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: PrawfsA Few Items of Interest
By Dan Markel, Ethan Leib, Rick Garnett, Matt Bodie, Paul Horwitz , Steve Vladeck, and Orly Lobel
Here are a few items that may interest Prawfs readers:
- New Method of Crime Scene Analysis: A technology that examines distinctive "antibody signatures" rather than DNA to help at crime scenes (and is probably quicker and cheaper to analyze than DNA).
- Fujimori on Trial: Following former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori's trial
- What Tyler Cowen Calls "Reverse Prostitution": (But is really) paying people to avoid unsafe sex.
- Genes and Racial Disparity in Beta Blocker Effectiveness: How certain gene variations that correlate with race may already inform appropriate pharmaceutical treatment for cardiac conditions
Full post as published by Prawfs on April 29, 2008 (boomark / email).
Stock Market Losses
alleging bad financial advice and conflicts of interest.
JP Morgan Chase & Co
Faces Lawsuit Over Hikes in Credit Card Interest Rate
Tax Discrepancies
Northwest Airlines pays IRS $12.6 million settlement for taxes and interest.
Teachers Paid
LA School District pays 8% interest to teachers for payroll problems.
Auto Financing
Credit Acceptance Corp. agrees to $52.1 million class action settlement after overcharging consumers for fees and interest on automobile installment contracts.
Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin.
The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...

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