As U.S. consumers head into the shopping season – the weather is getting cooler, and the holidays are getting closer – it is a good idea to take extra precautions to protect bank accounts, credit cards and personal identity. Data breaches, such as the ones that affected Kmart and The […]
Two disturbing cases for different, but similar reasons. When did parties jump from collection and culling of documents to simply turning over all possible evidence blindly and relying on a claw back agreement to protect the producing party? Putting aside that works entirely in favor of the receiving party, this […]
“A Crucial Catch” Campaign Sunday’s televised sports, dominated by the National Football League, has changed its tone for October. The gridiron green remains the same, but the muscled players and their coaches now are peppered in pink. For the entire month, professionals on field, as well as the usually black-and-white-only […]
Attention pet owners: A popular brand of kibble made by the company Bravo! has undergone a national recall following tests of the product that showed signs of salmonella. The company, based in Manchester, Conn., has sounded the alarm on its Bravo! Blends All Natural Chicken Blend diet for dogs and […]
Maybe it started with WebMD, a site on which one can input his or her symptoms and identify their possible causes. Easy, fairly accurate and quick, WebMD provides instant gratification and helps users determine what might be wrong with them and how to rectify it. With information at their fingertips […]
Florida Super Lawyers magazine recently announced its 2014 selection of Florida Super Lawyers. SDSBS attorney Chris Searcy was, for the third time, ranked number one in the publication’s selection of “Top 10 Florida Super Lawyers.” Included in the “Top 100 Florida Super Lawyers” were SDSBS attorneys Jack Scarola and Greg […]
The hip shoe and sunglasses company TOMS has set the bar for giving back to the community through its One for One movement. The Southern California-based business helps someone in need for every product it sells and, since its founding in 2006, has distributed 10 million pairs of shoes to […]
Nearly half a million Americans die each year from hospital mishaps that, more often than not, are preventable. Foreign objects left in patients’ bodies during surgeries, air bubbles entering patients’ veins via faulty IVs and transfusions of wrong blood types are some examples. Finding out how many medical mistakes make […]
Beware of Benzodiazepines — Study Shows Prescription sleep aides now are linked to dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, a recent study shows. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, targets benzodiazepines, which doctors recommend to patients with anxiety, as well as insomnia. Long-term use of the little pills poses a 50-percent […]
