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Although it is disturbing, more and more cases of nursing home abuse have been occurring. Your parent or loved one is probably elderly, making them very vulnerable and you need to know if they’ll be safe. If an accident does happen, you need to question the nursing home staff to determine whether it was due [...]

When looking into making a claim against a person or company, you may wonder what your options are. Are you looking for a mass tort attorney or someone to file a class action? What are those anyways? What’s the difference between the two? Most people have heard of class action lawsuits from television, movies, and [...]

In October of 2010 DuPont released Imprelis, its newest herbicide. DuPont heavily promoted Imprelis to the lawn care industry as an environmentally friendly product that had a low toxicity to mammals and claimed it was “the most advanced turf herbicide in over 40 years.” However, the lack of adequate research on the product prior to [...]

by: Michael Werner, Esq. Glufosinate is the active ingredient in Liberty/Ignite herbicide. Unfortunately, Phytogen cottonseed, which contains the Widestrike gene for insect control, also contains a gene marker that makes these varieties resistant to glufosinate. Recently there has been a noted shortage in the supply of Phytogen Widestrike herbicide, as well as Stoneville and FiberMax [...]

by: Stephanie Herschaft, Esq. Recently, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has received complaints from customers that banks have been charging them fees with “FDIC” in the title. The role of the FDIC is to be an insurer for deposits at 7,309 banks around the country. The banks that are insured by the FDIC pay [...]