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Certain diabetes medications can result in diabetic ketoacidosis, a condition of too much acid in the blood. Some users of SGLT2 inhibitors have developed ketoacidosis, which can be accompanied by insulin deficiency, hyperglycemia, and dehydration. These conditions can be painful, and treating them can be expensive. If you’ve suffered from diabetic ketoacidosis due to SGLT2 inhibitors, you may have an injury claim. So what does a pharmaceutical injury claim look like, and where do you go for legal help?...

A teenager who stuck his head out of a party bus in New Jersey was killed in an accident. Could a wrongful death lawsuit follow? Daniel Fernandez, 16, was headed to a friend’s Sweet 16 birthday party on a double-decker party bus filled with about 65 people. En route to the party, Fernandez was apparently goofing around and stuck his head out a roof hatch on top of the bus, reports the New York Daily News....

Do you think your shifty-eyed cashier is lying to you about how much cash was left in the register last night? Or, do you have the sneaking suspicion that your supposedly Ivy League-educated accountant is actually a big fraud? You might want to hold off on conducting employee polygraphs. The Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) largely prohibits employers from using lie detector tests. And most likely, the EPPA does apply to you....

Crowdfunding is the newest way to get a quick cash infusion, and potentially bring in more customers too. How can small business owners maximize its benefits? It’s not just a ploy for startups and small-time entrepreneurs who want to get a product to market. Thanks to the JOBS Act, crowdfunding can be used by any company to solicit donations or to find investors, a Forbes contributor writes. This is all very new, and it can be hard to get a handle on which route to take....

Vanessa Gibbs is mad. The 17-year-old pregnant teen wasn’t permitted to board her plane in Norfolk, Va. last week after TSA agents spotted her unique purse. She was carrying a Western-style clutch adorned with a small, hollow pistol about 4 or 5 inches long. Though she had flown with the gun purse before, airport security decided that it either had to be checked or tossed. When she pushed for answers, the agents allegedly told her that carrying the purse was a “federal offense because it’s in the shape of a gun....

Disclaimer: This is not a post about BP gulf oil spill. BP is in the news for what looks to be another very expensive problem on their hands – a $10 billion lawsuit over the company’s Texas refinery emissions. The class action claims that the refinery released 500,000 pounds of pollutants, including benzene, during spring of this year. The BP class action was filed Tuesday by Texas-based attorney Anthony Buzbee. In addition to a 40-day delay in alterting city officials to the leak, the class action alleges that the pollutants have affected the health and property values of the people who live and work in the area surrounding the refinery....

Rejoice! The first day of spring is finally here. Besides tidying up your home or office, you may also want to consider some legal “spring cleaning” tasks as well. As seasons change and time moves on, so will your legal needs – especially when it comes to updating your important legal documents. With that in mind, here are five legal spring cleaning tips that can potentially pay off: Of course these are just a few common legal issues that may need attention, and every person’s situation is unique....

Alabama was the source of a good bit of controversy surrounding same-sex marriage last week, after a federal judge declared the state’s law prohibiting same-sex marriage unconstitutional. Right after that, however, the Alabama Supreme Court’s Chief Justice Roy Moore issued his own order telling state judges and employees not to recognize same-sex marriages or issue licenses. Moore’s conflicting order led to questions about who trumps whom when it comes to federal trial courts and state supreme courts, but the U....

If you’re thinking of using a radar jammer to avoid speeding tickets, think again. Radar jammers are illegal. Jammers are different from the more popular radar detectors. The detectors allow you to know when cops are using radar guns on the highway. They aren’t illegal for passenger vehicles but they also aren’t necessarily effective since they only alert you once they detect radar. That may be too late. Radar jammers work by effectively overcoming the radar guns used by police....

Two lawsuits were filed in DeKalb County, Georgia, on September 21 alleging sex abuse and intimate relationships between a prominent church leader and two young men who were members of his flock. The suits claim that Bishop Eddie Long of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church used his authority, both temporal and spiritual, to coerce the plaintiffs Maurice Robinson and Anthony Flagg, into sexual relationships. The suit claims a pattern of sex abuse by Long in using his position to single out young men in his congregation for sexual relationships, according to the report by CNN....

