Bayer Pharma, Fetal Deaths, and Illegal Kickbacks
Today’s big news on the Essure crisis comes courtesy of Thomas Hedges of TheRealNews.com. It’s a tale of Bayer Pharma, fetal deaths, and illegal kickbacks to doctors.
Why We Must Defend Encryption
You are allowed no secrets. The Obama administration announced Monday that an attorney representing unspecified victims of the December 5 San Bernardino mass shootings will, upon the administration’s request, file a brief supporting a court order to compel Apple Inc. to provide the government a “back door” to its iOS operating system. The Federal Bureau
GM to Change Culture: Will Make Cars, Chase Profit
One reads with grim amusement that General Motors is on a quest for a new “culture.” No sooner has the corporation demonstrated to stockholders its religious devotion to profits, complete with ritual human sacrifice, than it decides it’s time for a makeover. Of course, with the bad press that came from willfully killing perhaps hundreds
Congressman Questions FDA Over Essure Data and Alleged Kickbacks
This is the full text of a letter written by Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA) to Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health for the FDA in which a congressman questions FDA over Essure Data.
Strict Product Liability
Arkansas has long followed the Restatement (Second) of Torts Section 402A (1965) which provides that in order for a plaintiff to recover for harm or injury caused by a defective product, the product must be sold “in a defective condition” and be unreasonably dangerous to a consumer. What this means is that as a consumer, you
Breach of Warranty
When a seller makes a promise to a buyer there are implications if the seller breaks that promise. Breach of warranty is a possible remedy for a buyer if a broken promise has caused them harm.
Ford Pays $40 Million for Its Own Asbestos Science
Prepare to be shocked. A Big Three automaker knowingly risked people’s lives to save a few pennies per part. No, this time it isn’t General Motors and ignition switches in the spotlight. Information has come out that Ford Motor Company continued to use asbestos-lined brakes for twenty years after internal memos expressed concern for the
Scalia and the End of American Democracy
The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia does not bring with it the end of an era. Like Augustus Caesar and Ray Kroc, Scalia dies a glorious success, leaving an empire in place on the ruins of a former world. For Scalia, the world to be overcome had been American democracy, and he
Postwar or Prewar Europe?
As a high school teacher, I would occasionally ask a class, “Apart from the Holocaust, what was so bad about the Nazis?” This was usually a stumper. Understandably, the enormity of the Holocaust had dominated their studies of the period, but disappointingly few students could say anything else informed about the Nazi rule of Germany.
Daimler Announced 840K-vehicle Recall Over Takata Airbag Issue
Earlier this week, German automaker Daimler announced 840K-vehicle recall over Takata airbag issue. The company plans to take a $383.96M (340M euros) hit to its fiscal year 2015 results to pay for the recall.