New Mexico has joined the increasing number of plaintiffs suing Volkswagen (VW) over their alleged deliberate deception where toxic air emissions are concerned. According to the New York Times, the state may be the first to actually file a lawsuit against the automaker for cheating…
At the January 12, 2016 World Congress meeting in Detroit, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Administrator, Mark Rosekind, indicated that “history making” announcements would be forthcoming regarding future steps the administration and the auto industry plan to take to inc
How much did Takata know about its defective air bags before it started to recall and repair them? That remains an important question for investigators and plaintiffs who have filed lawsuits against the company. A recent New York Times report indicates that Takata employees were…
On January 12, 2016, a South Dakota woman filed a new Bard IVC filter lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of South Dakota. As all federally filed Bard IVC lawsuits were centralized in the District of Arizona last August, this case…
Is the FDA doing enough to protect the public from potentially serious drug side effects? According to a recently released Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, it doesn’t look like it. Though the administration approved many drugs between 2006 and 2014 through their “fast-track” processes,
Back in December 2015, Volkswagen (VW) submitted its plan for repairing the “defeat devices” on its diesel vehicles to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The plan addressed repairs only on the 2.0L diesel engines—plans for the 3.0L engines…
In June 2014, all federally filed testosterone replacement lawsuits were consolidated into one court in the Northern District of Illinois. Since then, thousands of lawsuits have joined the litigation, with about 3,500 cases currently pending there. Plaintiffs claim that the testosterone replacement
Reports of problems with type 2 diabetes drug Invokana (canagliflozin) have continued to increase, according to the Institute for Safe Medicine Practices (ISMP) most recent QuarterWatch for the second quarter of 2015. “Both prescription volume and adverse drug event reports are increasing rapidly fo
Mazda has announced another Takata air bag recall, this time affecting nearly 375,000 vehicles. According to the Mazda website, the company is expanding a previous recall to include all 2003-2008 MY Mazda6 vehicles, all 2006-2007 MY Mazdaspeed 6 vehicles, and all 2004 RX8 vehicles nationwide.…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a civil lawsuit against Volkswagen, after the company was found to have violated the Clean Air Act. The case was filed on January 4, 2016, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The…
A new study links type 2 diabetes drug Onglyza (saxagliptin), an incretin mimetic that stimulates the pancreas to make more insulin after a patient eats a meal, to a small but significant increase for acute pancreatitis. The results of the study, lead by Rury R.…
How are Takata air bag recalls going? For months there were delays. Consumers received notifications that their vehicles needed repairs, but when they called their dealerships, they were told that the parts hadn’t arrived yet. Now, things are picking up, at least according to the…