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Sort by date 1,824 pages found matching bank of america- House Holds Back Immunity for Telecom Industry as FISA Expires
Feb-17-08 Washington, DC A three-week long battle has been raging within the U.S. House of Representatives. The battle has been an attempt at implementing amendments for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). This would allow the federal government the ability to continue utilizing the telecom companies as a means for allegedly tapping into Americans' ph... - Dangerous ATV's Death Toll Keeps Rising
Feb-16-08 Vancouver, WA It is alleged that more than five hundred people perished on ATV's in 2006. Twenty percent of the people that perished in these unfortunate accidents were children. Amid the ATV deaths, 146,600 people visited hospital emergency rooms due to injuries from the well-known Yamaha Rhino ATV within the same year. The information of the alleged inci... - Asbestos: Remove? Or Leave Well Enough Alone?
Feb-15-08 Washington, DC: There is a myth out there about asbestos. Oh, it's a health hazard all right, and as a known carcinogen it can cause asbestos mesothelioma . However, the popular belief that if you have asbestos in your building you've got to get it out of there, could be flawed. In fact, many experts agree that it is best, provided asbestos is properly... - Mexican President to Visit United States
Feb-11-08 Mexico City Felipe Calderon, the president of Mexico, was scheduled to arrive for a Sunday visit to the United States amid the debate amongst presidential candidates regarding the illegal immigrant situation within the U.S. This will be Calderon's first visit to the United States since his presidency began in 2006, but he will not be meeting with George... - Employee Discrimination against a High Achiever
Feb-9-08 Brooklyn, NY Gehan was one of only three Christians employed by a leading American pharmaceutical company in the Middle East. His superior made it clear, however, that he wanted no Christians on his team and over three years Gehan was subjected to systematic employee discrimination , ending in the loss of his job. "Originally I was a physician but I'd... - Trasylol Fiasco - FDA Fails To Protect Americans Again - Part II
Feb-4-08 Washington, DC: In reading the report issued by the Zuckerman Spaeder law firm, one thing is perfectly clear. Bayer was willing to pay $700,000 to get a Trasylol study done in time for the September 21, 2006 advisory committee meeting, if it could refute the findings of the New England Journal of Medicine study. However, unbeknownst to the contract re... - Soldier Custody Laws
Feb-1-08 Washington, DC: America's brave men and women have been battling more than terrorists these days. Their bravery is having to be displayed in the face of another enemy. The possibility of losing custody while on active duty for the United States military has been a tragic side effect of the Middle East unrest. However, this situation is going to do an a... - Man Looks for Job but finds Discrimination Instead
Jan-31-08 Wilkes-Barre, PA: When Ivan left his job in New York to take a position with General Physics, he found that racial discrimination stood in his way. He said his positive attitude turned to suspicion when the two black people in his group failed to qualify for jobs but the people who were white were all hired. Ivan's story is troubling, to say the least... - Medtronic Sprint Fidelis: Medtronic Tries to Get Off the Legal Hook
Jan-30-08 Seattle, WA: If you're a big medical hardware manufacturer and one of your products is found to be seriously—in fact, potentially fatally—defective, what's the right thing to do? That's the challenge that Medtronic Inc. faced when its Sprint Fidelis implantable defibrillator leads were found to be prone to fracturing and malfunctioning, eith... - New Study: Putting the Positive Spin on Anti-Depressants
Jan-17-08 Boston, MA: In a confirmation of suspicions that critics have been harboring for years, a new study reveals that anti-depressant drug manufacturers routinely sweep less-than-stellar drug trial results under the rug, while trumpeting positive findings for the masses. The result distorts reality, critics claim. Perception—which is everything, as t... - Preemption - Bush Administration Backs Medtronic in Supreme Court - Part I
Jan-1-08 Washington, DC: Under the arguments made before the US Supreme Court on December 4, 2007, by Deputy Solicitor General Edwin Kneedler, on behalf of the Bush Administration, in support of the medical device maker Medtronic, American citizens injured by a defective device would not be allowed to sue the manufacturer of a product, ever. In a nutshell, the g... - Nurse's Family Files Avandia Wrongful Death Lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline
Dec-18-07 San Diego, CA Rogelio Larosa and his adult son, Eric, of National City, San Diego County, California, filed a lawsuit on Monday, December 17, 2007, against Philadelphia-based GlaxoSmithKline ("GSK"), the maker of Avandia (rosiglitazone maleate), in U.S. District Court, Southern District of California (San Diego) accusing GSK of causing the wrongful death o... - Less harassment - greater protection - for injured railroad workers
Dec-13-07 Workin' on the railroad all the live-long day is one way not to live long at all, as thousands of railroad workers in the U.S. have discovered. It is an issue the United States Congress is now investigating, and [ lawsuits ] are being filed. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee recently concluded its first hearing into the ongoing use... - SSRI's: "Stories like mine have to be out there"
Dec-12-07 Salem, OR Before her son was born in 2003, Louise Morgan had been taking SSRIs for post-partum depression; her doctor had initially prescribed Selexa , then later changed her prescription to Lexapro . Morgan (not her real name pending possible legal action) says, "I took Lexapro from conception to post-partum, all the way along." Her doctor didn't ment... - Lawyer Discusses Overtime in Food Distribution Industry
Nov-30-07 Los Angeles, CA: Many employees are unaware that they are owed overtime compensation, or they don't know where to get help. Wage and hour attorney, Kim Anglin discusses overtime issues in the food distribution industry. "Route sales representatives are often misclassified as outside salespersons exempt from overtime wages by their employers," says Angli... - Lawmakers Warn Drug Makers To Knock It Off After Avandia Debacle - Part I
Nov-20-07 Washington, DC: On November 15, 2007, the ranking Republican member of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Charles Grassley, sent a not-so-subtle warning to the pharmaceutical industry when he invited scientists to contact his office if a company threatens their career or attacks their reputation when they raise alarm about a possibly dangerous drug. ... - Seroquel Touted as a Miracle Drug. But is it Greed?
Oct-26-07 Wilmington, DE It's enough that the atypical antipsychotic drug Seroquel carries a host of potentially serious side effects that pose substantial risks. However, what's worse is an allegation that AstraZeneca, the makers of Seroquel, have been promoting the drug for off-label use for symptoms not approved or sanctioned by the US Food and Drug Adminis... - Zyprexa and the Adolescent: Eli Lilly Seeks Approval to Market to Teens
Oct-24-07 Indianapolis, IN The drug Zyprexa , already known to cause weight gain and other metabolic complications that can be accentuated among adolescents, may soon be marketed to teens if Eli Lilly has its way. Earlier this month the manufacturer of Zyprexa agreed with a recommendation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to strengthen the label w... - Have Lawsuits Changed Unum Group?
Oct-19-07 Chattanooga, TN In the past few years, Unum Group has faced repeated [ lawsuits ] alleging the company is guilty of illegally denying valid customer claims. Some of those lawsuits have been settled, while others have now been consolidated into class action lawsuits. In the face of growing criticism from customers and lawmakers, including a multi-state i... - Unfair Insurance: Policies Cancelled, Rates Doubled, Homeowners Abandoned
Oct-18-07 Eastham, MA Despite the fact that insurance companies continue to rake in record profits, homeowners by the thousands are seeing their policies cancelled or given the thumbs-down at renewal time, as their carriers try to limit future liability. They can't afford another $40 billion hit like that of Katrina, the carriers say. And so, over the past...