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Dangerous Toys of 2021
Recently, the consumer group World Against Toys Causing Harm (WATCH) published its annual list of the most dangerous toys of the year. One of the toys mentioned as being among the most dangerous is the Power Rangers Samurai Mega Blade, sold at Toys R Us, Kmart, and...
Protecting Yourself Against Money Transfer Scams
Scammers come up with all sorts of schemes to trick people out of their hard-earned money. Money transfer scams have been so prevalent that recently, Western Union came under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission for neglecting to protect their customers...
California Rejects Jury Consideration of Immigration Status in Personal Injury Suits
On August 17, 2016, Governor Brown signed AB 2159, ensuring equal treatment of injured Californians regardless of immigration status when they seek damages in Court. This bill prohibits consideration of an injured person’s immigration status in personal injury and...
Why Are Drugs More Expensive in U.S. than in Other Countries?
Across America and throughout the world people with the same condition take the same drugs. However, the prices vary greatly. Take asthma, which affects 40 million Americans and countless millions throughout the world and is estimated by the Center for Disease...
The US Supreme Court Again Sides with Big Business
Today, the United States Supreme Court held that an arbitration clause in a contract was more important the federal antitrust law. This decision is incredibly damaging to antitrust, civil rights, and consumer rights laws because of its far-reaching scope and the...
Is the Supreme Court Truly Neutral When a Business is Sued?
When a business is a party, does everyone stand the same before the US Supreme Court? We know from the controversial decision in Citizens United corporations have been allowed to spend as much as they wished in the election process. In other decisions the Roberts...
Protecting Your Head: Knowing the Risks of Novelty Motorcycle Helmets
Although they look cool and stylish, novelty helmets present a catch-22. What may look cool does not necessarily work well as these helmets do not provide the adequate protection needed to prevent injury to your head. Even as more than 800,000 novelty helmets are sold...
Bells Sports Recalls BMX Bike Helmets
On March 28, 2013, Bells Sports recalled 2,500 Bell Full Throttle Bike Helmets, full coverage bicycle motocross [BMX] helmets with a chin bar. These helmets were sold exclusively at Toys R Us between July 2012 and January 2013. The reason for the recall is that the...
Dietary Supplements: Helpful or Harmful?
A recent review published in the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition found that with a very few exceptions, dietary supplements offer no benefits to well-nourished adults eating a Western diet and may in some cases actually be harmful. Dietary supplements are...