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Arbitration Unfairness

Posted in Consumer, Consumer Law, Courts, tagged , , on February 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Check out a recent piece published in The Nation by Kia Franklin, the author of the Tort Deform blog and a strong voice in support of our civil justice system, who has also been kind enough in the past to cross-post an article on that blog from Yours Truly.
Kia focuses the spotlight on the continuing [...]

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Excellent Post About the Weakened Government Oversight of the Financial System

Posted in Class Action, Consumer, Government, Insurance, Insurance Law, Politics, tagged , , , on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I saw an excellent post about how Congress, including Democrats, weakened oversight of the financial system in the 90’s by restricting investor lawsuits. It is located on John Russonello’s blog, and I caught it after seeing it referred to in that venerable blog, Tort Deform.  Here is Mr. Russonello’s opening salvo:

President Obama’s pledge to bring back some [...]

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Is Help on the Way For Consumers?

Posted in Consumer, Consumer Law, Politics, tagged , , , , on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Now that Obama has become our 44th president, a feeling of excitement has infused the nation. He is young, level-headed, dazzlingly articulate and intelligent, and seems to carry so much promise. But as the excitement begins to wane as his honeymoon gets underway and reality sets in, we should keep an eye out for whether [...]

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Tort Reform is not the Answer

Posted in Consumer, Courts, Government, Insurance, Medical Malpractice, Miscellaneous, Politics, Tort, tagged , on January 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Here is a good op-ed from Leonard Sloane about how tort reform, if enacted, will lift the floodgates on corporate fraud and wrongdoing.
“Tort reform” doesn’t work. Texas is the national model for so called “tort reform,” but medical-malpractice insurance premiums there only went down by 1.2 percent… “Tort reform” leads to unsafe health care. What [...]

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Workers Exposed to Lead Show Impairments

Posted in Consumer, Miscellaneous, Tort, tagged , , , on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Bloomberg reports that a recent study showed workers exposed to lead experience problems with memory and other cognitive function. In fact, as they reach the age where cognitive function slows, they have greater declines than unexposed workers.
The study was reported in the January issue of Neuropsychology which is published by the American Psychological Association.
I represent children [...]

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United Health Must Overhaul its Databases

Posted in Class Action, Consumer, tagged , , , on January 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The New York Attorney General has entered into a settlement with UnitedHealth Group , the largest insurer in New York, concerning the method it used to calculate reimbursement for out-of-network services.
When an insured goes out of network, he receives a bill from the provider and the insurer customarily pays a percentage, say 70 or 80%, of what [...]

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Business Quietly Applauds Sunstein Appointment

Posted in Consumer, Consumer Law, Government, Politics, Products Liability, Tort, Trial lawyer, Workplace, tagged , , , on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Cass Sunstein has been appointed to run the OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, which reviews major federal rules. While business has quietly applauded this move, liberals are worrying that Sunstein will not sufficiently support the rescinding of pro-business regulations enacted by the Bush administration or champion new ones pertaining to health and safety.
Sunstein, a prolific author and public intellectual, was [...]

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New Laws Enacted for 2009

Posted in Consumer, Consumer Law, Courts, Employment Discrimination, Government, Health Care, Insurance Law, Labor and Employment, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Long Island Business News recently published an article concerning new laws that are going into effect this year that will affect business and consumers. Here they are in capsule summary form, but you can also check out the article for more detail:

Repeal of the no-prejudice rule that allowed insurers to deny coverage if the insured failed [...]

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Mr. Postman, Bring me a Nightmare

Posted in Consumer, Consumer Law, Insurance, Insurance Law, tagged , , on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Perhaps no other public agency is the butt of as many jokes as the post office. But the mailing, and alleged late receipt of, a premium payment was no laughing matter for the petitioners in a Long Island based life insurance dispute. (See Fidelity Nat’l Title Ins. Co. v. Regent Abstract Serivces Ltd., N.Y. Cty. 110144/08, [...]

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Your Insurance Company Is Not Your Friend

Posted in Consumer, Government, Health Care, Miscellaneous, tagged , , , , , on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Check out this post by Ezra Klein, a young hotshot journalist at the American Prospect, entitled “Your Insurer Is Not Your Friend.” 
In a nutshell, he explains how the scaremongering tactics of Republicans and insurance companies when it comes to universal health care – warning that government and bureaucrats will come between you and your doctor – [...]

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