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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Seeks to Increase Dealer Compliance with Required Tire Registration

It has been the law for years that when a purchaser/lessor of a vehicle with new tires takes possession of the vehicle that the dealer…

Posted by SEO Admin on Apr 28, 2008

Now You Can Receive Alerts of Recalls of Tires and Child Car Seats By E-mail or On Your Personalized Homepage

Consumers can now sign up with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to receive automatic e-mail alerts when there is a government recall of…

Posted by SEO Admin on Apr 24, 2008

Exposure of Vioxx "Ghostwriting" Another Example of How Litigation Can Benefit Society (and Why Big Business/Pharma Fears It)

Product liability litigation involving rofecoxib (Vioxx) has led to the disclosure of materials that has provided direct evidence of something that has long been suspected…

Posted by SEO Admin on Apr 21, 2008

Medicare Proposes Adding to Its List of Hospital-Acquired Conditions For Which It Will Not Pay the Extra Costs

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing to add an additional nine categories to its initial list of 8 conditions that could…

Posted by SEO Admin on Apr 17, 2008

Construction Accidents: What's Up With the Cranes?

Apparently it's not sufficient that an inspector makes a phantom inspection of a Manhattan construction site crane that subsequently collapses, killing 7 people, injuring another…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Apr 14, 2008

First Nationwide Hospital-By-Hospital Survey Of Patient Satisfaction Released: Results Not Flattering for Long Island Hospitals

For the first time, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted consumer survey information on its Hospital Compare Web site (www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov) that…

Posted by SEO Admin on Apr 13, 2008

FDA Triples The Number Of Deaths It Attributes To Side Effects Of Heparin

The Food and Drug Administration yesterday raised from 19 to 62 its estimate of the number of people who may have died after suffering allergic…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Apr 09, 2008

Taking Mirapex or Requip for Restless Leg Syndrome? Beware of "Disease Mongering"

"Disease mongering" is a term coined by some drug-marketing critics to describe what they view as an effort by pharmaceutical companies to enlarge the market…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Apr 07, 2008

NYC Construction Site Crane Accident Puts Increased Attention on the City's Buiding Department Inspection System

In developments related to the March 16, 2008, crane collapse in New York City, a city inspector has been charged with lying that he had…

Posted by SEO Admin on Apr 04, 2008

Concerns Over Danger to Children and Others From Synthetic Turf Fields Escalate

This year's LandTek FieldTurf convention, held last month at a hotel in Huntington, Long Island, New York, was dedicated to addressing recent worries that the…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Apr 01, 2008

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