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Sort by date 1,824 pages found matching bank of america- Ronald Goldman: The Flying Attorney's View on Helicopter Crashes
Aug-21-08 Los Angeles, CA Without a doubt, Ronald Goldman is one of America's definitive experts on aviation law. A lawyer, a pilot, a professor and a pioneer in the field of aviation law, Goldman is the lead attorney in the aviation law department of Baum, Hedlund, Aristei and Goldman based in Los Angeles. Lawyers and Settlements asked Goldman to comment on the... - ATV Rollover: Mere Seconds to Risk Injury or Death
Aug-17-08 Twain Harte, CA There is little doubt that Americans love their Yamaha Rhinos. They're cute, and carry the potential to be personalized with a myriad of available accessories. Rhino aficionados gather for 'Rhino Rides' where customized machines are displayed with all the pride of a new father. But either these people are oblivious to the risk, or are thril... - Granite Countertops: Nuke Your Food Without the Microwave
Aug-17-08 Lake George, NY Is your granite countertop radioactive ? Chances are good that it is. However, is it harmful? That's the debate that is raging as the health and granite industries lock horns. The granite countertop has become de rigueur in high-end kitchens as homeowners clamor for the natural esthetics and durability that a granite countertop affords... - The FDA Guerillas of Wonky DrugWonks - Part II
Aug-15-08 Continued from Aug-12-08 The tribe of Guerillas operating a Big Pharma public relations firm under cover of the Center for Public Integrity in Medicine may soon be on the path to extinction and the blogs on DrugWonks by the two out-of-control top bananas will likely be cause. Former FDA officials from the Bush Administration organized this industry fun... - The FDA Guerillas of Wonky DrugWonks - Part I
Aug-12-08 Former Bush Administration officials have formed a pharmaceutical industry guerilla group called the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest (CMPI), described on its website as "a non-partisan, non-profit educational charity," and a "new vital force in health care policy." However, for all intents and purposes, the mission of CMPI front group is to pr... - Consumer Fraud: Attorneys General Aid in the Fight
Aug-6-08 Chicago, IL A lawsuit alleging consumer fraud has been filed by the Attorney General's Office in Chicago against an electronics retailer that reportedly failed to deliver merchandise and dropped the ball with regard to refunding customers their down payments on store items. The defendant, Ellis Computer Consulting Inc and its president Renault J. Ell... - Attorney Camilo Salas behind the Mississippi River Oil Spill Lawsuit
Jul-28-08 News Orleans, LA Just 30 hours after a huge oil spill at the Port of New Orleans on the Mississippi River, lawyer Camilo Salas was preparing a class action complaint on behalf of Stephen Garbarick, a jazz musician from the French Quarter, and taxi cab driver Bernard Attridge. They are the lead plaintiffs and just two of the thousands in similar circumstanc... - Employment Law and Discrimination: "I Have a Dream" Still a Dream for Some
Jul-20-08 Middlesex County, NJ Most would assert that we have come a long way from those dark days when the Reverend Martin Luther King proclaimed that he had a dream, and few Caucasians were listening. But have we come that long way? Even as Barack Obama makes his run for the White House, employment discrimination and racial bias is alive and well in America. ... - Attorney Joseph Balesteri: Avoid Doctors and Hospitals in July, Weekends and Holidays
Jul-18-08 Chicago, IL Joseph Balesteri says medical errors are more likely to occur on weekends, holidays, and in the month of July when new doctors, fresh out of medical school, traditionally begin their residency programs. "It is something that all medical malpractice lawyers are very aware of," says Balesteri, an attorney with Power, Rogers & Smith in Chicago. ... - Despite Suicide Risk, Feds Suggest Chantix Still the Best Way to Quit
Jul-18-08 Indianapolis, IN As one of the first Chantix lawsuits against Pfizer becomes official this week, the entire Chantix issue just gets weirder: on one hand the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) highlights the risk of suicide in the Chantix Medication Guide. On the other, government health officials reportedly continue to urge smokers to use Chantix as... - John J. Page: New Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Club
