Five recently reported deaths of teenagers that may be associated with the abuse of dextromethorphan (DXM), a synthetically produced ingredient found in many over-the-counter cough and cold remedies, has prompted the Food and Drug Administration to warn the public of the potential harm.
Although DXM, when formulated properly and used in small amounts, can be safely [...]

The problem of highway traffic deaths is a “national epidemic,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta as he announced in April mixed results in the effort to reduce the number people who die on U.S. highways each year.
“If this many people were to die from any one disease in a single year, Americans would [...]

Personal information on as many as 310,000 U.S. citizens - including Social Security numbers (SSN) or Driver’s License numbers (DLN), may have been stolen from a LexisNexis database, publisher and data broker Reed Elsevier Group PLC said Tuesday. The figure is 10 times more than LexisNexis’s initial estimate last month.
The company said an analysis of [...]

Attorneys representing uninsured and some under-insured patients said they have reached a proposed nationwide settlement with Tenet Healthcare Corp. Oringally filed in December 2002, the lawsuit claimed that patients not covered by insurance plans were charged excessive prices for prescription drugs and other medical products and services at 114 hospitals owned and operated by Tenet [...]

A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of purchasers of ChoicePoint Inc. common stock during the period between April 22, 2004 and March 3, 2005 (the “Class Period”), the law firm Lerach Coughlin announced March 10, 2005.
The suit comes after ChoicePoint disclosed in February that a secruity breach of its systems compromised personal [...]

Saying it is a critical step toward ending the lawsuit culture in our country, President Bush signed on Friday a bill that makes it harder for Americans to hold companies accountable that violate state consumer, health, civil rights and environmental protection laws.
The so-called “Class Action Fairness Act 2005″ makes it easier for defendants to move [...]

Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, agreed last month to pay $135,540 for violating the youth employment provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the U.S. Department of Labor announced on Monday.
The department’s investigation revealed that Wal-Mart allowed 85 teenage workers to operate hazardous equipment at stores in Connecticut, New Hampshire and Arkansas, resulting in one [...]

A senior executive at Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc., and two American International Group employees pleaded guilty to criminal charges in connection with an ongoing investigation of fraud and bid rigging in the insurance industry.
All three defendants admitted to participating in a scheme that allowed Marsh, the nation’s largest insurance broker, to protect incumbent insurance [...]

American International Group, one of the world’s largest insurance companies, said Monday it received two new subpoenas from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding some its products that might be used by companies to smooth earnings.
Spitzer’s subpoena is the latest salvo against the insurance industry. AIG was named [...]

The U.S. Senate approved a bill on Thursday that would make it harder for Americans to hold companies accountable that violate state consumer, health, civil rights and environmental protection laws.
The so-called “Class Action Fairness Act” would move most class action lawsuits from state into already overburdened federal courts. Opponents of the bill claim it will [...]