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Nov-15-08 Minneapolis, MN The elder care industry is a growing one, given the advancing age of the baby boomers and the aging of the general population. And elder care will never go out of fashion provided the numbers are there to support it, as they are now and for the foreseeable future. Demand for elder care is high and going higher; witness the number of oper... - Bike Accident Experts, Part 1: Motorists and Cyclists
Nov-13-08 Los Angeles, CA A lot of cyclists assume they don't have recourse when it comes to bike accidents , but Charles Finkel of Magana, Cathcart & McCarthy has handled--and subsequently won—countless cases in bicyclists' favor. In this three-part series, Finkel and other experts will discuss types of cases that involve cyclists; firstly, automobile and bike... - Attorney Geoffrey Fieger: Why Lawyers are Afraid to Win
Oct-31-08 Southfield, MI:, "Yes Ma'm" says attorney Geoffrey Fieger as he picks up the phone. His voice is definitely in the lower registers, way down at the end of the piano in the bass note section—the little speaker on my tape recorder is vibrating--his voice is that low. Within a few minutes, you feel like you are just having a chat with someone you have known... - Overtime Claim Worth Pursuing
Oct-26-08 Williamville, KT Larry was involved in an overtime class action lawsuit (Price, et al. v. Acosta) that started back in 2004—in 2005 he was one of several hundred people who chose to opt in. However, the original four plaintiffs settled and the opt-in plaintiffs were dismissed without prejudice this past August. But it ain't over yet! "The attorney f... - Settlement Reached in JP Morgan Chase HELOC Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: A nationwide settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit claiming that JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ("Chase") improperly suspended or reduced home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) based on its determination that the properties securing the HELOCs significantly declined in value. Entitled In Re: JP Morgan Chase Bank Home Equ... - Discrimination and the USDA
Oct-23-08 Washington, DC The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has come under fire by the Government Accountability office (GAO) for dropping the ball with regard to discrimination. Sadly, in spite of how far we have come in America and with an African-American currently in the race for the White House, employment discrimination , and employee racial discriminati... - Distracted Truck Driver Causes Fatal Accident
Oct-23-08 Austin, TX Two children died and two others were injured after a Texas truck accident that police say was at least partially due to a distracted semi truck driver. According to KSAT, a local news station, the driver of the semi truck reached down for a cigarette and lost control of his vehicle, resulting in it flipping over. Shortly after, a car car... - Car Accident Ruined Victim
Oct-16-08 Hamilton, AL There are many people who are victims of [ car accidents ], that do not seem to have serious injuries but suffer a lifetime of pain following their crash. They do not have broken backs and do not suffer brain damage, but they do have severe pain and other problems that can be debilitating and can impact their life. "I was driving to schoo... - "I'm on Oxygen for the Rest of My life"
Oct-15-08 Lorain, OH Larry worked in a steel mill in Ohio for 19 years. Unfortunately, asbestos was used in the mill, around pipes and in the brake shoes of large tractors. So he and his co-workers suffered asbestos exposure the entire time they worked at the mill. Today, Larry can't breathe without supplemental oxygen. "I started working at the mill in 1966,"... - A Tale of Two Contracts
Oct-14-08 Hollywood, CA Like any grade-school promise, commercial contracts are just that—a legal pledge, or a guarantee that a promised service will be carried out. A commercial contact is a covenant, and when it is breached commercial contract law comes into play. Sometimes those breaches can make for salacious headlines, especially when well-known celebrit... - California Sexual Harassment and Discrimination
If you have been sexually harassed or treated unfavorably in the workplace - either as an applicant or an employee - because of your gender or sexual orientation, you may have a sex discrimination claim. Or you may have a sexual harassment claim, which is a form of sexual discrimination. The California labor law forbids sex and gender discrimination w... - Yasmin Side Effects - Yasmin Lawsuit, Yaz Lawsuit, Ocella Lawsuit, Yasmin Attorney
Yasmin birth control pills and Yaz birth control pills have been associated with serious Yaz and Yasmin side effects, including Yasmin blood clots, Yaz blood clots and Yasmin DVT. Ocella side effects have also been reported. Yasmin lawyers are currently negotiating Yaz and Yasmin settlements—namely Yaz and Yasmin DVT and Yasmin pulmonary embolism... - Internet Payday Loans
anks and smaller financial institutions have been accused of becoming involved in Internet payday loans , short-term loans offered over the Internet that carry high interest rates. Although the banks themselves do not offer Internet loans , they may be allowing companies that do offer the loans to engage in predatory online loan activity, possibly in vio... - UBS Puerto Rico Closed-End Fund Securities Lawsuit
A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased certain UBS Puerto Rico closed-end funds . The funds were sold by financial advisors in Puerto Rico, especially those at UBS Puerto Rico, who allegedly represented the closed-end funds as safe investments that would pay a steady yield of i... - Yasmin Birth Control FAQ
What are Yasmin and Yaz? Yasmin and Yaz , made and marketed by Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, are combination oral contraceptives (COC) to prevent pregnancy. They contain both ethinyl estradiol, an estrogen component, and drospirenone, a progestin. Drospirenone is a fourth-generation progestin. Yasmin was introduced to the market in 2001 whil... - Protecting Children in Car Accidents is No Accident
Sep-28-08 Ashland, MA Car accidents injure all kinds of different people—adults and children alike. And one would assume that when there are injuries affecting both adults and children in car crashes , that there is some kind of parental, or familial relationship amongst those in the car, affected by the automobile crash . However, not always. A single-... - $7.8 Billion Settlement Approved In BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Class Action Lawsuit
New Orleans, LA: A $7.8 billion settlement against BP PLC has been approved by a federal judge, resolving economic and medical claims brought by more than 100,000 businesses and individuals who suffered from the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April, 2010. According to the terms of the settlement, approved by US District Judge Carl Ba... - Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft: Long List of Perks for Docs
Sep-27-08 Anchorage, AK Patients who underwent the Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft may be surprised to learn that Medtronic has been accused in a lawsuit of providing surgeons with a number of incentives to use Medtronic products. According to the Wall Street Journal, doctors were given a wide variety of gifts to induce them to use the Infuse Bone Graft. Accor... - Red Bull Consumer Fraud Class Action Reaches $13M Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: A $13 million settlement has been reached in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Red Bull GmbH. The Austrian beverage maker and its US-based subsidiaries are accused of falsely advertising its energy drinks as providing more benefit to a consumer than a cup of coffee. According to the terms of the settlement... - $970M Settlement Reached in AIG Securities Lawsuit
Philadelphia, PA: A settlement, totaling $970.5 million, has been reached in the American International Group Inc, (AIG) 2008 securities litigation class action lawsuit pending in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. If approved by the Court, the total settlement amount will be among the largest recoveries ever achieved in a...