Author: Justin Lane

Representative Michael Grimm is getting desperate. Following this week’s State of the Union Address, Grimm let slip his violent side and threatened NY1 reporter Michael Scotto. After a comparatively mundane interview, the reporter went on to ask Grimm an additional question. Grimm was having none of it. “I’m not talking about anything that is off-topic. This is only about the president,” he said and walked off camera. Scotto finished the interview and while the camera was still on, Grimm walked back into frame and made his threat. “Let me be clear to you. If you ever do that to...

Last night, President Barack Obama addressed Congress and the nation for the first time of his second term in office. After five years of divisive and “rancorous” battle with legislators, Obama declared that he will no longer stand on the side and, in the absence of action from Congress, he will act. “I’m eager to work with all of you,” President Obama said during his address. “But America does not stand still – and neither will I. So wherever and whenever I can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more American families, that’s what I’m going to...

The FDA has issued an advisory notification about Pro ArthMax. The notice is to warn consumers that the product has been found to contain several hidden drugs that potentially may have dangerous effects on users. Pro ArthMax was a dietary supplement sold to combat joint, muscle and arthritic pain. “Dietary supplements are a category of products that have been receiving renewed scrutiny from the FDA,” commented Daniel Nigh, a Stryker hip recall attorney with the Levin, Papantonio law firm who practices in the areas of medical device failure litigation, product liability, and personal injury. “Unfortunately, as we have seen...

It’s rare to find such a transparent and obvious example of navel-gazing as was recently offered by the wealthy and affluent Tom Perkins. In a recent letter to the editor in the Wall Street Journal, Perkins compared the plight of the 1% to the slippery slope that led to the holocaust in Nazi Germany. That’s not hyperbole. Perkins compared the recent outrage displayed during the Occupy movement and the response to Google’s private busing of employees to the Kristallnacht – a night of brutality and violence against Jews that occurred before World War II. He has since apologized for...

A new report from the NRDC claims that the FDA effectively turned a blind eye to the risks associated with antibiotics it approved for agricultural use. These antibiotics were allowed to be used in livestock despite posing a “high risk” to human antibiotic resistance. According to the NRDC these drugs were allowed to remain on the market as additives in animal feed and water “despite an internal review that raised significant red flags…” and allowing the drugs to be distributed “likely exposed humans to antibiotic resistant bacteria through the food supply.” Related: FDA’s LackLuster Approach to Combating Superbugs in...