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On July 30, 2015, a proposed class of investors brought suit against American Express, alleging that the credit card company concealed the financial impact of its co-branding relationship with the U.S. operations of Costco Wholesale Corp.

If not for the actions of so many companies and asbestos-related industries, the issue of asbestos exposure, let alone an aggressive mesothelioma diagnosis, likely would never have been a thought for this family. However, there are researches, scientists, doctors and even patients who are working every day to bring change to the outcome of a mesothelioma diagnosis.

On August 5, 2015, Malaysian Prime Minster Najib Razak confirmed that a piece of debris found on the coast of the French Island La Réunion in the Indian Ocean is a piece of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

From electing to attend summer camps to planning beach days and boat outings, summer activities can provide some welcome relief from the everyday routine, but they can also come with their fair share of safety concerns.

Search engine queries may help regulators identify unknown side effects of medication.

A jury has found a former landlord negligent for the conditions in which he kept a home that caused a former tenant to be poisoned by lead-based paint.

Despite this danger to flights and the persons on the ground over whom they fly, apparently some people still think it’s “fun” to point powerful laser beams at airplanes. From shooting lights into cockpits from the top of skyscrapers to creating a flashbulb-like effect on the cockpit glass of police helicopters, to the more recent rash of close to three dozen flights over New Jersey and New York reporting lasers attacks on their planes, it looks to me like more than just “monkey see, monkey do” is taking place.

On June 24, 2015, the FDA updated its website following a review of the Essure^® permanent birth control system in response to reports from women stating “that they have experienced pain or other health problems after Essure placement.”

Blame that otherwise should have been shouldered by GM for not admitting and recalling this defect early on—or at the very least, informing the public of the defect—was instead refocused on an already overburdened and understaffed regulatory agency.

Following the FDA's warning in April 2014 regarding the 1-in-350 risk of uterine fibroids being cancerous and the potential for the surgical device known as a power morcellator to spread that cancerous tissue during the removal process, key figures involved in the controversy over the safety of morcellation devices have stated that the FBI is investigating the devices’ largest manufacturer: Johnson & Johnson. A formal FBI investigation, however, has not been publicly announced.