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AZ Department of Labor’s New Temp Employee Law

The Department of Labor (DOL) is cracking down on companies that cheat temporary workers out of overtime wages and other benefits through joint employment endeavors with temporary staffing agencies. The DOL's Wage and Hour Division Department has set new guidelines to ensure that host employers and temporary staffing agencies are...

Johnson & Johnson Faces Levaquin RICO Lawsuit

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson faces yet another lawsuit for allegedly concealing harmful and potentially deadly side effects caused by its antibiotic Levaquin. The latest Levaquin lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court on Jan. 18, 2016, and accuses the company of violating the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt...

Car Makers Pledge to Share Recall Data with Government

Following such disastrous and deadly incidents as Volkswagen's emissions scandal, GM's faulty ignition switch recall, and Takata's airbag recall, several different auto manufacturers have agreed to reform the way they report injuries, fatalities, and defective vehicles to the government. The agreement between the automakers and the government (which many consider...

ABC World News (3/28, lead story, 1:45, Sawyer, 7.43M) reported in its lead segment, "A trip to the dentist creating a frightening prospect for 7,000 people in Tulsa, Oklahoma. People urged to get tested for a host of serious diseases, including HIV, Hepatitis." ABC (Wright) added, "Dr. W. Scott Harrington...

When people take their vehicles to a dealership for servicing, they are generally conditioned to trust that the work that's been done has been handled properly. Unfortunately, when things go wrong they can go very wrong, and tragically, that's what took place in 2006 when the parents of three boys...