Fitness company Peloton has announced a recall of more than two million exercise bikes due to the risk of users falling. This isn’t the first safety recall by the brand, which became wildly popular at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, Peloton voluntarily…
A new report has revealed concerning details about clergy sex abuse in Maryland and the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s failure to protect children from predator priests. The scandal is similar to the reckoning in Louisiana over sexual abuse in the Catholic church. The findings from the…
For decades, Louisiana clergy abuse repeatedly happened to thousands of people who trusted an institution that should have kept them safe. Instead, heinous crimes were committed by clergy members and staff who sexually abused children and adults and got away with it. In many cases,…
The people who design, produce, and sell the hundreds of thousands of consumer products we buy have a responsibility to make sure those products are safe and effective. But sometimes, a flaw in a product’s design, manufacturing, or marketing makes it dangerous. When a product…
In 2021, $4.3 trillion was spent on healthcare in the U.S., with Medicare and Medicaid accounting for about $1.635 trillion, or 38% of that total. While healthcare programs provide Americans access to vital medical services and treatments, more and more people are defrauding Medicaid and…
The thought of anyone sexually abusing a child is horrific, but the reality is that it happens every 9 minutes in the United States. What’s worse is that only five out of every 1,000 of their abusers will answer for their crime. The vast majority…
The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) will soon weigh in on a landmark case regarding the government’s authority to dismiss whistleblower lawsuits brought by private citizens on its behalf, even if that citizen objects. The False Claims Act is designed to penalize those who knowingly submit…
A California woman was among the first women to sue cosmetics giant L’Oréal and other hair straightening manufacturers, claiming their products were responsible for her reproductive health issues. Rugieyatu Bhonopha filed her lawsuit in California federal court just days after the release of a U.S.…
By Jason D. Lazarus, J.D., LL.M., CSSC, MSCC Some individuals are “dual eligible” meaning they qualify for both Medicaid and Medicare. In certain cases, a Medicare Set Aside/special needs trust or pooled trust sub-account may be necessary to preserve the client’s dual eligibility. As discussed…
By Jason D. Lazarus, J.D., LL.M., CSSC, MSCC Because most of a lawyer’s malpractice exposure at settlement is related to public benefit preservation, it is important to understand the basics of these benefits. Ethically, a lawyer must be able to explain these matters to the…
