Is Starbucks’ Base Pay Increase Enough to Make a Difference?
If you’ve been in a Starbucks recently, you’ve probably noticed that the atmosphere feels more chaotic than calm. Overworked employees in understaffed stores are scrambling to concoct whichever...
View ArticleA Generation Stalled
42 million students. 1.3 trillion in debt. The student debt burden in America, broadly quantified. While student loans are vital to provide access to higher education, the debt also shapes the...
View ArticleKeep the Sun Shining In
Open Payments—a program created by the Affordable Care Act—aims to provide transparency in the health care industry by publishing data on payments made to physicians and teaching hospitals by drug and...
View ArticleHow Do We Stop Big Banks Like Wells Fargo from Avoiding Liability for Fraud?
Over the past five years, Wells Fargo opened more than 2 million bogus deposit and credit card accounts in its customers’ names without their knowledge or consent. The practice let the company reap...
View ArticleImminent Stryker Hip Implant Recall Expected?
The Stryker Corporation is expected to announce yet another Stryker hip implant recall in the wake of numerous complaints over its LFIT V40 chrome/cobalt femoral heads. According to the complaints,...
View ArticleRICO Lawsuit Alleging State Farm Bankrolled Illinois Judge Gains Class Action...
On September 16, 2016 an Illinois federal judge certified a class of State Farm policyholders who had filed a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) lawsuit, alleging that State Farm...
View ArticleGotta Catch ‘Em All: A Look at the Pokémon Go Lawsuits
When game developer Niantic Labs released the highly-anticipated mobile app Pokémon Go this past July, it became an overnight hit. People’s social media feeds were filled with screenshots proudly...
View ArticleEd Wallace Discusses Dryer Safety on NBC 5 News
Wexler Wallace partner Ed Wallace recently sat down with NBC 5 News in Chicago to discuss dryer safety and the potential risks related to them. The post Ed Wallace Discusses Dryer Safety on NBC 5...
View ArticleWhat the Trump Administration Could Mean for the CFPB
Wexler Wallace Associate Tyler J. Story explores how the Trump administration could have dire consequences for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Just over a week ago, Donald Trump rode a...
View ArticleClass Action Against 3M Over Alleged Defective Dental Crowns will Proceed
The case brought against the 3M Company by dentists claiming the company produced defective dental crowns that fail at an alarming rate will proceed in the U.S. District Court of Minnesota. The...
View ArticleSynthetic Identity Theft: The New ID Fraud
Synthetic identity theft is a sneaky spin off the more straightforward identity theft (where a criminal steals all aspects of a real person’s identity and impersonates them to open fraudulent new...
View ArticleYour Kid’s Toys may be Spying and Reporting to a Defense Contractor
When you buy a new toy for your kids, you probably have some realistic expectations. If it needs batteries, it probably won’t come with them. A barely-upgraded version will likely be on store shelves...
View ArticleA Groundbreaking Class Action on Climate Change
Every now and then I stumble upon a lawsuit that is like nothing I’ve ever seen before. The latest example is a class action pending in Oregon under the caption Juliana v. United States (D. Oregon,...
View ArticleClean Water is Worth Fighting For
Clean water is perhaps one of the most take-for-granted aspects of life in the United States. I, for one, assume I use clean water each day due to living in a metropolitan area adjacent to one of...
View ArticleKeeping Them Honest: Advice for Concerned Citizens
On Friday, January 20, Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the Oath of Office, and Donald J. Trump will become the 45th President of the United States of America. Although Mr. Trump lost the...
View ArticleThe Significance of The FDA’s Essure Black Box Warning
Watch virtually any drug commercial long enough and, after the deliriously happy looking actors are done twirling in a meadow, you’ll likely be presented with a laundry list of side effects patients...
View ArticleRepeal and Re-Sicken? The Current State of Health Care in America
On January 20, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order to begin the process of repealing the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”)[1] and to “take all actions consistent with law to minimize the...
View ArticleWill the Net Neutrality War Reignite in 2017?
In 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took a stand to defend net neutrality by passing regulations designed to protect Internet users from being relegated to online “slow lanes.” But...
View ArticleNew Study Shows Link Between Talcum Powder Use and Ovarian Cancer
A study published in the European Journal of Cancer Prevention on January 11, 2017 found a small, but statistically significant, link between women’s talcum powder use and ovarian cancer. While there...
View ArticleThe Future is Here: Self-Driving Cars, New Technology and Product Liability...
Every day we are seeing more new and exciting technology develop. Sometimes, it is hard to believe what the next “new big thing” is, and I find myself in disbelief. That is exactly how I feel when I...
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