Miscellaneous

• Cell phone privacy -- what cell phone companies are doing

  David Bernstein | October 11, 2011 1:09 PM | 0 CommentsNorman, OK

  You will be hard-pressed to find a person not carrying a cell phone these days – from elementary school kids to grandparents. But, would everyone be so willing to carry around a cell phone...

• “Tort Reform” Unnecessary: Judges Have Discretion to Dismiss Lawsuits

  Mark Bello | October 11, 2011 1:08 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI

  Here are a few recent stories in the news: Judge throws out $5.2 million verdict for Hampton man in Best Buy case. In July 2006, a man was shopping for televisions at a local Best Buy. A nearby...

• FDA Updated Warning on Transvaginal Mesh for Pelvic Organ Prolapse

  Shayna Slater | October 11, 2011 10:38 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  The FDA published an updated warning on the risk and serious complications that are associated with transvaginal placement of surgical mesh for pelvic organ prolapse (POP). The FDA indicated that...

• Pooled Special Needs Trusts - A great solution for disabled special needs clients with settlements

  Jason Lazarus | October 11, 2011 10:05 AM | 0 CommentsVoices

  A pooled special needs trust (“pooled trust) is a trust created pursuant to federal law, in which the not-for-profit trustee agrees to hold assets for the benefit of a person with...

• Representatives Ask Dept of Justice to Investigate Clarence Thomas

  Mike Ferrara | October 10, 2011 7:50 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Twenty House Democrats have requested that a federal investigation be opened into Justice Clarence Thomas’s failure to comply with the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. Last week the Democrats...

• Massive Vessel Moors in Pensacola, Florida

  Gerry McGill | October 10, 2011 3:28 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Over the weekend, residents of Pensacola have had an interesting view in the port: on Friday, the massive “Versabar 10,000” docked at the Port of Pensacola. Given rough waters in...

• Georgia Mom Sues Girl Scouts Over Alleged Racism

  David Mittleman | October 10, 2011 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  A disturbing incident between a set of African American twin girls and their Atlanta Girl Scout Troop has me thinking twice about buying cookies this year--at least if I lived in Atlanta. An...

• That's the Law??? Shame on you, Alabama

  Pete Mackey | October 10, 2011 10:50 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  I got a call last week from a person who was robbed by a bad guy in the parking lot of a big box store here in Mobile. There were several lights out in the section that he parked and he did not see...

• Tragic Walmart Parking Lot Accident Brings Focus on Senior Drivers in North Carolina

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | October 09, 2011 6:29 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  One woman was killed and two others suffered serious injuries when a 95-year-old driver lost control of his pickup truck in a Smithfield, North Carolina (NC), Walmart parking lot and ran into the...

• Myths and Facts about the Catholic Sexual Abuse Crisis

  John McKiggan | October 08, 2011 6:40 PM | 12 CommentsHalifax, NS

  A reader sent me a link to an article published by the Catholic Education Resource Center titled 10 Myths about Priestly Pedophilia. The article claims to “debunk” myths perpetrated by...