The Mayor of Everett, Washington, has made national headlines by filing a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma, asking for payment of damages caused to his city by the widespread sale of Purdue’s product, OxyContin. Mayor Ray Stephanson has filed in federal court a lawsuit against Purdue for its negligence to prevent the flood of illegal oxycontin …
ArthroCare CEO & CFO Fraud Scheme In today’s world, it’s become a more common occurrence to hear of a CEO or other individuals being charged with securities fraud. With a financial system fraught with fewer and fewer regulations, the chances of these cases happening has greatly increased. As a result, yet another case of alleged …
The NFL is no stranger to lawsuits and controversy, as from “DeflateGate” to the multi-billion dollar brain injury settlement, the league has had its fair share of bad publicity recently. Those problems now seem set to worsen after recently released court filings shed light on the culture of rampant, illegal abuse of painkillers present throughout …
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with many other medical industry leaders, has begun to address the potential problem of medical device hacks. Many new medical devices, such as insulin pumps, pacemakers and similar devices, work off of Wi-Fi signals that could be subjected to hackers. This could potentially mean that millions of people …