Posts tagged fraud

• The Fight To Cap Payday Loans

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

  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...

• Do you know who Rick Scott is? Really?

  John Hopkins | October 20, 2010 4:00 PM | 2 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It is election time again and this year very potential damaging choices need to be made. So, I have to ask: Who is Rick Scott? Just what the heck are Republicans Thinking? Republicans, even...

• Tobacco Companies to Kids: Be Cool, Try It!

  Brian Denney | October 05, 2009 9:33 AM | 2 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Would you believe that eating lots of apple sauce is no more dangerous than smoking cigarettes? www.youtube.com/watch Would you believe that some pregnant women like to smoke so they can have...

• Drug and Medical Device Manufacturers: "It is someone else's fault"

  John Hopkins | September 03, 2009 10:59 AM | 2 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A responsible FDA has brought a drug manufacturer to justice. The FDA has settled with Pfizer over its off label and deceptive marketing of the drug Bextra; $2.3 billion in fines and penalties....

• Medical Device Makers Oppose Regulation for Consumer Safety

  John Hopkins | November 30, 2010 1:56 PM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Minnesota is a great state. The state is simply beautiful and the people are friendly. One of the things they do in Minnesota is produce medical devices. The medical device manufacturers add...

• Let The Games Begin - 709 Ballots Rejected So Far

  Eddie Farah | November 01, 2008 9:18 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Remember the hanging chads from the 2000 election and the dysfunctional voting machines that registered the exact opposite candidate than a person voted for in 2004? Florida is a battleground state...

• Angry Investors File Suit

  Eddie Farah | October 14, 2008 12:20 AM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A wave of class action lawsuits has begun by angry shareholders who invested in two mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. They allege that stock underwriters hid the true numbers on the...

• AIG Faces Fraud Investigation

  Brian W. Smith | September 25, 2008 11:05 AM | 1 CommentTallahassee, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  American International Group Inc. (AIG) was the beneficiary of an $85 billion loan intended to help stave off bankruptcy, but now the nation's largest insurer faces an FBI investigation. According...

• Physician First Do No Harm; but if you do its OK to coerce patients

  John Hopkins | September 29, 2006 11:08 AM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The St. Petersburg Times reports a startling event. Physicians who, through less than candid means, convinced voters to limit the damages that victims of medical malpractice can collect; are now going to "convince" their patients to forgive them for their malpractice. The Times reports that the waiver, which physicians will ask their patients to sign, will limit non-economic damages to...

• Cancer Scams -- FDA Warns Consumers

  Alyssa DiEdwardo | October 25, 2010 9:57 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  October is the 25th anniversary of National Breast Cancer Awareness month. In 2006 191,410 women were diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast Cancer is ranked number one in cancer in women of all...