There is a story at the DC Patient Advocate that a North Carolina hospital may have spread Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease: According to CNN, Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina may have used instruments contaminated with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease on at least 18 neurosurgi
The New York Times recently reported that the Federal Trade Commission charged four companies with deceptively marketing weight-loss products, asserting they made “unfounded promises” that consumers could shed pounds simply by using their food additives, skin creams and other dietary supplements. Th
Mandatory Binding Arbitration Clauses are the latest way for corporate America to avoid having to stand before a jury and have its unfair business practices judged. DirecTV is the latest example of how corporate America skirts liability. As reported by Paul Bland and Spencer Wilson,…
The American Tort Reform Association is at it again. They have just come out with their 2010 Judicial Hellhole report. What do you think they mean by hellhole? Well, if by hellhole you mean…
Interesting blog post on the Public Justice website today about a case about to be heard by the Supreme Court. According to Public Justice, AT&T Mobility (“ATTM”) wants the U.S….
We keep learning more and more details about the BP Oil Spill disaster and why it didn’t have to happen. In fact, even a BP partner has now come forwarded and blamed BP for reckless decisions….
Many of us will be watching the BCS National Championship football game tonight. Or, more precisely, the 2010 Citi BCS National Championship Game. As noted by the Huffington Post this…
The Washington Post reports today that 73 year old Harold Spencer of Warrenton, Virginia unnecessarily died following a fall at the newly-opened Warrenton-Fauquier Visitor Center: Warrenton…
There’s a great organization that I’m a member of called Public Justice. Public Justice is America’s public interest law firm; that is, unlike many public interest legal organizations, Public…
As someone who rides the Metro Red Line to and from work most days, today’s crash was a chilling reminder of how vulnerable we are and how no matter how safe we act, some things are out of our…
Last night I watched Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich in Changeling. I didn’t know anything about the movie when I sat down to watch it, other than that a little boy goes missing and the police…
If you are sitting at home trying to figure out how to save your home from the black hole of our current economy, you may want to take a minute to think about how you got in this situation in the…
