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Medical lawyer Fred Thompson is participating in a Transvaginal Mesh Litigation Update teleconference hosted by HB Litigation Conferences

On August 3, 2011, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts denied State Street Corporation's motion to dismiss securities fraud and ERISA claims brought by the company's shareholders and participants in its retirement plan.

Motley Rice securities lawyer Badge Humphries will speak at the 2011 Sheet Metal Workers' International Association (SMWIA) Business Manager Meeting.

On July 29, 2011, CNN reported that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is expanding its behavior detection program.

The Institute of Medicine (IOM), an advisory group for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), issued a report proposing that the 510(k) accelerated approval program for medical devices be replaced.

CNN reports that airlines do not have to pay the federal government what amounts to approximately $25 million in tax revenue.

On July 27, 2011, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein said that he may allow the family of Mark Bavis to seek damages against United Airlines et al—not only for his death but also for the "21 minutes of terror" he endured prior to the plane's crash.

According to an MSNBC article on mounting concerns about the safety of transvaginal mesh (TVM) devices, patient reports of adverse side effects and surgical complications have tripled since 2008.

On July 5, 2011, Napa Home and Garden filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in response to multiple lawsuits filed against the company alleging serious injury from defective firepot products.

On July 21, 2011, The New England Journal of Medicine published a study that should help some veterans prove their respiratory illnesses are service-related.