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Neptune’s Fix Recalled: FDA Warns That Tianeptine-Containing Products Are Associated with Seizures, Loss of Consciousness and Death

When 32-year-old graphic designer Matthew Cornier decided to work late at his Point Pleasant, New Jersey, office, he went to a convenience store and purchased several shot-size bottles of Neptune’s Fix, a purported dietary supplement sold with a claim that it will improve mental focus. Several hours later Matthew was found dead in his office by his fiancée. The bottles of …

CPSC Warns Against Multiple Infant Loungers After Five Deaths

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to stop using five brands of baby loungers that violate federal safety regulations and are linked to the deaths of five infants. The loungers were sold online on Amazon and Walmart under the brand names Mamibaby, Yoocaa, DHZJM, Cosy Nation and Hyhuudth. The CPSC believes that all five loungers were …

Study: Water Bead-Related ER Visits by Kids Increased Over 130% in One Year

Water bead-related emergency room visits by children increased by over 130 percent — from 55 visits in 2021 to 127 in 2022 — according to a new study published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Water beads are made of super-absorbent polymer crystals which can retain hundreds of times their weight in water. The beads — which are widely marketed …

1.5 Million Medline Adult Bed Rails Recalled After Two Entrapment Deaths

Medical supply company Medline Industries is recalling 1.5 million adult portable bed rails that have been linked to the entrapment deaths of two senior citizens. The recall comes less than two months after another medical supply company, Essential Medical Supply, re-announced its recall of 272,000 bed rails in the wake of multiple entrapment deaths. On May 30, 2024, Medline in conjunction …

Joybuy Infant Sling Carriers Recalled Due to Suffocation, Fall Hazards

A decade after Feldman Shepherd product liability attorneys Alan M. Feldman, Daniel J. Mann and Edward S. Goldis successfully litigated two cases that led to the recall of one million infant sling carriers that suffocated babies, similar baby carriers have re-entered the marketplace and have once again caught the attention of federal safety regulators. On June 6, 2024, the U.S. Consumer …

Retailers Halt Sales of Weighted Infant Sleep Sacks, Swaddles and Blankets After ‘Multiple Infant Deaths’ Reported

Several major retailers including Amazon, Target, Walmart, Nordstrom and Babylist have announced that they will stop selling weighted infant sleep sacks, swaddles and blankets after receiving a letter from Richard L. Trumka, Jr., a commissioner at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), alerting them that these products have been involved in “multiple infant deaths.” Dreamland Baby and Nested Bean are …

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Nearly Half a Century Later, Damage Caps in California Are Still Harming Victims of Medical Malpractice

September 7th, 2022

Recent legislative developments in California are instructive as to how justice gets turned on its head when damage caps are imposed on victims of medical malpractice. In 1975 — the same year that the Vietnam War ended, Patty Hearst was arrested for armed robbery, and the …

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4moms Recalls More Than 2 Million Baby Swings and Rockers Due to Strangulation Hazard for Crawling Babies

August 23rd, 2022

As federal regulators continue to warn consumers about the risk of suffocation associated with using inclined infant products — such as rockers, nappers and loungers — for infant sleep, a new safety hazard has emerged for crawling babies: strangulation in dangling restraint straps. On August 15, …

CFTC Whistleblower Program

WHAT LEGAL PROTECTIONS ARE PROVIDED TO CFTC WHISTLEBLOWERS?

August 8th, 2022

Exposing unlawful conduct by a business often creates significant monetary exposure for that company and any individual employees engaged in wrongdoing. While the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is focused on preserving the confidentiality of whistleblowers’ identities, individuals who step forward to report securities fraud …

FinCEN Whistleblower Program

WHAT IS THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING (AML) WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM?

August 8th, 2022

In 2021, Congress passed the Anti-Money Laundering Act and, in doing so, created a whistleblower program focused on receiving information concerning violations of the anti-money laundering laws. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury, is tasked with …

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Safe Sleep for Babies Act Bans Two Deadly Infant Sleep Products

August 5th, 2022

Two infant sleep products that together have been linked to more than 200 infant deaths have been banned from the U.S. marketplace under the Safe Sleep for Babies Act, signed into law by President Biden in May 2022. The new law, which will go into effect …

August 1st, 2022

Third-party bad faith claims are not a slam-dunk, and like all litigation, they require a thoughtful and planned approach. While not meant to be exhaustive, this article written by Mark W. Tanner and Peter M. Newman published by The Legal Intelligencer on July 26, 2022, outlines practice tips for prosecuting this …

NHTSA Whistleblower Program

WHAT IS THE NHTSA WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM?

July 26th, 2022

The Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act of 2015 created the whistleblower program administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The Program pays monetary rewards to auto safety whistleblowers who provide information leading to the resolution of an enforcement action, such as an investigation, recall, …

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FDA Warns Against Use of Baby Neck Floats

July 18th, 2022

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning parents and caregivers not to use baby neck floats due to the risk of death or serious injury. Baby neck floats — a questionably designed infant product — look similar to inflatable innertubes that older children use …

IRS whistleblower program

WHAT IS THE IRS WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM?

July 7th, 2022

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has administered its whistleblower program in some form since 1867. But the Program has become much more active in the wake of improvements made by the Tax Relief and Health Care Act in 2006, which, among other things, made certain …