February 25, 2015
The Right to Jury Trial in Civil Cases: Reasserting the Importance of the Seventh Amendment
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The right to a jury trial in criminal cases is well known, but the right to a jury trial in civil cases is also a sacrosanct right under the United States Constitution.
View MoreFebruary 18, 2015
Campaign Finance Threatens Political and Judicial Impartiality
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Back in November, we argued that in recent years campaign finance–especially among potential judges–has undermined Americans’ faith in the judicial branch.
View MoreFebruary 11, 2015
39 Pennsylvania Hospitals Fined for Preventable Mistakes
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A few months ago we wrote about a program called Leapfrog, whose goal is to assign letter grades to the country’s hospitals in an effort to establish their safety in a quantifiable, easily understandable way.
View MoreFebruary 07, 2015
Feldman Shepherd Presents Sold-Out NJ CLE on “Maximizing Your Client’s Recovery”
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In February, Feldman Shepherd held a “Maximizing Your Client’s Recovery in Personal Injury Cases from Investigation Through Trial” CLE in New Jersey.
View MoreFebruary 04, 2015
Drug Companies Spend Millions Marketing Redundant and Potentially Dangerous Treatments
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The investigative journalism website ProPublica, in conjunction with the New York Times medical blog The Upshot, recently published an article analyzing drug companies’ spending over the past five months in order to ascertain what drugs and medical devices they were promoting most heavily.
View MoreJanuary 28, 2015
Further FDA Failures: Diabetes Medications
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When it comes to regulation, there are many areas in which the FDA could improve its practices–compounding pharmacies, energy drinks, herbal dietary products, generic drugs,testosterone supplements, plastic water bottles, and cancer treatments–but we can now add diabetes medication like Januvia, Byetta, and Victoza to this list as well.
View MoreJanuary 21, 2015
Caps on Damages Keep Wisconsin Family from Suing GM, Potentially Saving Lives
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In 2006, eighteen-year-old Natasha Weigel was killed (along with a close friend) when the Chevrolet Cobalt she was driving left the roadway and struck several trees.
View MoreJanuary 15, 2015
Feldman Shepherd Promotes Edward S. Goldis to Law Firm Partner
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Philadelphia personal injury law firm Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP is proud to announce that Edward Goldis has been named a partner of the firm.
View MoreJanuary 14, 2015
Contamination Rampant in Meat Processing Plants
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What do pharmaceuticals, automobiles, reusable plastic water bottles, and roller coasters have in common? All are manufactured or operated under conditions that are inadequately regulated by the federal government, whose job it is to protect consumers from corporations valuing their bottom lines above individuals’ safety.
View MoreJanuary 07, 2015
Pharmacy Linked to Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Faces Criminal Charges
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Back in October 2012, this blog began covering a fungal meningitis outbreak originating in Massachusetts that eventually killed sixty-four people and injured over 750 more across twenty states.
View MoreJanuary 02, 2015
Feldman Shepherd Founding Partner Carol Nelson Shepherd Elected President of Homeless Advocacy Project Board
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Founding partner Carol Nelson Shepherd, Esq.
View MoreDecember 31, 2014
Caps on Non-Economic Damages Disproportionately Affect Women, Children, Seniors
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Last week’s post ended with a tentative prediction that over the next few years we will see a push at the national level to enact caps on damages in civil cases.
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