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by: Matthew McCauley, Esq. First responders with current lawsuits filed claiming injuries associated with their work at Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks have only one a few days remaining to discontinue those cases

by: Daniel C. Burke, Esq. The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) created today what will be known as MDL No. 2299, for all cases alleging bladder cancer caused by the prescription drug Actos which is used to treat Type II diabetes. The matter will be centralized in the U.S District Court, Western District of [...]

by: Jay Breakstone, Esq. By now, everyone knows that the McDonald’s “Hot Coffee” case was not a joke or something to laugh at, but a very serious lawsuit where a grandmother was severely burned by coffee that McDonald’s knew was hot enough to burn flesh, but served anyway because they didn’t really care about burning [...]

by: Brett Leitner, Esq. What is a contracture? A contracture is a tightening of muscle, tendons, ligaments, or skin that prevents normal movement. A contracture develops when the normally elastic (stretchy) connective tissues are replaced by inelastic (nonstretchy) fiber-like tissue. This makes it hard to stretch the area and prevents normal movement. Contractures are painful, [...]

by: Bruce I read this article on Red Orbit, and thought this excerpt would be of interest to our clients: It has been discovered that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has known about problems with French breast implant manufacturer Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) at La Seyne Sur Mer, since sending an investigator in [...]

by: Justin Varughese, Esq. In its simplest form, a Power of Attorney is a document that grants an individual the authority to make legal decisions on behalf of another. However, with most Powers of Attorney, the agent is authorized to make decisions in very limited and specific circumstances. The power can typically be revoked by [...]

by: Bruce I read this article on www.foodconsumer.org and thought this would be of interest to our clients: Health Canada is proposing to adopt a precautionary principle approach and guidelines for limited cell phone use. Other countries that have already done so to some degree or another include Russia, the UK, Israel, Belgium, Germany, India, [...]

Por: Herman Badillo, Esq. Toda persona que reside en los Estados Unidos tiene derechos bajo nuestra constitución aunque sean indocumentados. Las personas no pueden ser deportadas sin tener el derecho de audiencias públicas en las cortes de este país. También tienen el derecho de abrir cualquier litigio en las cortes sin tener que identificarse como [...]

by: William Dubanevich, Esq. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on December 22, 2011 that it will withdraw a decade-old proposal to limit the use of antibiotics in animal feed; a move experts say could have dire implications for public health. “Experts warn the common and often unnecessary practice is decreasing the effectiveness [...]

by: Daniel C. Burke, Esq. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning parents who give acetaminophen (known by the brand name Tylenol) to babies to carefully read and follow the dosing instructions that come with the brand name or generic drug. Recently, the FDA asked manufacturers of liquid-dosed acetaminophen to agree upon a [...]