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Water Beads Are Seriously Injuring Kids, and Little Is Being Done to Stop It

September 14th, 2023

News Update 9/14/2023 – The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that Buffalo Games has recalled Chuckle and Roar Ultimate Water Beads Activity Kits citing serious ingestion, choking and obstruction hazards. Feldman Shepherd is representing the family of a toddler who died after ingesting a Chuckle …

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U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis Continues to Worsen, With Black Moms at Highest Risk

August 23rd, 2023

Maternal deaths in the United States have surged to their highest level in nearly 60 years, with rates that are far more dire for Black mothers compared with other racial groups, according to new federal data. In 2021, 1,205 women died of maternal causes, according to …

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CaTeam Recalls Baby Hammock Swings Due to Suffocation Hazard, Violation of Safe Sleep for Babies Act

August 4th, 2023

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a joint recall with CaTeam for about 700 of the company’s canvas baby hammock swings stating that they pose a suffocation hazard and violate the Safe Sleep for Babies Act. The act, which took effect in November …

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New SEC Rules May Form Basis for Cybersecurity-Related Claims

August 3rd, 2023

New rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that require companies to disclose any cybersecurity breach that they deem to be material and to make annual disclosures regarding their cybersecurity may potentially form the basis for SEC whistleblower claims related to the sufficiency …

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Bill Incentivizes Whistleblowers to Report Consumer Fraud

July 9th, 2023

U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) recently introduced a bill in the Senate to authorize the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to award financial compensation to whistleblowers who report wrongdoing to the CFPB. The Financial Compensation for CFPB Whistleblowers Act would encourage reporting by allowing the …

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CFTC Calls for Carbon Markets Whistleblowers to Come Forward

July 7th, 2023

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is looking to crack down on fraud and manipulation in carbon credits in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). In a recently issued alert, the CFTC notes that carbon markets (CMs) “support the transition to a low-carbon economy through …

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CPSC Urges Parents to Stop Using Recalled Boppy Loungers After 2 More Infants Die; Calls Out Facebook Marketplace for Selling Recalled Products

June 27th, 2023

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and The Boppy Company are urging parents to stop using recalled Boppy Newborn Loungers following reports of two more infant deaths to the CPSC, bringing the death toll reported to the CPSC for this dangerous product up to 10. …

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Hiding in Plain Sight – Med Mal Lawsuits and the Missed Cancerous Oral Lesion

April 14th, 2023

Could you be overlooking a lucrative dental malpractice case? In an article published on March 27, 2023 in The Legal Intelligencer, Ezra Wohlgelernter discusses the potentially catastrophic outcome for a patient when a dentist, dental specialist or ears, nose and throat (ENT) specialist fails to …

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The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Article on Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Misses the Mark

April 4th, 2023

By Ezra Wohlgelernter A recent article in The Inquirer regarding the new state rule allowing victims of medical malpractice to file lawsuits in the county where the medical provider has its principal place of business is replete with misstatements that lead the reader to incorrect conclusions. The …

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