April 08, 2015
5 Hospitals Report Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Outbreaks
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Having covered the dangers that hospitals pose (on several occasions) and the previousfailures of the FDA to keep consumers safe (again, on several occasions), …
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Some Wins, Some Losses in Tobacco Class Action Suits
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In November, this blog published an article about the ways in which class action lawsuits–cases in which a group of individuals (a class) may stand together aga…
View MoreMarch 25, 2015
New York Doctor Database–Including Malpractice Information–Is Facing Elimination
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Health experts have long pointed to increased transparency as a way of eliminating medical errors and reducing healthcare-associated infections, not to mention …
View MoreMarch 18, 2015
Many Generic Herbal Supplements Not Herbal At All
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Health experts have long criticized store-brand herbal supplements. And finally they have been vindicated. The Attorney General’s office recently oversaw testin…
View MoreMarch 11, 2015
Youth Football League Faces Brain Injury Lawsuit
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Last June, this blog published an article about President Obama’s so-called “concussion conference,” which he called to address mild traumatic brain injuries in…
View MoreMarch 04, 2015
Antidepressants, Sleep Aids, and Allergy Drugs Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease
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For many years, consumers have taken Benadryl as a sleep aid, assuming that it is a safe and non-habit forming solution for occasional insomnia. A recent study,…
View MoreFebruary 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 Const…
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. Than…
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 safe…
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. Alan Feldm…
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 co…
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, g…
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