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May-21-14 Washington, DC As reports of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer associated with Januvia increase, so do Januvia lawsuits. A new report by AdverseEvents, a California-based company that analyzes post-market side effect data, says that Janumet and Januvia showed elevated signals for both pancreatitis and Januvia pancreatic cancer . “The o... - USAA Bank Forces Individual Arbitration of Excessive Overdraft Fee Claims
Sep-17-19 San Francisco, CA Elizabeth Eiess overdrew her USAA bank account when she tried to pay her Citibank credit card bill of $358.85.The payment was returned, and USAA bank assessed an overdraft charge of $29.00. USAA then charged her twice more – every time Citibank submitted the payment – ultimately for a total of $87.00. In her class action excessive ov... - Fiduciaries’ Desperate Drive to Fund Benefits Backfires
Sep-11-19 Santa Ana, CA Aaron Kushner and Eric Spitz, who mismanaged the investments of the Retirement Plan of Freedom Communications, Inc. (the Pension Plan) have offered to settle an ERISA lawsuit brought by the federal Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) for $7.8 million. Following the twists and turns of this lawsuit requires not only some app... - Energy Drink FAQ
What are energy drinks? Energy drinks refer to a beverage that typically contains caffeine and carbohydrates as the main ingredients and marketed to the consumer as an easy way of relieving fatigue and improving physical performance. Their purpose is to give an energy boost. The term “energy drink” is not recognized by the U.S. Food and... - Energy Drink Side Effects Lawsuits News and Legal Information
Scientific evidence has shown that Energy Drinks are dangerous: energy drink side effects include energy drink heart attack and even energy drink death . Despite double the amount of energy drink hospitalizations from 2007 to 2011, teens and young adults are the main targets of marketing by energy drink makers. Energy drink lawsuits are on the ri... - Pleito Riesgo Bajo-T testosterona Corazón
Los hombres que toman medicamentos de testosterona están en mayor riesgo de accidente cerebrovascular de testosterona y testosterona ataque al corazón , según un estudio reciente. Un medicamento testosterona, Androgel , advierte en su etiqueta una serie de efectos secundarios de la testosterona , incluyendo la presión arterial alta, coágulos sanguíneos... - Malla Transvaginal TVT Procedimiento Sling
La FDA ha recibido numerosos informes negativos con respecto a los dispositivos de malla transvaginal , incluyendo el Gynecare cabestrillo TVT . Sistemas TVT implican típicamente cinta de malla con la cirugía de cabestrillo vaginal , también conocido como un cabestrillo TVT procedimiento, lo que resulta en un cabestrillo transvaginal pa... - Testosterone Treatment FAQ
What are testosterone therapy side effects? Testosterone drugs are associated with serious side effects including deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism, stroke and heart attack. People who have heart, kidney or liver disease are more at risk for worsening heart failure, and increased prostate cancer risk. What side effects are attorn... - Low-T Testosterone Heart Risk Lawsuit
Men who take testosterone drugs are at increased risk of testosterone stroke and testosterone heart attack , according to recent studies. One testosterone drug, Androgel , warns on its label a number of testosterone side effects including high blood pressure, blood clots in the legs, and "serious problems"for people who have heart, kidney or liver dis... - Safeway’ $1.45 million deal Just One of Many PAGA California Labor Complaints
Sep-4-19 Oakland, CA: If finally approved, a lawsuit brought under PAGA will settle California labor law claims brought on behalf of 35,000 workers in California who allege that Safeway failed to provide accurate pay stubs. The giant supermarket chain’s $1.45 million deal would affect former and current workers. The Altamirano v. Safeway Inc. Settlement... - Department of Justice Probe Continues as Ford Fuel Economy Lawsuits Heat Up
Aug-12-19 Washington, DC It was buried on page 70 of Ford Motor Co.’s March 31 SEC Form 10-Q , just before the last of many charts. The bland and reassuring words with which Ford disclosed a Department of Justice criminal investigation into Ford fuel economy representations belies the potential importance of that investigation to Ford class action lawsuits th... - FDA Warns of Infection Risk with Duodenoscope
Los Angeles, CA: Following an outbreak of a deadly antibiotic resistant bacteria at Ronald Regan Medical Center in California, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning to doctors and hospitals that duodenoscopes, a commonly used type of medical scope, can be difficult to sanitize between uses and "may facilitate the spread of dead... - Debt Collector Harassment Lawsuits: The Litigation of 2014?
Jan-25-14 Columbus, OH Each year, one or two types of litigation takes center stage as being the most talked about, or most prevalent. In 2014, it seems, that litigation could be debt collector lawsuits ; lawsuits filed against debt collectors who use illegal and unethical tactics to recover debts. While debt collector harassment on the part of unethical debt col... - Internet Payday Loan Lawsuit Filed Just before Christmas
Jan-17-14 Boston, MA The parade of Internet payday loan lawsuits advanced last month with the filing of an action by the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) against CashCall Inc., among other defendants. CashCall is based in Anaheim. The allegations include an accusation that CashCall had undertaken to debit consumer checking accounts for loans that had be... - Appeals Court Rules California Overtime Lawsuit Can Go Ahead As Class Action
Jan-7-14 Los Angeles, CA A California overtime lawsuit alleging managers at Joe’s Crab Shack were misclassified as exempt from overtime pay has been given the okay to move forward as a class-action lawsuit. The unpaid overtime lawsuit was initially denied class-action status by the Superior Court of Los Angeles, but the decision was appealed by the defend... - LawyersandSettlements.com Announces New, Comprehensive Newsletter For Legal News, Class Action Lawsuits and Settlements
Dec-22-13 LawyersandSettlements.com has relaunched its weekly legal newsletter to provide both lawyers and consumers with more comprehensive coverage of class action lawsuits and settlements, ongoing mass tort litigation and personal injury lawsuit news. The updated newsletter also combines a fresh, contemporized look with easy-to-navigate quick links for a more user... - Zappos Reaches Data Breach Settlement with Nine States
Los Angeles, CA: Zappos.com Inc. has reached a settlement in a data breach class action filed by nine states. The clothing retailer announced a no-fault assurance of voluntary compliance settlement of enforcement actions related to the hacking which was made public in January 2012. The data hack affected 24 million customers, whose personal inform... - UCSD Study: Monsanto Roundup Linked to Liver Disease
Jun-27-19 San Diego, CA A new study , conducted by researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, suggests an association between glyphosate , the active ingredient in Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in human beings. This is new. It is in addition to the link between Roundup and non-Hodgkin l... - Extended Warranty Scam Lawsuits - News and Information
Companies, including manufacturers and third-parties, often offer extended warranties to consumers to ensure repair or replacement of expensive items or home systems. Unfortunately, sometimes consumers pay for these extra warranties in good faith only to find out that the company that offered the warranty will not pay out when needed. Lawsuits have been... - San Diego Firefighters Exposed to Asbestos at Training Facility
Jun-11-19 San Diego Until last summer, San Diego firefighters were training in a facility built with asbestos. Because their training activities involving breaching walls and doors, some firefighters were exposed to asbestos for hundreds of hours over two decades. Now almost 1,000 firefighters have filed documents to ensure their right to financial compensation fo...