The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us the importance of hand washing, wearing masks and watching the exponential growth curves of this disease. But there is much we do not know. One concern that has not been addressed is the hazard danger associated with recirculated air in office and manufacturing buildings. We first encountered the […]
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Recycle Your Pacemaker
Encouraging news from a New England Journal of Medicine article finding that the infection risk associated with resterilized pacemakers does not differ significantly from the infection risk seen in new pacemakers. Used pacemakers are safe to use but you won’t see them recycled in the U.S. because the FDA, at the insistence of the pharmaceutical […]
Class Actions Protect Investors And Consumers From Abuse: An Overview Of The Requirements For Prosecuting And Certifying A Class Action
A class action is a powerful procedural tool to hold corporate wrongdoers accountable where there is widespread abuse of a large number of individuals who have suffered damages that individually are insufficient to support the cost of prosecuting individual claims. Class actions have been most effective in redressing investment fraud, sales of defective products and […]
Why I Am Proud To Be A Lawyer
Corporations, their presidents, public relations departments and political supporters, routinely condemned lawyers and castigated them because lawyers represent people who have been injured by corporate wrongdoers — consumers, investors, injured workers, abused consumers and homeowners who expect corporations to pay for the damage that they cause. Corporate America is loath to held individually accountable because […]
Understanding The Americans With Disabilities Act
Introduction On July 26, 1990, President George Bush signed into law “The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990” (ADA). This law gives civil rights protection to individuals with disabilities, similar to that provided to individuals on the basis of race, sex, national origin and religion. The ADA guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities in […]
