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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- "I Gambled Away My Life Savings, Courtesy of Mirapex"
Nov-20-10 St. Paul, MN Not only did Mike Adrian gamble away his life savings, he was also "humiliated and degraded" after the media reported that "Maintenance Worker Admits to Stealing," and he is soon going to prison. If Mike had known about Mirapex and compulsive gambling, which is known to be a Mirapex side effect, perhaps his life wouldn't be in ruins. Le... - Lawyers Drop Their Opposition to Chinese Drywall Settlement
Nov-20-10 Columbus, GA Lawyers who initially opposed a settlement with Lowe's regarding Chinese drywall have dropped their opposition now that the terms of the agreement have been changed. Consumers who experienced Chinese drywall problems filed a lawsuit against Lowe's, alleging the home-improvement chain sold drywall with high levels of sulfur, strontium or ot... - Amylin Posts Third-Quarter Loss As Byetta Sales Decline
Nov-20-10 San Diego, CA As sales of the diabetes drug Byetta continued to slip, Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. recently reported a larger third-quarter loss than last year, Bloomberg Businessweek reports. Amylin and Eli Lilly & Co. are partners on Byetta, and sales of the drug have been low since 2008, when it was linked to cases of acute pancreatitis, acc... - Alabama Restaurant Association Hires Legal Council to Help Members Damaged by BP Oil Spill
Montgomery, AL: The Alabama Restaurant Association (ARA) has retained lawyers to provide legal counsel to businesses suffering as a result of the BP oil spill. Restaurants and other hospitality industry businesses have lost and unfortunately continue to lose significant revenue as a result of the oil spill, which severely impacted the availability a... - Amgen Recalls Certain Lots of Anemia Drugs
Washington, DC: Amgen announced today that certain lots of EPOGEN and PROCRIT (Epoetin alfa) vials are being voluntarily recalled from specialty distributors, wholesalers, pharmacies and healthcare providers as a precaution. The product that is being recalled may contain extremely thin glass flakes (lamellae) that are barely visible in most cases... - Preliminary Audi Volkswagen Settlement Approved
Los Angeles, CA: Volkswagen and Audi have agreed to pay sludge-related maintenance costs for nearly 480,000 vehicles as part of a proposed settlement conditionally approved in federal court. The order filed Thursday, September 23, 2010 by Judge Joseph L. Tauro in Boston, defined the group, or "class," that can benefit from the settlement as all current an... - Asbestos Lawsuits Result in Compensation for Plaintiffs
Nov-19-10 Red Bank, NJ A man has been awarded $3.72 million in his asbestos exposure lawsuit. The man was diagnosed with mesothelioma after years of working with asbestos. Meanwhile, a different plaintiff in New Jersey will also receive more than $3 million in asbestos compensation after he filed an asbestos lawsuit. The $3.72 million was awarded to Howard Bi... - Successful 9/11 First Responders Settlement Reached
Nov-19-10 New York, NY Attorneys representing the plaintiffs who were injured while working in the rescue, recovery and debris removal activities at the site of the World Trade Center following the 9/11 terrorist attacks and subsequent collapse of the twin towers have confirmed today that they have surpassed the requisite ninety-five percent (95%) opt-in threshold r... - FDA Pulls Darvon Darvocet From Market
Nov-19-10 Washington, DC Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals Inc, which makes Darvon and Darvocet, the brand version of the prescription pain medication propoxyphene, has agreed to withdraw the medication from the US market at the request of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA has also informed the generic manufacturers of propoxyphene-containing produc... - Taco Bell Still Not Shelling Out Overtime
Nov-19-10 Sylmar, CA How many lawsuits will it take for Taco Bell to comply with the California labor code and shell out California Overtime ? The US Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers to pay non-managerial employees at a rate of one and one-half times the regular rate for each hour worked over 40 per week. Either the Act is news (!) to Taco Bell, the co... - Avandia: Do FDA Warnings Help Determine Whether a Medicine Should Be Prescribed?
Nov-19-10 Boston, MA In September 2010, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it was severely restricting the use of Avandia , GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes medication. The FDA concluded that in many patients, the risk of serious Avandia side effects outweighed the benefits of using the medication. Following the restrictions, doctors who wish to put th... - Universities Receive $10 Million to Help Florida Employment
Nov-19-10 Tallahassee, FL In an attempt to boost Florida employment and the economy, State University System Chancellor Frank Brogan recently announced that $10 million was awarded to 11 universities in the state, the Sunshine State News reports. The universities had competed for a share of the $10 million as part of the final phase of the New Florida Initi... - Qui Tam Whistleblower Lawsuit over Afghan Overbilling Settled
Nov-19-10 Kabul, Afghanistan A qui tam whistleblower lawsuit has been settled after one of the US government's highest-profile contractors in Afghanistan agreed to pay millions of dollars over allegations that he overbilled the government, McClatchy Newspapers reports. In return for the payment of tens of millions of dollars, the Justice Department has agre... - How Long Is Too Long on Fosamax?
Nov-18-10 Trail, British Columbia Elsie's doctor prescribed her Fosamax for osteoporosis, but after taking the drug for almost four years, she stopped after learning of Fosamax side effects, including Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (ONJ)—also known as "dead jaw"—and femur fractures. "At first I was on another bone density drug but suffered such bad hear... - New Program at Wisconsin Hospital Helps People with Shoulder Pain
Nov-18-10 Wisconsin Rapids, WI Shoulder injuries can be extremely difficult to handle, with a shoulder pain pump being one of the treatment methods. For those suffering from such injuries, it can also be helpful to consider joint replacement surgery, and a Wisconsin hospital recently created a program that is dedicated in particular to the procedure, accord... - Yasmin Side Effects Lawsuit Dismissed
Nov-18-10 East St. Louis, IL US District Judge David Herndon recently dismissed 23 Yasmin side effects lawsuits against drugmaker Bayer, citing a lack of factual evidence to back up the claims, the Madison Record reports. In most of the cases, attorneys blamed Bayer for Yasmin gallbladder problems, including cases where the gallbladder needed to be removed,... - Glaxo $750 Million Settlement Fourth-Largest in History
Oct-28-10 Boston, MA A whistleblower is $96 million richer after bringing a federal False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit against UK pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (Glaxo) over deviations in good manufacturing practices at a former plant in Puerto Rico. In total, Glaxo agreed to pay $750 million in penalties and will plead guilty to a criminal charge in rela... - Everybody Deserves Due Process Says Attorney Gary Mason
Nov-12-10 Washington, D.C. Banks are being hit with a hailstorm of class actions for being quick to trigger foreclosures without actually reviewing the facts of the case. So-called "robo-signers" from GMAC and several other lenders have admitted in depositions that they signed thousands of foreclosure affidavits without ever reading the files. "The courts are... - Changes Make It Easier for Veterans to Receive Veterans PTSD Treatment
Nov-17-10 Phoenix, AZ Despite the fact that women have served alongside men in times of conflict (most in support roles, or serving as nurses and doctors), it is generally assumed that only the men come back with Veterans PTSD . However, women who enlist and serve in the military are just as apt to return with va ptsd, as the men. A recent change in federal le... - Did Heparin Mix-Up with Insulin Contribute to Infant's Death?
Nov-17-10 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Not long ago actor Dennis Quaid made headlines after his infant children were given an adult dose of heparin in the hospital, rather than the formulation meant for infants. An investigation determined the labels of the two formulations were too similar. Well, it has happened again—sort of. This time, in Canada. And this time,...