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April 25, 2016

The Serious Issue of Childhood Lead Poisoning

Comedian Discusses Serious Issue of Childhood Lead Poisoning On April 17, 2016, the late-night comedian John Oliver took on the serious issue of childhood lead poisoning on ...

April 20, 2016

Noah’s Law

For the past decade, there has been a growing movement to increase the penalties for individuals convicted of drinking and driving in Maryland. In December of 2015, this ...

April 7, 2016

Massey CEO Sentenced to One Year in Prison over 2010 Mine Explosion

Former CEO of Massey Energy Company Don Blankenship was sentenced on April 6, 2016 to serve one year in prison and to pay a fine of $250,000 for conspiring to violate federal ...

February 24, 2016

Ashcraft & Gerel’s Alan Mensh Fights for Lead Poisoned Children

The topic of lead poisoning has been in the news lately regarding lead in water. The major source of childhood lead poisoning has historically been shown to be old, ...

December 29, 2015

Ashcraft & Gerel’s Joe Musso Discusses Nursing Home Privacy Horrors

As millions of Americans prepared to enjoy the holidays with family and friends last week, a disturbing report from ProPublica gained national headlines. A review of the ...

November 17, 2015

What You Should Know About MRSA

According to 2011 statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) causes more than 80,000 invasive ...

October 2, 2015

Keeping Large Corporations Honest – the Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Debacle

For many years, we as a society have known that our development and consumption have taken a toll on our planet.  I still remember hearing the jingle as a child “reduce, ...

September 29, 2015

The Volkswagen Scandal from an Owners Perspective

For the past 8 years the world’s largest car manufacturer has been intentionally lying to millions of its customers, and I’m one of them.  Volkswagen marketed its turbo diesel ...

September 28, 2015

Nathan M. Peak Represents Whistleblower in Case That Settles for $35M

A&G’s Nathan Peak represented a whistleblower in two federal False Claims Act cases that settled for an amount that could total $35 million, to be paid overtime by the ...

September 10, 2015

FDA Issues Warning to Tobacco Manufacturers Regarding “Natural” Labeling

On August 27, 2015, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued warning letters to three tobacco companies regarding their labeling of cigarettes as “additive-free” and/or ...