If you have experienced the death of a loved one, it’s normal to feel overwhelmed and confused, whether it was sudden or expected. However, losing a loved one can be doubly difficult to recover from when it was a wrongful death. Families of wrongful death victims can...
Class Action and Mass Tort: The Differences Class action and mass tort cases are civil lawsuits with many similarities, yet very distinct differences in how they are “litigated” or processed through the legal system. Despite their differences, both class action and...
What is the July Effect? Every July, thousands of medical school students begin residencies, giving them the opportunity for increased responsibility involving patient care. After years of classroom learning, newly graduated doctors are working on real patients in...
The University of Southern California is admitting fault for improperly addressing dozens of complaints against a former campus gynecologist for inappropriately examining students over almost 30 years. George Tyndall was the only full time USC gynecologist on staff...
A Dangerous Trend in Knockoff Beauty ProductsWith the holiday season wrapping up, January is marked with long return lines and refund requests both online and in-store. Many unwanted gifts or ones of incorrect size or kind are sent back to vendors, but...
A youth boxing coach at the Eddie Heredia Boxing Club in East L.A. was arrested on December 29th under accusations of molesting a 13-year-old female student. Ex-boxing Olympian Paul Gonzales, 53, was charged this week with eight felony counts, including four counts of...
Litigation is developing against a dental group that allegedly brought harm to hundreds of children through the use of unsanitary practices and unnecessary dental procedures. Children’s Dental Group, a private corporation that owns and operates 11 dental clinics...
Born out of the Silicone Valley and expanding to India, China, and across The Atlantic, Uber has been a growing convenience worldwide. Lately, however, the tech platform has been under fire for its paltry corporate responsibility and a long list of battery, assault...
As of August 2017, an update provided by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) indicated that 1,491 Taxotere hair loss claims were pending in the Eastern District of Louisiana. That represents an increase of 219 filings since the JPML issued its...
According to the Los Angeles Times, The Los Angeles City Council has agreed in a unanimous vote to pay out more than $8 million to settle lawsuits caused by fatal shootings of three unarmed men by LAPD officers; The family of Brandon Glenn will receive $4 million, the...