Chamber of Commerce’s Big Ties to Big Tobacco Under Fire
You can’t please all of the people all of the time, and if you’re the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that’s certainly true right now. The CVS Health Corporation, the largest pharmacy health care ...
Hall of Shame: Experian
As someone who has experienced a (relatively minor) case of identity theft, I can personally attest to how frustrating and time consuming it can be to correct blatant misinformation with the ...
JP Morgan Chase Expected to Pay Record Settlement
The story of banking giant JP Morgan Chase’s $13 billion settlement has been in heavy rotation on network and cable news outlets this week, as it should be. This settlement is the largest ever ...
Hall of Shame: Johnson & Johnson’s License Suspended
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is currently under fire as the subject of thousands of lawsuits involving defective products, including both their metal-on-metal hip implant systems ...
Hall of Shame: Chinese Chicken Jerky Dog Treats and the FDA
For years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has been investigating a possible contamination in chicken jerky dog treats. The investigation began in 2007 (on the heels of the massive ...
Hall of Shame: New PayPal User Agreement
Changes have come to PayPal’s user agreement, and of course, the changes are not for the benefit PayPal customers. The company recently added a section to its user agreement which takes away a ...
Hall of Shame: Illinois Director of Insurance Michael T. McRaith – A Postscript
On December 2, 2010, I commented on the outrageous conduct of Illinois’ Director of Insurance Michael T. McRaith. He had “settled” the investigation of a life insurance broker (Merrill Lynch ...
Dannon To Pay $21 Million for False Claims
Thirty-nine states have filed a lawsuit against Dannon for exaggerating the health benefits of its products. Dannon will pay $21 million over false statements promoting the digestive and immune ...
Rolls-Royce’s Engine Defect Secrecy
In Indianapolis, Rolls-Royce Corp. concealed reoccurring defects at an aircraft engine plant, and then fired a safety official for reporting the problems.
Thomas McArtor filed the ...
Bad Guys Finish Last?
Last week, an online eyeglass retailer found out the bad publicity was good publicity. Vitaly Borker, owner of DecorMyEyes, claims that customers' complaints against his business created ...
FDA’s Negligence of Painkillers’ Side Effects Could Have Caused over 1,000 Deaths
Last Friday, national consumer advocacy group Public Citizen criticized FDA's negligence about the dangerous side effects of Darvon.
Public Citizen first petitioned FDA for a recall of these ...