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• Howard Dean Has Always Supported "Tort Reform"

  Mike Bryant | August 27, 2009 11:49 AM | 12 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  What a day of gotcha statements by the voices of big business and the health insurance companies. They are all excited about Howard Dean's statement at a town meeting that so-called tort reform...

• Tort Reform: A War of Attrition

  Michael Bennett | May 21, 2009 3:21 PM | 12 CommentsVoices

  Rather than initially launching an all out assault, conducting war by using a slow, incremental wearing down of personnel and resources, military leaders throughout the ages have often used war of...

• The Fight To Cap Payday Loans

  Eddie Farah | April 11, 2009 1:11 AM | 12 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  PayDay Loans. If you see them you should run the other way. Florida is among a few states that has tried to stop the abusive high interest loans. In the average scenario, a person takes out a...

• Fresno Diocese Continues to Let "Accused" Child Molester Work with Children

  Paul Kiesel | March 19, 2009 7:20 PM | 12 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  A little over two years ago, a Fresno jury found Father Eric Swearingen guilty (9-3) of molesting a former altar boy, however, Bishop John J. Steinbock has continued to allow this man to work with...

• Don't take the bait on drug labeling preemption

  David Mittleman | February 04, 2009 9:40 AM | 12 CommentsLansing, MI

  An editorial in last Thursday’s Detroit Free Press by Sally C. Pipes had me scratching my head over the ramifications of an upcoming United States Supreme Court decision in Wyatt v Levine....

• Class I Recall Issued for Digitek Tablets

  Scott Kappes | April 28, 2008 6:36 PM | 12 CommentsHouston, TX

  Today the Actavis Totowa LLC in conjunction with the FDA issued a Class I recall of all Digitek tablets. Digitek is used to treat abnormal heart rhythms and heart failure;...

• The Pope Worries About How Others Handle Pedophiles?

  Mike Bryant | November 27, 2011 4:43 PM | 11 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Interesting statement from the Pope last week as he pointed out that all institutions need to deal with the issues that are involved with providing access to children for pedophiles. In his...

• Access Denied: Interest Groups and 'Tort Reform' Proponents Put Up Roadblocks to Court System

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | June 06, 2011 3:07 PM | 11 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Laurence H. Tribe, a professor at Harvard whose 40-year career includes serving as senior counselor at the Department of Justice for access to justice, recently made a speech declaring that justice...

• Ford F-150 Trucks - NHTSA Investigates Ford Fuel Tank Problem

  Greg Webb | May 16, 2011 8:00 AM | 11 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Tom Krisher, an Associated Press’ auto writer, reported May 10, 2011, on WRAL.com that NHTSA is digging into a problem with the Ford F-150 pick-up truck again. Only this time, it’s not...

• Allcare Dental Closure National Class Action Lawsuit Filed

  William Eadie | February 07, 2011 3:48 PM | 11 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Allcare Dental’s recent and unexpected closure has left Allcare Dental patients waiting on services in a lurch—without records or a dentist. While Allcare Dental has been providing...