In a precedent setting case with potential ramifications for both consumers and the environment, Volkswagen announced today it will pay nearly $15 billion to settle diesel claims in the U.S. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/28/business/volkswagen-settlement-diesel-scandal.html
Vacation season is here – and millions of Americans are taking to the roads, skies or seas in search of some summer fun. In fact, according to AAA, a third of Americans will take a family vacation this year.
“It was an accident” is a common lament following a car mishap. However growing ranks of public officials and safety advocates are campaigning to change that mindset. They say calling a car crash an accident obscures the most common cause of traffic collisions: human error.
In a potential blow to Wall Street, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFBP) is proposing legislation which prohibits mandatory arbitration clauses and allows consumers to bring class actions against financial firms.
Texting and driving is a deadly habit. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 3,179 people were killed in car crashes involving a distracted driver in 2014.
Moreover, recent data from the National Safety Council reveals that traffic fatalities – which had been falling – are now soaring, up eight percent in 2015 over the previous year, the largest year-over-year percent increase in 50 years.
Can talcum powder cause cancer? A Missouri jury, which recently ordered a U.S. cosmetics giant to pay $72 million to the family of a woman who died from ovarian cancer, thinks so – determining that her cancer was caused by using Johnson & Johnson products containing talc.
The heart rending – and very enlightening – movie “Concussion” recounts the real life story of pathologist Bennet Omalu, who discovered Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disorder affecting football players who have suffered repeated concussions.
Following years of scrutiny by regulators and mounting lawsuits, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is strengthening requirements for surgical mesh devices designed to repair a condition called pelvic organ prolapse (POP).
