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Professor Kevin Lewis O’Neil is the Director of the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies and Professor in the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto. A cultural anthropologist, his work focuses on the moral dimensions of contemporary political practice in…
On Saturday, March 19, 2022, Pope Francis released his new Apostolic Constitution Praedicate Evangelium (To Preach the Gospel) which replaces the founding constitution “Pastor Bonus” that was penned by Pope John Paul II in 1988. As in all documents from the Vatican, it is important…
Both the House and Senate in the state of Kentucky have proposed legislation that would significantly revise the current laws governing the civil prosecution of childhood sexual abuse. Kentucky had been a state with restrictive statutes of limitations (SOL) prior to the proposed legislation. Curren
Less than one day remains for victims to file lawsuits for old sex abuse cases in New Jersey. Under the 2019 Child Victim’s Act, survivors of child sexual abuse in New Jersey were given the opportunity to file a civil claim against the individual who…
The tragic death of Halyna Hutchins shines a very bright light on danger in the workplace and how safety is not always the paramount issue it should be. Work accidents and injuries are often covered by state workers’ compensation laws, but the litigious society in…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration and state and local health agencies have been investigating the origin of a rare, multistate tuberculosis outbreak. More than 100 patients may have been infected with the bacteria that causes tuberculosis during spinal surg
Millions of Americans currently suffer from heart failure, and ventricular assist devices are a popular tool to assist people with advanced heart failure to return to normalcy. The HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD) has been implanted into more than 19,000 patients. HeartWare, later acquired
Last week, the former prince of the Catholic Church, Theodore McCarrick appeared in a Dedham MA criminal court room to answer charges that he had sexually molested a minor boy 50 years ago. As expected, he pled not guilty. The presiding judge ordered $5,000 bail,…
A request for the creation of a multidistrict litigation docket, has been filed by plaintiffs with claims pending against Johnson & Johnson relating to the benzene content in the company’s Neutrogena aerosol sunscreen products. This comes several months after an analysis by the independent lab…
If you find yourself gasping for air as you wake up, snoring loudly, or feeling exhausted after a full night’s rest, you might have sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a disorder marked by lapses of breath during sleep that can be deadly if left untreated.…
This week, criminal charges were filed against disgraced and defrocked Theodore McCarrick for incidents that began in 1974 in Massachusetts. The sexual abuse of the then 16-year-old began at a wedding reception in Massachusetts where the survivor lived with his family. McCarrick faces 3 counts…
On June 1 an Illinois state court will hear a highly-anticipated trial over the alleged risk of Parkinson’s disease supposedly associated with exposure to the herbicide Paraquat. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit Thomas and Diana Hoffman claim Thomas Hoffman developed Parkinson’s disease after decades o
