CaseyGerry associate Angela Jae Chun was recently elected an at-large board member of the Korean Bar Association of San Diego. In this capacity she will work to promote Korean Americans in the legal profession and help partner with other organizations to give back to the community
Angela Jae Chun was recently recognized as a Top Young Attorney for 2013 in the San Diego Daily Transcript. A recent addition to CaseyGerry’s trial team, Chun specializes in serious personal injury, products and premises liability and maritime litigation.
Five CaseyGerry partners – Gayle M. Blatt, David S. Casey, Jr., Robert J. Francavilla, Thomas D. Penfield and Frederick Schenk – are all featured in The Best Lawyers in America, the oldest and most respected peer-reviewed publication in the legal profession.
How can consumers determine if their beverage is a dietary supplement or a food?
The distinction is an important one, since products that fall into the beverage category are regulated as food.
From bicycle safety to campus smoking to a boost in minimum wage, the New Year has ushered in some important new laws that will impact consumers on many levels. NBC News Reports on New California Laws
The new bills address a gamut of issues – from healthcare to human resources.
Risk of Liver Damage Cited
High doses of acetaminophen may lead to serious liver damage, and as a result, the FDA is recommending that health care professionals discontinue prescribing and dispensing prescription combination drug products that contain more than 325 milligrams of the popular painkiller.
Motorcycle-related deaths have soared over the last decade – with Motorcycle deaths increasing by nine percent in 2012 to more than 5,000 fatalities.
An increase of 1,082 road deaths in 2012 amounted to an uptick of 3.3 percent nationwide – with most of the additional deaths from pedestrians and motorcyclists.
When consumers take dietary supplements to burn fat or speed weight loss, they made be putting themselves at serious risk for liver damage.
In fact, dietary or health supplements – which include herbal products, vitamins, minerals, and any product that is not being marketed as a food or drug – account for nearly 20 percent of drug-related liver injuries that turn up in hospitals, up from 7 percent a decade ago, according to an analysis by a national network of liver specialists.
