In 2015, a man from Texas sued a vaping device retailer for $1 million after its battery exploded in his pocket, causing burn injuries to his scrotum and thighs. This is not an isolated incident and is not the only…
A Colorado licensed lawyer is facing the prospect of losing his bar license for the unlicensed practice of law in Minnesota. Only, he’s not practised law in the state at all or even visited his so-called clients within the state.…
The rules and regulations surrounding light bulb usage are changing. These changes, like so many others, are not uniform around the world, but unique to each country or region. There are active legislative processes in Canada and the European Union…
The overwhelming majority of Americans buy products made in sweatshops or countries with poor or next to no worker’s rights or health and safety. This is not a conscious choice in most cases, and in many, there is no choice…
Today three senators are planning to introduce a Senate Bill that could have a major effect on the Federal-State relationship. The bill seems innocuous enough at first glance, Rand Paul along with Corey Booker and Kirsten Gillibrand want to prevent…
Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed a new law that will require hospitals and health service providers in New York to offer Hepatitis C diagnostic tests to all patients born between the years 1945 and 1965. Citizens are being advised to avail of this new…
New data has revealed that administrative law judges hearing cases for the Social Security Administration’s Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) are applying far stricter criteria in approving disability applications. In ODAR’s Wilkes-Barre office in Pennsylvania, a trend mirrored by the…
Just how far can you take freedom of speech in today’s world? It seems a bit unfair that a simple comment can warrant jail time. Unfortunately, that is the world that has been shaped since September 11, 2001. Terrorist comments…
While the FBI has announced it now knows who’s behind one of the biggest art heists in history, there are a couple of things impeding their pursuit of the suspects. In 1990, two men dressed as Boston police officers broke…
A court in California has ruled an FBI surveillance tactic unconstitutional. The tool involves the administrative issuance of national security letters – a document that allows FBI agents to demand information about customers from internet service providers. Further, the ISPs…