January, 2009CPSC Grants One Year Stay of Testing and Certification Requirements for Certain Products
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted unanimously (2-0) to issue a one year stay of enforcement for certain testing and certification requirements for manufacturers and importers of regulated products, including products intended for children 12 years old and younger. These requirements are part of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), which added certification and testing requirements for all products subject to CPSC standards or bans.
Continue →FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Banning Darvon and Darvocet
A panel of medical experts which advises the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on certain types of drugs has, by a narrow margin, recommended recalling the longtime painkiller Darvon and its modern version, Darvocet. By a vote of 14-12 on January 30, 2009, the panel recommended that the agency withdraw Darvon from the market after a day-long hearing held to determine the risks and benefits of the drug. The FDA will now consider the recommendation of its advisory panel before …
Continue →Salmonella Outbreak in Peanuts Spreads to Federal Criminal Investigation
Besides spreading bacterial contamination blamed for causing at least eight deaths and about 529 illnesses across the United States, the growing peanut-salmonella outbreak has now also spawned a criminal investigation into its source.
Continue →Darvon and Darvocet: Popular Pain Killers Facing Possible Ban
More than 50 years after first landed on pharmacy shelves in the United States, the potent painkiller Darvon and a modern use of the drug called Darvocet are back in the spotlight and facing a possible ban now that more effective ways of fighting pain are available.
Continue →$247 Million Lawsuit Against Manufacturer of “Defective” Seatbelt Fails
California car owners who claimed that a seatbelt installed in about four million cars in their state was improperly tested and might fail to protect them in a crash have lost their $247-million lawsuit against the manufacturer. The seatbelt, called the TK-52 and made by Takata Corp., meets established federal standards for the devices and is not unsafe, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis held in a preliminary ruling. A final ruling from the judge is expected in …
Continue →Health Care System on the Road to Reform?
In what could be the first modest step toward a massive overhaul of the nation’s ailing healthcare system, the U.S. Senate has passed legislation designed to expand health insurance for millions of children. The law, which would expand the existing State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), would add about four million children of the “working poor” to the ranks of the insured.
Continue →Help May Be on the Way In Stopping Food Contamination Scares
The outbreak of salmonella carried in contaminated peanut butter blamed for at least eight deaths and more than 500 illnesses across the United States is just the latest in a string of massive food contamination scares.
Continue →LexisNexis® Legal News Podcast for January 30, 2009
The U.S. Supreme Court will review an action involving the lending policies of national banks, and, the Wisconsin high court finds each exposure to asbestos is an occurrence for insurance coverage purposes. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey’s™ Insurance Litigation, Antitrust, Mortgage Lending and CyberTech Reports. Copyright© 2009 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, go to www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys.
Obama: Wall Street Bonuses During Recession Are “Shameful”
In the wake of the deepest and swiftest financial downturn in the history of the United States, the fact that Wall Street firms continue to hand out massive bonuses to executives is “shameful,” according to President Obama. The President said that such moves were “the height of irresponsibility” before heading behind closed doors for a meeting with new Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Vice President Joe Biden. Obama said that financial firms at the center of the nation’s economic meltdown …
Continue →New Law Clears Way for Older Claims of Salary Discrimination Against Women
With the stroke of a pen, President Obama made it easier for millions of American working women to claim that they are not paid the same as their male co-workers for the same jobs.
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