidney problems, but just five months later, she passe…
For Memorial Day Safety, Statistics Aren’t on Your Side
Santa Cruz, CA: The approach of Memorial Day heralds the start of the busy summer season, when families do most of their leisure time and other activity together (as opposed to separately). And yet, as welcome as the onset of Memorial Day is, there is …
Medtronic Investigation Concludes as Another Medtronic Lawsuit is Filed
Minneapolis, MN: A federal lawsuit into the marketing of the Medtronic Infuse bone graft has reportedly ended with no charges being filed against Medtronic. The investigation looked into allegations that Medtronic illegally marketed its bone graft devi…
The Effexor Baby
Philadelphia, PA: A trial announced in February was believed to be the first Effexor birth defects case to go to trial. However, the loss of a baby girl to plaintiffs Glenn and Lauren Boyer is not the first infant allegedly lost to a lethal ingestion o…
Stevens Johnson Syndrome Impacts Young and Old Alike
Newquay, UK: If there is one thing about Stevens Johnson Syndrome, it is not a respecter of demographics and spares no one, regardless of age. To that end, a young boy in England had his life cut short due to a large extent from the fallout from a dise…