Jul-17-08 St. Louis, MO John J. Page is on his cell phone, he's getting gas and he sounds busy. That's because he is busy. He says he'll call back in four minutes.He's just recently been accepted to the exclusive Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a group of 3000 lawyers considered to be the best in America. Only lawyers who have shown the ability to perform under... - Fred Pritzker: Litigating Food Borne Injury Cases
Jul-15-08 Minneapolis, MN Fred Pritzker and the lawyers at his Minneapolis firm always have a lot on their plate, so to speak. His firm, Pritzker|Ruohonen & Associates P.A., is one of very few firms in the U.S. that can claim expertise in representing people injured by food borne illnesses, like E. coli, Salmonella and Listeria. It is a highly technical business,... - David Drexler: Clients for Life–Big City Lawyer with a Small Town Approach
Jul-10-08 Los Angeles, CA David Drexler has won tens of millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for clients over the last 30 years or so, but that is not the most fascinating part of his law practice. It's the way he runs his law firm that sets Drexler apart from everyone else. He refers to it as his 'client for life' philosophy. "I have clients, Rosa... - Attorney Ilyas Akbari Combines Bioengineering and Law in the Case Against Heparin
Jul-10-08 Maybe it is because his parents smuggled him out of Afghanistan in a suitcase when he was two and half years old, that personal injury and litigation lawyer Ilyas Akbari has such a keen sense of what it means to be pushed to the limits of human endurance by circumstances beyond your control. "I have been out of law school for five years now. The first cou... - Truck Accidents: Out for a Walk, Never to Come Home
Jul-4-08 New York, NY Summer was about to begin, but someone's life was about to end unexpectedly June 23rd just before a loaded dump truck lumbered off the Manhattan Bridge and plowed into a parked bus. A pedestrian was killed , and four people were injured. An inspection of the truck by the New York State Department of Transportation found eight violations,... - Unpaid California Overtime 101: It's Soooo Easy…
Jul-2-08 Los Angeles, CA Okay, so you're working away at work, happy as a clam, oblivious to any potential slight-of-hand your employer might be wielding against you in an effort to avoid paying what is your due. In this way, you may be a victim of unpaid California overtime , and not even know it. What's that, you say? 'My boss is being unfair to me?' Surely,... - Dangerous Asthma Drugs: Short-Term Relief, Long-Term Death
Jun-10-08 Washington, DC Take our dangerous asthma drug . Please. It will relieve your symptoms. Oh, but it could also worsen your asthma, which could kill you. But you'll die happy. Have a nice day. Give us a break. Are you as sick as the rest of us with the 'drugification' of America? They make drugs for everything, and more than half the time the drugs ar... - Truck Accident: Tragic Tangle with a Tractor-Trailer
Jun-4-08 Charlottesville, VA She was a soccer player—caring, and fun-loving. When a classmate's dog died, she baked the grieving owner cookies. That's the type of person Sydney Aichs was. And that's why so many friends and loved ones are mourning her death to a truck accident after her small car was rammed by a tractor-trailer running a red light. The 16-year... - Attorney Jay Edelson on New Technology Class Action
May-29-08 Chicago, IL: Jay Edelson, a managing partner at KamberEdelson, LLC , says that "new technology class actions" differentiate KamberEdelson from other class action law firms. "It's a field unto itself," Edelson says. "It can include things like security breaches, text messaging slam cases, Internet fraud, and unauthorized mobile phone content charges." That... - Securities / Stock Fraud: Big Boys Roll the Dice, the Little Guy Loses…
May-25-08 Anaheim, CA Not that his team is in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Well, at least not this year. But on the night that the pre-eminent hockey championship launches before a sea of ribald hockey fans far removed from California, the owner of the Anaheim Ducks hockey club has resigned as Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of Broadcom Corp after allegations of...