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- Medical Device Patients Would Be Protected Under New Safety Legislation Bridget Robb, who received 31 unnecessary shocks to her heart by a defective Medtronic defibrillator, would have access to justice under legislation ....
- Corporations Are Hiding Secrets That Could Kill You Americans would be shocked and angered to learn that when they go to the store some of the products they purchase may be hiding dangerous secrets. ....
- Lawsuits challenge new health insurer tactics to deny claims and benefits To keep their bottom lines growing, health insurance companies are testing a variety of new tactics to deny claims and benefits. ....
- Some therapist-patient communications not privileged, court says The therapist-patient privilege does not apply to threats made by a patient directly to his or her therapist when the patient had reason to believe ....
- Federal 'sunshine' bill would bring secret court documents to light The Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2007 passed the Senate Judiciary Committee in March, meaning that 14 years after the first version of the bill was ....
- Lawsuit seeks to save car title database—and protect car buyers Public Citizen and two California consumer organizations are suing the U.S. attorney general over delays in implementing it. ....
- Predatory-lending litigation looms Amid the subprime mortgage crisis, many people across the country—with both good and bad credit—have found themselves stuck with loans that are not ....
- Insurers Continue To Overcharge, Underpay Policyholders, Study Finds During 2007, property and casualty insurers continued a trend of charging too much for premiums and underpaying claims. ....
- Wachovia sued for its role in telemarketing fraud When a telemarketer called and offered to give Mary Faloney a $5,000 government grant that she would not have to repay, the disabled grandmother ....
- Free expressioncan come at high cost for some workers Jeremy Hall, a 23-year-old Army specialist and an atheist, recently sued the Department of Defense and his commanding officer, saying they violated ....
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