In a recently unsealed court document, former Food and Drug Administrator (FDA) commissioner David Kessler stated that the maker of the birth control drug Yasmin, Bayer, withheld internal data that suggested that Yasmin let to an increased risk of venous...
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has been sued by an unknown company in a bid to prevent complaints about a product the unknown company makes from being reported to the public. SaferProducts.gov is a website that was launched the CPSC last March with the...
This blog entry is written by Major Langer of The Law Offices of Larry H. Parker’s sister law firm, Perona, Langer, Beck, Serbin. As the senior partner of the law firm of Perona, Langer, Beck, Serbin I have had the unique experience over the course of my...
It’s a news story that makes you wonder “Just what was that person thinking!?”. In Iowa, a judge has ruled that a woman was eligible for unemployment insurance after resigning from her job because her employer held a contest, with a $10 prize, for...
Reebok has settled a false advertising suit in connection with its line of EasyTone and RunTone shoes, agreeing to pay the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) $25 million dollars. The settlement funds will be made available for consumer refunds. Reebok has aired ads for...
10 people, including the pilot, have now died as a result of last Friday’s airplane crash at the Reno Air Show. Investigations in to the cause of the crash are still ongoing, but it is suspected that a piece of the airplane’s tail broke off of the modified...
