Consumer Alerts

The end of an era was announced Sept. 20 when Walmart declared that it would no longer be selling e-cigarettes in its stores located in...

• Hanna Marcus
• Sep 27, 2019

Roundup cancer lawsuits are full of legally complex questions, expert opinions, and procedural battles between opposing attorneys. But above all, these cases are about people...

• Staff
• Sep 5, 2019

In a landmark ruling, an Oklahoma judge has held Johnson & Johnson accountable for the state’s opioid crisis and ordered the company to pay $572...

• Staff
• Aug 28, 2019

More than 13,000 people have filed lawsuits against Monsanto/Bayer in the United States, alleging they developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma due to the glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup....

• Brian Eckert
• Jul 12, 2019

Morgan & Morgan filed a personal injury and consumer protection lawsuit against automaker Tesla today, alleging that the company has duped consumers into believing its...

• Aaron Vehling
• Oct 30, 2018

No other battery can store as much energy as a lithium-ion battery, but the extra hours of power they provide electronic devices comes with a...

• Richard Bierig
• Aug 13, 2018

Companies have a responsibility to produce products that are proven safe for consumers to use and guaranteed to work as advertised. When companies are negligent...

• Richard Bierig
• Apr 16, 2018

Update (3/21/2018): More than 10,000 present and former employees of The Travel Corporation had their sensitive personal information exposed after the company’s Director of Human...

• Staff
• Mar 19, 2018

If you look at your last paystub, you will almost certainly see a deduction for Social Security. That’s because — with very few exceptions —...

• Jessica Fregni
• Jan 11, 2018

This was a big year for court rulings in a variety of legal fields, but here are three that have had a particularly noteworthy affect...

• Aaron Vehling
• Dec 29, 2017

“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” Although author George Orwell’s famous quote refers to something else entirely, the...

• Aaron Vehling
• Dec 7, 2017

If a fire starts while you’re sleeping, you trust that the fire alarm will go off quickly and alert you with enough time to safely...

• Richard Bierig
• Dec 4, 2017

So, your data’s been stolen. Maybe it was your email address. Or perhaps it was a credit card number. Or, worse, it could have been...

• Aaron Vehling
• Nov 8, 2017

Is there any holiday that children love more than Halloween? The chance to dress up as a scary monster, brave hero, or favorite cartoon character...

• Staff
• Oct 27, 2017

Drugmaker Avanir Pharmaceuticals has come under fire this week after allegations that its popular drug Nuedexta — approved to treat a rare condition linked to...

• Staff
• Oct 20, 2017