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September 8, 2015

Workers Claim They Were Paid as Little as $200 for Four Weeks of Labor

Six construction workers who helped assemble the steeple-shaped roof on a new Prince William County library are claiming that they were paid as little as $200 a piece for four ...

August 14, 2015

FDA Issues New Guidance for Children’s OTC Acetaminophen Products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently issued a new Guidance for Industry on Over-the-Counter Pediatric Oral Liquid Drug Products Containing Acetaminophen. The ...

July 27, 2015

Amtrak Seeks to Consolidate Philadelphia Derailment Lawsuits

Amtrak has requested consolidation of the lawsuits over the May 12, 2015 train derailment before a federal judge. On June 30, Amtrak, along with many plaintiffs, requested ...

July 13, 2015

FBI Investigating Manufacturers of Power Morcellators

In late May 2015, the FBI began investigating Johnson & Johnson in connection with its manufacture of power morcellator devices, surgical tools used to cut and remove ...

June 15, 2015

“Everything is on the Table” for Fuel Tank Investigation

2013 Jeep Recall In 2013, Chrysler issued a recall of approximately 1.56 million Jeep SUV vehicles due to fuel tanks that had a dangerous propensity to explode and/or result ...

June 10, 2015

Boston Scientific to Pay $100M in Transvaginal Mesh Trial

On May 28, 2015, a Delaware jury ordered Boston Scientific Corp. to pay $100 million to a woman who was injured by transvaginal mesh. The verdict is the largest so far against ...

May 15, 2015

Tragic Amtrak Disaster Reminder of RPDFA Act

The Rail Passenger Disaster Family Assistance Act was passed in 2008 in an effort to coordinate the response to rail disasters in the United States and assign ...

May 8, 2015

New DC Wage Theft Law Protects Workers

What is Wage Theft? Wage theft occurs when workers do not receive the minimum wage for all hours worked, and overtime of time-and-a-half for hours worked over forty in one ...

May 7, 2015

New Prescription Drug Labeling

The new FDA rule will require more information about a drug’s effect on pregnant and nursing women. A rule affecting prescription drug and biological product labels will go ...

May 5, 2015

Bill Proposes FDA Regulation of Cosmetics

The New York Times reported on April 20  that a new bill has been proposed that aims to give the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) more oversight over the regulation of the ...