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I happened over to the website of the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) for some light reading. These folks have been busy. While trial attorneys have been representing their clients these energetic folks and the US Chamber of Commerce have been writing what can only be logged in the category […]

Are the threats of today’s travel starkly different from those that existed 20, 30, or 50 years ago? Do we live in a new world? I think the answer is an unequivocal…yes. I still remember my first airline flight as an adult. It was 45 years ago. We checked baggage […]

What lawsuits consume the very most resources in our court system? Lawsuits filed by injured people? Nope. Lawsuits filed by corporations suing corporations? Yep! By far, excluding divorce, we tax payers pay out more to support the court system’s time in handling one corporation suing another than any other type […]

It has been almost 50 years since a drug to treat lupus has been approved by the FDA. This week the FDA voted in favor of the new drug Benlysta 13-2 to treat lupus. A final decision to approve the new drug will be made by December 9 and it […]

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is on the rise for U.S. children according to a recent government study on ADHD. The new Center for Disease Control and Prevention study cites that 1 in 10 children have ADHD, almost a 25 percent increase in the past four years. The CDC interviewed […]

The Food and Drug Administration has proposed a new rule, which includes changes to the warnings on cigarette packaging; warnings that have remained largely the same for decades. These proposed new warnings are obviously intended to be graphic motivation for smokers to quit and for those who have not yet […]

On December 3, 2007, 59-year-old Niven Anderson was on his way to West Palm Beach to connect with some of his business customers and had stopped his car at a traffic light in Belle Glade, Florida. Without any warning, the flatbed trailer of a passing commercial vehicle swerved from its […]

As if we needed another reason to hate setting our clocks back this year, but now a new study by the British Medical Journal says daylight savings time may be bad for our health. Setting our clocks back one hour in the winter changes the amount of daylight we receive […]

The FDA recently approved Botox, a wrinkle-smoothing injection, for the treatment of migraine headaches. Drug maker Allergan has now been given the go ahead to market its drug to patients with a serious history of migraines. This announcement comes just one month after Allergan agreed to pay more than $600 […]

First, I want to warn everyone that the video to which this article is linked is a dramatization; it is particularly difficult to watch; but it demonstrates what can happen, so it is important. This very sobering video link made its way into my in-box today, and although it is […]