The Supreme Court has agreed to consider the constitutionality of Arizona’s immigration law, adding yet another blockbuster case to its docket. Oral arguments in Arizona v. United States are expected in April, which would place a final decision sometime in June. The Court’s decision will impact the nation’s immigration policy on a grand scale. Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Utah have all passed similar anti-immigration laws. The future of those laws will also be decided in this case, as they are also said to infringe on federal immigration powers....

Feeling like there is more jelly to your belly than you would like? We all know that the holidays bring a whole host of body image issues thanks to endless feasting coupled with critical family members. Then comes the holiday season that ends with the New Year’s resolution to get into shape. All of these stressful moments may convince you that you may need some cosmetic surgery help… but you may have to pay more than you would like for it if the Senate gets its way....

Last week California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill raising the minimum age to buy rifles and shotguns in the state to 21. The new law brings statutes regulating those firearms in line with state restrictions on handguns, which are also limited to those over 21. Brown also signed other legislation that imposing a lifetime gun ownership ban for people convicted of domestic violence or deemed mentally dangerous, and increasing access to court orders that could disarm dangerous gun owners....

If consumers “like” your brand or business, does that mean they won’t be able to sue you? That’s what cereal giant General Mills is attempting to do, by forcing those who “like” them on Facebook, enter sweepstakes, or download coupons to agree to arbitration instead of suing in civil court for any potential legal disputes. The New York Times suggests that even purchasing General Mills products might impose “forced arbitration” on consumers....

There are all kinds of quirky bikes on the market now. Some are tiny and fold into a bag. Some are strange and look like a cross between a lounge chair and a tricycle. The latter are called recumbent bicycles and this odd mode of transportation is growing more popular. Recumbent bikes have certain advantages – not far to fall, for one! But there are also dangers for recumbent bike riders that other cyclists do not share....

A food safety report released Thursday by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that rates of common foodborne illness cases haven’t changed much over the last three years. The numbers show that while cases of foodborne illness have declined significantly since monitoring began in 1996, most of the drop-off occurred before 2004, according to a CDC Press Release announcing the data. The CDC’s report comes at a time when lawmakers and health officials are focused on food safety, with recent high profile salmonella contaminations causing the recall of hundreds of products containing peanut butter and pistachio nuts....

Chipotle is facing a lawsuit that no business was expecting. A Chipotle “apprentice,” or assistant manager in training, from New Jersey, has filed a lawsuit claiming the company failed to comply with the Department of Labor’s new overtime rule. If you’re a bit confused, you are not alone. The DOL’s new overtime rule was temporarily blocked by a federal judge in Texas last November, before the law ever went into effect....

Understandably, victims of crime often pursue justice against their perpetrators. However, not all are content with the investigations and outcomes achieved by the criminal justice system. So, some will conduct private investigations or pursue civil actions at great personal expense. And while those are perfectly reasonable courses of action to take, the Supreme Court ruled last week that under existing law, convicted defendants can’t be required to reimburse crime victims for those expenses....

The recent devastating homicide of bright, accomplished, and to-be-wedded Yale graduate student Annie Le is being termed an act of workplace violence. The incident sheds light on the dark side of workplace safety and the threat and danger of workplace violence. Are there steps employers can take to protect their employees and safeguard their workplace? Establish a Zero Tolerance Policy. To leave no question about your company or organization’s stance on workplace violence, establish an explicit zero tolerance policy that calls for disciplinary action or termination for threatening behavior or action....

An 11-year-old girl was electrocuted at a putt-putt golf course in Florida, an accident that’s likely to result in a wrongful death lawsuit. Ashton Jojo of Latham, N.Y., had just celebrated a birthday days earlier and was on vacation with her family at a time-share resort near Orlando, Miami’s WFOR-TV reports. Jojo was playing putt-putt golf at the resort about 2 p.m. Wednesday. She was trying to retrieve a golf ball from a pond when witnesses heard her scream, sheriff’s deputies said....