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Michigan Woman Claims Gardasil HPV Vaccine Caused Life-Changing Injuries

Current Litigation , General News October 8, 2021

The national law firm of Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a young Michigan woman who developed postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS), and other serious health problems after receiving the Gardasil human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.   Gardasil attorneys Bijan Esfandiari, Nicole Maldonado, Michael L. Baum, Monique Alarcon, and co-counsel Robert F. Kennedy, […]

Paraquat vs. Roundup: A Case Study

Consumer Protection , Current Litigation , Roundup September 27, 2021

According to a June 22, 2021 court filing, Syngenta, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, and Chevron USA had hundreds of cases pending against them in state and federal courts across the country. The lawsuits claim that their paraquat-based herbicides cause Parkinson’s disease. All named defendants have denied liability.  Paraquat dichloride is a highly toxic chemical commonly […]

Data & Practice Hacks

Consumer Protection September 3, 2021

A data hack affecting millions of T-Mobile customers recently came to light when on August 15, 2021 a hacker posted on a dark web forum that it was offering the social security numbers and drivers license numbers of about 30 million people from T-Mobile internal databases for about $270,000.  T-Mobile finally acknowledged that the company […]

2021 TRIAL LAWYERS SUMMIT

Uncategorized May 4, 2021

The 10th Annual Trial Lawyers Summit is happening now in Miami, FL. “The first in-person, national legal conference of 2021!” TRIAL LAWYERS SUMMIT @ Loews South Beach, FL May 4-7, 2021 Register here: https://ntlsummit.com/ Summit 2021video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXQmqNEJ4ak #NTL #TRIALLAWYERSSUMMIT

Opioid Litigation Hearing

Opioid Crisis January 20, 2021

January 20th, 2021 Opioid Litigation Hearing Live from Suffolk County Court. Please follow the link below to access today’s Suffolk County New York Opioid Litigation Pre-trial hearing via MassTortNews.Live virtual streaming scheduled for Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. Live streaming of hearing password is 1105.  Click here for the LIVE feed http://wowza.nycourts.gov/VirtualCourt/st-suf.php?room=st-suf-2.

U.S. Office of Special Counsel Complaint & Disclosure Form

Uncategorized May 6, 2020

Rick Bright’s Primary Claims Include:Retaliation for Protected Activity An agency official is prohibited from taking, failing to take, or threatening to take or fail to take a against any employee or applicant for federal employment because of (A) the exercise of an appeal, complaint, or grievance right granted by any law, rule or regulation; (B) […]

COVID-19—Looking Beyond Tomorrow for Health Care and Society

COVID-19 April 19, 2020

JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA1; Howard Bauchner, MD1 Author Affiliations Article Information JAMA. Published online April 17, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.6582 Related Articles  6 months ago, the novel coronavirus now known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19, the severe disease it causes, were unheard of. Today, this highly contagious and dangerous virus and the […]

COVID-19 CLINICAL STUDY FROM CHINA PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 2020 IN LANCET MEDICAL JOURNAL

COVID-19 April 16, 2020

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study By:Chen, NS (Chen, Nanshan)[ 1 ] ; Zhou, M (Zhou, Min)[ 5,6 ] ; Dong, X (Dong, Xuan)[ 1 ] ; Qu, JM (Qu, Jieming)[ 5,6 ] ; Gong, FY (Gong, Fengyun)[ 2 ] ; Han, Y (Han, Yang)[ 3,10 ] ; Qiu, Y (Qiu, Yang)[ 10 ] ; Wang, JL (Wang, Jingli)[ 2 ] ; Liu, Y (Liu, Ying)[ 4 ] ; Wei, […]