In what could be seen as uncharacteristically customer-focused maneuver, Verizon began offering “Custom TV” plans for their FiOS cable packages starting at $55 per month beginning last week. These plans include a core bundle of stations and then offer additional customizable tiers of channels based on customer
Colorful Pills by Vera Kratochvil Continual increases have states asking big pharma about astronomical drug prices. Many states are even proposing legislation that will force big pharma to share its development costs and profits as justification for ever-increasing prices. Tony DeLuca, a democratic representative in Pennsylvania, introduced legislation this week saying, “We need to have some
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on same sex marriage today. Arguably one of the nation’s hottest hot topics, SCOTUS is preparing to drop the hammer once and for all on whether I can marry Brad Pitt. The actual decision won’t surface until June, which is fine because… summer wedding! The justices heard two and
A case argued on January 21st before the Supreme Court may derail a major portion of America’s primary housing-discrimination law. The 1968 Fair Housing Act (FHA) was created by its sponsors to prevent discrimination of housing choices against protected groups as well as being created with the intent to proactively integrate segregated communities. Texas Department
A recently filed class action lawsuit claims Monsanto lied about Roundup safety. The suit, filed in the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County claims that the mega-corporation’s herbicide is not safe for humans as has been promised by Monsanto. Monsanto states that Roundup targets a specific enzyme (EPSP synthase) that is only found in
In what is probably the most appalling issue of injustice that I have covered to date for Legal Reader, the FBI confirmed on Monday, April 20th, that approximately 95 percent of hair sample analyses it used to help convict suspects between 1985 and 1999 relied on flawed methodology. The revelations stem from a 2-year investigation
It must be noted that the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) is on quite a roll lately. A few weeks ago, the investigative non-profit and 2014 Pulitzer Prize winner released an Earth-shattering report about the small circle of panel experts, many with ties to big tobacco that decides a large portion of food ingredient safety
As I mentioned last week, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is an unprecedentedly entangling trade agreement, whose complexity is only made worse by the secrecy of its negotiations. Although small pieces of information have been leaked as early as 2011, the main source that analysts have to go by is the November 13th, 2013 Wikileaks disclosure.
Technically as of today, not a single person has been fired for the Veterans Affairs wait time scandal from last year. That’s right, it bears repeating: technically, not a single person has been fired for the VA wait time scandal. Sorry, but that point needs to sink in. New VA Secretary Bob McDonald is already
Olympus Corp., manufacturer of the TJF-Q180V duodenoscope, might have known about a risk involving their product at least two years ago. At least that’s when it issued letters to European hospitals warning that, without proper cleaning, it’s a possibility that Olympus duodenoscopes carry deadly disease. Unfortunately, in the U.S. that possibility may have become a