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| The Hospitality Industry's Lurking Liability |
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The hospitality industry must rethink its approach to service, privacy and security as it faces growing allegations that, at best, it is not doing enough to combat sex trafficking in hotels and motels. At worst, lawsuits allege, some hotel employees are turning a blind eye as mostly girls and woman are virtually imprisoned on properties around the country and forced to work in the sex industry. And itâ??s not just run-down lodgings offering rooms by the hour on the seedier side of town that are being used by sex traffickers, legal and law enforcement experts say.
Louise Esola, Business Insurance 08/09/2017   
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| Driller Files $5M Suit Against 'Gasland' Resident, Lawyers |
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A gas driller that was targeted with allegations that it polluted residential water wells in Pennsylvania has filed a $5 million lawsuit against a Pennsylvania resident and his lawyers, asserting they tried to extort the company through a frivolous lawsuit.
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. said Dimock resident Ray Kemble and his lawyers sought to harass and extort the Houston-based driller, attract media attention and "poison" the community by recycling "stale, settled claims" against the company. Cabot's suit, filed Monday in Susquehanna County Court, takes issue with a federal lawsuit that Kemble and his lawyers filed in April but withdrew two months later. That suit accused Cabot of continuing to pollute Kemble's water supply.
Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press, Yahoo News 08/09/2017
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| Japanese Drugmaker to Pay $300M in Benicar Lawsuit |
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Daiichi Sankyo has settled a lawsuit over blood pressure medication Benicar, which has been known to cause gastrointestinal illness. The Japanese company stated that it has agreed to pay $300 million to settle the 2,300 claims in the United States. According to the lawsuits, the drugmaker failed to warn consumers about the risks of gastrointestinal illness associated with the medication. Daiichi Sankyo stated that the settlement amount would be capped at $300 million. The settlement will be finalized if 95 percent of all plaintiffs agree or opt in.
Tina Bellon, Reuters 08/01/2017
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| Endo Settles Remaining Mesh Lawsuits for $775M |
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Endo International Plc has set aside $775 million to settle the last lawsuits alleging the companyâ??s vaginal-mesh implants eroded in some women. The company was facing legal action alleging that women were left incontinent and in pain when the vaginal mesh implants eroded inside them. With the settlement of the remaining 22,000 lawsuit, Endo has set aside a total of $2.6 billion to cover lawsuits over the flawed medical devices. Endo, along with Johnson & Johnson, Boston Scientific Corp., and others have faced lawsuits over their defective mesh inserts, used to support internal organs or treat incontinence.
Jef Feeley, Bloomberg 08/07/2017
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| Class Action Suit Says Disney Apps Illegally Gather Personal Information |
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A federal lawsuit filed last week in California alleges that a number of Disney apps are spying on children. Walt Disney Co. has been accused in the lawsuit of gathering personal information on some of its young users and sharing the information with advertisers without consent. The class action lawsuit was filed against Disney and three other software companies â?? Upsight, Unity and Kochava. According to the complaint, the companies have violated the law by gathering information about app users across the Internet, especially those under the age of 13, in an act of â??commercial exploitation.â??
Brian Fung and Hamza Shaban, Philly.Com 08/07/2017
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| For Cosmetics, Let the Buyer Beware |
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In a recent editorial in JAMA Internal Medicine, Dr. Robert M. Califf, who served as F.D.A. chief under President Obama, noted, â??The cosmetic industry remains largely self-regulated. History has repeatedly shown that when there is insufficient regulatory oversight, a few unscrupulous people or companies will exploit the vulnerable public for profit.â?? Even when a hazard comes to light, a product can remain on the market for years until negotiations make their way through the legal system or the company decides to halt sales.
JANE E. BRODY , The Washington Post 08/09/2017
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| Monsanto Was Its Own Ghostwriter for Some Safety Reviews |
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Dozens of internal Monsanto emails, released on Aug. 1 by plaintiffsâ?? lawyers who are suing the company, reveal how Monsanto worked with an outside consulting firm to induce the scientific journal Critical Reviews in Toxicology to publish a purported â??independentâ?? review of Roundupâ??s health effects that appears to be anything but.
Peter Waldman, Tiffany Stecker & Joel Rosenblatt, Bloomberg 08/09/2017
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