The Wall Street Journal (7/9, Angwin) reported that Google is close to a settlement deal that would see it pay $22.5 million to end charges that it secretly bypassed the privacy settings of millions of Apple users. If finalized, the settlement would be the largest ever for the Federal trade Commission to levy on a… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Important Cases
New Jersey Yaz Litigation- This is Scary stuff
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Bayer Witheld Yasmin Data From U.S., Former Agency Chief Tells Court By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Jef Feeley – Dec 6, 2011 12:01 AM ET A Bayer AG unit withheld from U.S. regulators findings by company researchers of increased reports of blood clots in users of its Yasmin birth-control pills, the former head of the Food… Continue Reading
NO REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY ON FACEBOOK, JUDGE SAYS
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Even without appellate case law to provide guidance on the discoverability of information on Facebook, the standard is becoming clear: Post at your own risk. Three courts in Pennsylvania have now decided that, if a party in a civil case posts information on his or her Facebook page that appears to contradict statements in discovery… Continue Reading
Asbestos & Mesothelioma Pioneer Research Doctor Irving Selikoff Testifies in Landmark Case
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The dangers of asbestos exposure were known to scientists and industry by the early part of the 20th century. The relationship between asbestos exposure and cancer was known and acknowledged by at least the early 1940s. In the 1950s, Dr. Irving Selikoff began his research at the Mt Sinai School of Medicine. While Dr Seikoff… Continue Reading
The Justice System Worked- Read Madoff Sentencing
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One of the greatest swindles and scandals of our time ended with the following: HON. DENNY CHIN, 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 New York, N.Y. June 29, 2009 10:00 a.m. District Judge SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 2 96TJMADI Sentence 1 (In open court) 2 3 (Case… Continue Reading
Minnesota Appeals Court Upholds 4.6 Million Dollar Asbestos Verdict
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To read an analysis of this holding in this mesothelioma case please see: http://www.mesotheliomalegalblog.com/2009/06/minnesota-apellate-court-upholds-4-6-million-dollar-verdict/
Some cookies may literally kill you
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Some cookies may litierally kill you… Continue Reading
Supreme Court Clears the Way for $500 Million Dollar Asbestos Settlement
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In 1982 when Johns Manville declared bankruptcy, a significant percentage of the money used to fund the asbestos bankruptcy trust came from the Travelers Insurance Company. After that time, a number of plaintiffs began to sue Travelers directly alleging Travelers had acted wrongly in its own right by suppressing information concerning the dangers of asbestos… Continue Reading