Learning from Their Mistakes: How Companies Effectively Respond to Crisis
Learning from Their Mistakes: How Companies Effectively Respond to Crisis
Prison Inmates and Medicaid Beneficiaries Promised Life-saving Hep C Treatment
Prison Inmates and Medicaid Beneficiaries Promised Life-saving Hep C Treatment
Wrongful Termination Lawsuit Filed by Emergency Room Doctor Ends in $29M Verdict
An emergency room doctor filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the Overland Park Regional Medical Center after he was allegedly “fired for reporting understaffing” at the hospital. Fortunately for the doctor, Raymond Brovont, a Jackson County jury sided with him and awarded him $29 million.
JDS Tolleson Inc. Recalls Raw Beef Products Amid Salmonella Fears
JDS Tolleson Inc., a meat processing company, issued a recall earlier today for 6.5 million pounds of raw beef products. The products, sold under a variety of different brands, “may be contaminated with salmonella,” according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Federal Judge Foils Trump’s Plan to End Temporary Protected Status for 300k Immigrants
A federal judge foiled a Trump administration plan to end Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants. The move, reports POLITICO, halts the White House’s plan to force TPS recipients to apply for another immigration status or risk deportation. Altogether, some 300,000 nationals of El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan were to
CFPB Enforcement Chief Eric Blankenstein Vows to Stay On After Racist Remarks Uncovered
Top Consumer Financial Protection Bureau official Eric Blankenstein apologized Monday for the “poor conduct” he’d shown by writing a series of controversial and racially tinged blog posts in 2004. Written under a pseudonym, Blankenstein’s posts questioned the legitimacy of anti-hate policies and pondered whether use of the ‘n-word’ constitutes racism. Despite some outrage from the
Lawsuits Filed After Patients are Blinded By TriMoxi Knockoff
Lawsuits Filed After Patients are Blinded By TriMoxi Knockoff
FDA Inspects E-Cigarette Maker Juul, Taking Away Thousands of Documents
The Food and Drug Administration launched a surprise raid inspection on the headquarters of e-cigarette manufacturer Juul, hauling away hundreds of files related to the company’s sales and marketing tactics. Editor’s note: We were contacted by a representative for the FDA clarifying that the action reported in this article was an inspection, not a raid. We have
Facebook Hit By Class Action Suit within Hours of Massive Security Breach
Hours after Facebook revealed that 50 million of its users were ‘directly affected’ by a security breach, two users announced their intent to initiate a class-action lawsuit. Filed by lead plaintiffs Carla Echavarria and Derrick Walker in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the suit endeavors to include anyone whose “names,
New Lawsuit Accuses Facebook of Enabling Human Traffickers
Facebook is the target of a new lawsuit filed this week by a human trafficking survivor. According to the survivor from Texas, Facebook “provides human traffickers an unrestricted way to stalk, exploit, recruit, groom…and extort children into the sex trade.” The survivor, identified in the suit as ‘Jane Doe,’ filed the suit on Monday in Houston, Texas. In addition to accusing Facebook of enabling human traffickers, the lawsuit also names “Backpage.com and the owners of two Houston hotels” as defendants in the suit.