Criminal Law

"Fire Safe" Cigarettes Questioned
We've had a rash of fires in the area started by carelessly disposed-of cigarettes. A local TV station notes the contrast with the fact that Massachusetts recently became one of 22 states to require the sale of "fire-safe" cigarettes, and...

Hans Reiser Saves Himself From the Absolute Fiery Pit of Hell
Make no mistake about it: Hans Reiser is going to hell. I mean, if you believe in that sort of thing, then the one-time boy genius and innovator in super-duper special computer filing systems is definitely a prime candidate for the worst Satan and his imps can offer...

New York Appellate Court Overturns Negligent-Design Verdict Against Tobacco Companies
A New York appellate court overturned a jury verdict in favor of a decades-long smoker who claimed that the tobacco company defendants negligently designed their products by continuing to produce cigarettes with higher levels of tar and nicotine than so-called...

listing the worst errors
What are the worst kinds of writing mistakes to make? Which affect the reader's assessment of the writer's intelligence? See whether you agree that the errors listed in these sites are among the worst: Copyblogger: Five Grammatical Errors That Make...

$800 Billion Up in Smoke: Court Throws Out Massive Class Action on Light Cigarettes
The tobacco industry won a major appeal today when the Second Circuit threw out an $800 billion class-action lawsuit based on allegedly misleading light cigarettes ads. While light or low-tar cigarettes have proven the most promising area of litigation for plaintiffs, there is a strong trend against massive class actions...

Tobacco Ruling Hurts Companies
The Tobacco Companies are back in the Appellate Court after a Federal Judge ruled that they violated anti-racketeering laws by promoting lite cigarettes as safe. Judge Kessler wrote a 1600 page decision to support her finding that the tobacco companies acted the same as an organized crime syndicate when they promoted their lite cigarettes...

FDA
Warns About Electronic Cigarettes

Albertsons et al.
allegedly injected dye into farm raised salmon to make it appear more palatable.

Holiday Inn Express
Complimentary simplySmartâ„¢ "Remove" Make Up Remover Recalled

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...