Crackdown on Opioid Prescriptions Leaves Chronic Pain Patients Without Options
Crackdown on Opioid Prescriptions Leaves Chronic Pain Patients Without Options
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Adapting to Our New Reality
A more chaotic world is coming. Adapting to our new reality means changing how we live as laws, institutions, resources, and our culture shift around us.
It Pays to Switch to Electronic Record-keeping, According to Study
It Pays to Switch to Electronic Record-keeping, According to Study
Young Teenage Boy is Running for Governor of Vermont
Young Teenage Boy is Running for Governor of Vermont
Vitamix Issues Voluntary Recall of More Than 100,000 Blender Containers
If you’re a fan of Vitamix blenders, listen up. Earlier today, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Vitamix, a company that manufactures high-end blenders, issued a voluntary recall of “105,000 blender containers after nearly a dozen customers reported lacerations due to an exposed blade.”
John F. Schaefer Recognized as Lawyer of Distinction
Lawyers of Distinction recently recognized Birmingham, Michigan based John F. Schaefer, founder and managing partner of The Law Firm of John F. Schaefer, as a member.
New Regulation Aims to Challenge California Judge’s Ruling Requiring Warning Labels on Coffee
Remember when a judge in California decided that coffee should be served with warning labels so coffee drinkers know the cancer risks associated with drinking coffee. However, since the judge’s decision, many in the state have begun to wonder if the health warnings may be going too far. One of those concerned citizens is Sam Delson, the deputy director for external and legislative affairs for California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. He said, “There’s a danger to over-warning—it’s important to warn about real health risks.”
Settlement Agreement Could Help Keep Mentally Ill Out of Washington Jails
A lawsuit between Disability Rights Washington and the Department of Social and Health Services in Washington settled yesterday. The suit revolved around a lawsuit filed by Disability Rights Washington back in 2014 on behalf of “mentally ill people who’ve been warehoused in jails for weeks or months while awaiting competency services.” When the lawsuit was first filed, it was seeking “relief for criminal defendants who were languishing for months in county jails while waiting to be evaluated to see if they were competent to help in their defense.” Those who were eventually found incompetent often had to wait additional “weeks or months before being taken to a state-run mental hospital for treatment.” As a result, the suit argued that the state “was violating their constitutional rights.”
Nebraska Man on Death Row Given Controversial Lethal Injection Protocol
Nebraska Man on Death Row Given Controversial Lethal Injection Protocol
President Trump Offers Support for FIRST STEP Act for Prison Reform
President Trump has thrown his support behind the FIRST STEP Act, a controversial bill intended to reform America’s broken criminal justice system. Early in August, Trump spoke to a group of ‘inner-city pastors’ at the White House. Explaining the moves he’s made to lower unemployment and offer fresh opportunities for former prisoners, the president elaborated