Monthly Archives: October 2015

Product Warning: Transvaginal Surgical Mesh

A recent federal court judgment in West Virginia is holding medical manufacturer C.R. Bard Inc., responsible for $250,000.00 in compensatory damages and $1.75 million in punitive damages for manufacturing and promoting a transvaginal surgical mesh which it knew or should have known would cause ...

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Uber: Employees or Independent Contractors?

A U.S. District court judge does not seem fully convinced that Uber drivers are independent subcontractors and not employees, and may send the case to a jury to find out. In a San Francisco, CA. district court summary judgment hearing, district judge Edward Chen heard ...

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Carpools, Play Dates and Insurance

  As a parent, you can sometimes find yourself responsible for other people's children. Car pools, play dates, sporting events and birthday parties seem completely harmless, but you may be legally or financially liable if a child is injured on your property, in your car, ...

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Beware Social Media

  A recent case in Florida asks the interesting question: can a client “clean up” their social media pages before litigation is filed to remove embarrassing information? The case centered on four different scenarios. First, if pre-litigation, can a lawyer advise a client to remove posts, photos, ...

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