All things considered, my family has not lived in the United States very long. My great grandfather immigrated to this country through New York around the turn of the century. He came from Pau, France, which is the northern edge of the Pyrenees, near Spain and the Atlantic. He was a young peasant working on […]
The Deadline Has Been Extended In a recent release from the Deepwater Horizon Claims Center (DWHCC), the Claims Administrator has finally announced that April 22, 2014 will not be the deadline to file new claims. Many residents and businesses of the Gulf Coast have feared that they would have to file their claim by the […]
If you or a loved one took or is taking Actos for treatment with diabetes, you will want to read below. This week a jury in Lafayette Louisiana awarded a plaintiff 9 billion dollars in damages against the drug companies for Actos because they knew and concealed the fact that it caused bladder cancer. In […]
On Monday, March 3, 2014, the Fifth Circuit affirmed the lower court and concluded that the current injunction should be dissolved. This is the same panel that remanded the case back to Judge Barbier to hold a hearing and establish a “narrowly tailored injunction”. Recall that in October of 2013, the 5th Circuit reversed Judge […]
The proof is in the pudding or in this case Target’s Quarterly Reports. Recall that over the holidays 110 million Target customers’ personal information was compromised. In what is being called one of the largest data breaches in history, Target’s headquarters confirmed that in addition to the 40 million customers whose credit and debit card […]
Why You Need An Identity Theft Attorney If you are like most people, at some point over the holidays, you shopped at Target; and, chances are that you are one of the 110 million people whose personal information has been compromised. In what is being called one of the largest data breaches in history, Target’s […]
Between April and September of 2013, over 5,000 businesses were paid over $1.3 billion in settlement claims. However, since the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled, the Claims Administrator, Patrick Juneau, has paid only four business loss claims in the two months. In addition to a claim process stand-still, the Court issued a […]
There often comes a difficult time for many of us when we must face the reality that our loved ones, who are advanced in years, require more care than we can provide. When we place our elderly loved ones in a nursing home or assisted living center, our hope is that the skilled care they […]
If you are like most people, you have probably been bombarded daily with BP’s new $200 million dollar Ad campaign about “fraudulent claims”. You have endured numerous news articles about the settlement and the big appeal before the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal. And, if you are like most people, you saw that […]
On Friday, November 22, 2013, Judge Barbier issued an order amending his November 15, 2013 order denying BP’s “Motion to Amend Scheduling Order re: BEL Remand and Preliminary Injunction Relating to BEL Claims” with reasons. This order denied BP’s latest attempt to renegotiate the issue of causation for BP claims. BP agreed to and approved […]