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• The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act: timely help for employees

  Timothy Smith | January 12, 2009 11:28 AM | 1 CommentTraverse City, MI

  The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act have reached critical mass in Congress and looks to become law under our next administration. So, what are they and how does this...

• George Will - Heavy On The Invective, Light On The Facts

  Pete Mackey | January 12, 2009 8:00 AM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  George Will's recent op-ed piece, Exploding Litigation Means the death of Common Sense, lacks a key ingredient - a basis in fact. Mr. Will, generally a stickler for detail, offers only anecdotal...

• King Nut Peanut Butter Recalled for Ties to Salmonella Outbreak

  Mike Ferrara | January 11, 2009 9:21 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ

  In response to a salmonella outbreak that has infected nearly 400 people in 42 states, Ohio-based King Nut Companies has issued a recall of all the peanut butter it distributes. The recall came...

• Immigrants and Accidents

  Jon Lewis | January 10, 2009 1:05 PM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL

  We all know there is a great debate going on in this country over illegal, or undocumented, immigrants. There are numerous problems with this situation: 1. Healthcare 2. Taxes 3. Access to social...

• Judge To Michigan Prison System - Settle These Lawsuits

  Pete Mackey | January 09, 2009 4:18 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  In his continuing report, Jeff Seidel of the Detroit Free Press reports that County Judge Timothy Connors has ordered mediation in the lawsuits by female inmates alleging sexual assaults by prison...

• Billion-dollar jury verdicts disappear after appeals, new rulings.

  Wayne Parsons | January 09, 2009 2:40 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI

  Bloomberg News (1/8, Fisk) reported, The billion-dollar jury verdict has disappeared from U.S. courtrooms according to Bloomberg data. Bloomberg notes that, because of changes in legal rulings,...

• Another Salmonella Outbreak?

  Jeff Rasansky | January 09, 2009 11:59 AM | 1 CommentDallas, TX

  There has been somewhat of a salmanalla outbreak across the country, with 388 cases reported in 42 states. Five of these cases were in Texas and one of them was in Tarrant County (North Texas Area)....

• Big Pharma Agrees to End Freebies to Doctors - Is it Enough?

  Mike Ferrara | January 08, 2009 11:44 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ

  Starting January 1, about 40 drug maker giants, including Johnson & Johnson, Eli Lilly, and Pfizer, agreed to voluntarily stop giving out cute signature gifts, such as coffee mugs, pens,...

• Error In Vitamin D Test at Quest Diagnostics

  Jamie Sheller | January 08, 2009 8:55 PM | 1 CommentPhiladelphia, PA

  Recently, Quest Diagnostics of Madison, NJ, the largest medical lab company in the U.S., acknowledged a problem that resulted in inaccurate vitamin D testing. Thousands of doctors have been notified...

• WSJ Taken To Task For Coleman Support

  Mike Bryant | January 08, 2009 7:17 PM | 1 CommentSt. Cloud, MN

  This week the Wall Street Journal editorial board took it upon themselves to come to the defense of Norm Colman's bid for another 6 years. Their target was the Minnesota Secretary of State Mark...