Congressman Fitzpatrick to VA: Stop Buying Essure!

- March 31, 2016

Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA) is an outspoken opponent of Bayer’s “permanent” birth control device, Essure. He has made and continues to make efforts on behalf of women seriously injured by this product. His goal, as evidenced in the E-Free Act, which he introduced in November 2014, is to revoke the FDA’s pre-market approval of Essure and remove the product from the market. His latest action on behalf of women’s health took the form of a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense. Congressman Fitzpatrick to VA: stop buying Essure!

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No Justice for the People of Flint

- March 30, 2016

There will be no justice for the people of Flint. To expect otherwise would be to ask a thoroughly corrupt system to indict itself. Last Wednesday, a five-member task force on the city’s water crisis released its 116-page report condemning the “culture” at Michigan governmental agencies and finding Governor Rick Snyder guilty of nothing worse

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Blocked Expert Testimony Isn’t Necessarily the End of Mirena MDL

- March 29, 2016

On March 8, U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel barred four of the plaintiffs’ expert witnesses and limited the scope of testimony of the other two. Bayer, maker of the Mirena IUD, called the ruling a victory and began preparing a motion for summary judgment which would end any chance of recovery for the women injured by this product. However, blocked expert testimony isn’t necessarily the end of Mirena MDL, especially if the plaintiffs’ steering committee has its way.

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Rear Seat Danger Ignored by NHTSA

- March 27, 2016

Imagine replacing your car seats with lawn chairs. Or cardboard. How safe would those changes be if you were in a rear-end crash? Safe enough according to the federal government! Rear Seat Danger Ignored by NHTSA.

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Deflategate Saga Continues: Kraft Pleads for Draft Picks, Brady Appeal

- March 23, 2016

The NFL owners’ winter meetings began on Monday at the Boca Raton Resort in Florida with several controversial issues scheduled to be discussed. Even though the owners approved some oft-contested rules regarding a legal catch and unsportsmanlike penalties along with the NFL’s recent admission regarding CTE, it appears that “Deflategate” will once again dominate the

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What Will the LaRoche Retirement mean for ‘Clubhouse Kids?’

- March 21, 2016

I am not saying that he hasn’t been a quality player (255 career homers), but the retirement of 12-year veteran first baseman/designated hitter Adam LaRoche on Tuesday sent the kind of buzz through the world of baseball usually reserved for future first-ballot Hall of Famers. LaRoche, who signed a two-year, $25 million contract last year

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NFL Comes Clean on CTE Link

- March 17, 2016

After first years of denial followed by years of posturing for litigation purposes, a high-ranking NFL official finally admitted the link between former players and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, commonly known as CTE. The NFL’s senior vice president for health and safety Jeff Miller acknowledged the link during a U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce

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Flint Lawsuits Stop Short of Naming Governor Rick Snyder

- March 15, 2016

Over 30 lawsuits have been filed so far in connection with the Flint water scandal, with more on the way. Already the potential damages claimed against public officials and private businesses amount to more than $40 million. To this point, however, the Flint lawsuits stop short of naming Governor Rick Snyder, who took responsibility for

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Beyond Peyton, the Tennessee Title IX Lawsuit is a Massive Deal

- March 15, 2016

Just days after Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos won the Super Bowl last month, Shaun King of the New York Daily News unleashed a damming report about an alleged incident in 1996 in which Manning, then the star quarterback at the University of Tennessee, lewdly exposed his genitals to a female athletic trainer during

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