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• DePuy Hip Class Action Lawsuit Filed in New Jersey

  Brett Emison | April 29, 2011 11:10 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Devices & Implants

  The New Jersey Law Journal has reported that the New Jersey Municipal Employee Benefits Fund has filed a class action lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics stemming...

• Round Up: AT&T v. Concepcion

  Brett Emison | April 28, 2011 10:37 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  What constitutional rights would you be willing to give up for the pleasure of owning an iPhone? You'd better be willing to give up the 7th Amendment. The Supreme Court of the United States handed...

• Regulations Addressing Distracted Driving Still Years Away

  Brett Emison | April 27, 2011 11:15 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  I have written extensively about distracted driving and how younger drivers would like an “iPhone on wheels”, but, unfortunately, NHTSA says it may be years before any regulations...

• News Article Alleges DePuy Hip Recall Symptom of Bigger Problems at J&J

  Brett Emison | April 26, 2011 11:16 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Devices & Implants

  A Bloomberg Businessweek article points to the troubles facing Johnson & Johnson, not only with the DePuy Hip recall, but also in over 50 other product recalls since the beginning of...

• Did You Know... A Number of Common Nutritional Supplements Have Recently Been Recalled?

  Brett Emison | April 23, 2011 10:13 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  On April 4, 2011, the FDA launched a new website which allows consumers to more quickly search for recalls of food, drugs and other products. One thing that is useful about this new tool: it...

• Axxent FlexiShield Recall Elevated by FDA to Class I

  Brett Emison | April 20, 2011 11:47 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Devices & Implants

  A recall of a medical device that has reportedly left particles of tungsten in women’s breasts has now been designated as a Class I recall. This is the most serious type of product removal...

• Families Faced with Security Challenges for the Elderly in Nursing Homes

  Brett Emison | April 19, 2011 11:21 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  Older adults and those with aging parents are faced with challenges as the first of the Baby Boomers are hitting 65. This generation has been termed the “pig in the python”, referring to...

• Did You Know... Pool and Spa Drain Covers Can Pose a Risk for Entrapment?

  Brett Emison | April 18, 2011 12:49 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  With the hottest part of the year coming up, and schools across America coming to a close over the next two months, pool-owners from coast to coast are beginning to kick off the thermal pool covers...

• Nevada Investigating Medical Device Relationship with Doctors

  Brett Emison | April 12, 2011 11:24 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: Medical Devices & Implants

  The New York Times this week published a report that Nevada state officials have begun an investigation to determine if payments to cardiologists by a heart device company were legitimate consulting...

• Did You Know... Auto Crashes Are 4th Leading Cause Of Death?

  Brett Emison | April 11, 2011 11:31 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The recently released National Safety Council’s Death Statistics reveal that one thing is true for all of us -- life is a blessing and no one makes it out alive. While listing in detail the...

• California Bill To Protect Internet Privacy

  Brett Emison | April 08, 2011 10:46 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Who's watching... I always feel like somebody's watching me and I have no privacy.... -- Rockwell (80's song and current Geico commercial) If you're online, there a pretty good chance someone...

• Law Advances On Rental Car Recalls

  Brett Emison | April 07, 2011 10:36 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The New York Times reported that a California law advanced toward creating the country's first law forcing rental car companies to pull recalled vehicles off of the road. Car manufacturers and...

• Toyota Finally Hands Over Source Code In Acceleration Lawsuits

  Brett Emison | April 06, 2011 11:29 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The Los Angeles Times has reported that Toyota has finally agreed to turn over the source code for its electronic throttle controls more than a year after recalling more than 10 million vehicles...

• FDA Once Again Delays Guidance on Social Media

  Brett Emison | April 05, 2011 11:25 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The Food and Drug Administration has once again postponed the launch of its first draft guidance for social media. This marks the second delay announced on this project in the last four...

• Did You Know... You Can Be Charged with Reckless Endangerment for Texting While Driving?

  Brett Emison | April 04, 2011 11:57 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  With the integration of social media and telecom devices into today's automobiles, there's no shortage of opportunities to multi-task. But as shown by a well-publicized bust last month of a bus...

• Transocean Gulf Oil Spill: If This Was Their Best... What Was Their Worst?

  Brett Emison | April 03, 2011 12:49 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Numerous sources have reported that Transocean Ltd. -- one of the companies at fault for the BP Gulf Oil Spill -- has rewarded its top executives with bonuses for... get this... achieving the best...

• The Importance of Child Car Seat Safety

  Brett Emison | April 03, 2011 12:24 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A friend of mine cringes every time he sees parents pulling away in their cars from the nearby preschool. Over and over they drive off with the children unrestrained in their car or pick up truck....