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May 1st, 2024

The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has re-announced the recall of four models of Endurance Hand Bed Rails in the wake of two deaths linked to the rails since they were first recalled in December 2021. While the recall is limited to these …

April 9th, 2024

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning parents about two brands of water bead toys that contain high levels of a toxic chemical. The two new warnings add to mounting concerns over water beads, which look fun and harmless, but are sending thousands of …

March 15th, 2024

In fiscal year 2023, more than $1.8 billion of the $2.68 billion recovered under the False Claim Act came from defendants in the healthcare industry.  This figure made healthcare fraud the leading basis for False Claims Act settlements and judgments. Healthcare fraud recoveries protect some of …

March 6th, 2024

In fiscal year 2023, the Department of Justice and whistleblowers secured more than $2.68 billion in settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act.  This massive haul came as the result of an historic 543 settlements and judgments.  There has not been another year with …

February 16th, 2024

Consumer Reports is calling for federal regulators to recall two bedside bassinets amid mounting complaints by parents that they have a tilted sleep surface which is causing their babies to roll into unsafe sleep positions. Both the Ingenuity Dream & Grow Bedside Bassinet, made by Kids2, …

February 2nd, 2024

Traffic safety advocates — including an advocate with a special connection to Feldman Shepherd — scored a major victory in their fight to reduce a crisis of fatal accidents on Roosevelt Boulevard. On December 14, 2023, Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a new law that makes speed …

October 19th, 2023

After refusing to cooperate with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) almost a year ago, electronic skateboard manufacturer Future Motion is now recalling 300,000 of its Onewheel skateboards amid reports of four deaths and multiple serious injuries. Onewheel e-skateboards are self-balancing boards with a single wheel …

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 …

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 …