April 22, 2010 – Nevin Shapiro allegedly operated Capitol Investments USA, Inc. (“Capitol”), a Miami based grocery diverter, as an investment fraud. According to the complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), Shapiro’s fraud raised $900 million from at least 60 investors across the country. According to…
November 14, 2009 – An eighteen year old Boston area college student reports that she purchased and used Oxy® Maximum Face Wash, a well known acne treatment product sold in pharmacies throughout the U.S., but eventually the skin on her face became significantly discolored in areas where she had applied…
November 14, 2009 – The Boston Law Offices of the attorney and Washington D.C. based, Steven Berk (Berk Law), in conjunction with Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, has filed a class action against JPMorganChase as the successor in interest to Washington Mutual (“WAMU”) in the US District Court for the Northern District…
November 2, 2009 – The University of North Carolina is now apparently claiming that no consent was required to include patients, and their personal information, in the data base of a statewide mammography registry. According to Karen McCall, UNC Health Care spokesperson, “federal regulators waive consent requirements for projects like…
October 27, 2009 – The University of North Carolina School of Medicine has recently disclosed that, in the year 2007, internet hackers gained access to a database called the Carolina Mammography Registry. Apparently, some of the records contained personal information about patients, including dates of birth and social security numbers. Information…