Miscellaneous

• Juries... Personality Trends and Personal Beliefs

  Staff Writer | May 24, 2006 9:52 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  I attended an association strategy session today where we discussed membership and trends among various age groups. Naturally the ideas surrounding membership may be applied to jurors. According to the research group--Consensus Management Group of New York--generations vary significantly from pre-1945 persons up through the present. It was shown that pre-1945 (born before 1945) persons are...

• Vioxx® Heart Attack and Stroke - Death

  Staff Writer | April 21, 2006 10:00 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  A heart attack that is caused by a suddent lack of blood to the heart--a myocardial infarction--results when one or more of the heart's blood pathways (coronary arteries) become clogged or "occluded." [1] The most common cause of cononary artery occlusion is when blood cells clot together and get stuck in the artery. [2] These clots are called "thrombi." [3] As when water is unable to drain...

• Lawyer Bashing

  Staff Writer | April 15, 2006 6:17 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  I read a post by an unnamed first year associate titled "Complaining About Those Who Falsely Blame Lawyers." The post responds to office-sized billboard by a so-called "Institute for Legal Reform" asking passerbys to, "Please Don't Feed The Trial Lawyers." What is amazing to me is that the President of the Institute for Legal Reform, Lisa A. Rickard, is Lisa A. Rickard, Esq. She's a lawyer. ...

• Glade Air Fresheners and Fires

  Staff Writer | April 04, 2006 10:20 AM | 1 CommentBoston, MA

  In April of 2002, SC Johnson announced a recall of 2.5 Million of its Glade® Extra Outlet Scented Oil Air Fresheners, because the products posed a risk of fire. The air fresheners were sold between January 2002 and April 2002. SC Johnson stated in a press release that the "Glade Plugins® products are safe and will not cause fires." While the press release is undated, as stated in the...

• U.S. Senator Joe Biden and Port Security - National Security

  Staff Writer | March 25, 2006 3:25 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Boston is one of many international trade ports in the United States. Senator Joe Biden discusses the importance of increasing port security and funding a relatively fail safe port screening with pre-existing "Star Wars" budgets. The Star Wars defense system (brainstormed during the Reagan Administration) absorbs about $8 Billion a year in federal funding and is intended to defend against...

• Mass Senate to Vote on Bad Bill

  Staff Writer | March 24, 2006 2:57 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  The Massachusetts House has passed a bill (H.B. 4701) that would prohibit certain types of lawsuits. H.B. 4701 has come out of the Senate committee and awaits a full vote of the Senate. The law will preclude certain lawsuits related to retail sales and a retailer's practice of charging more than the advertised price for goods sold. This bill is anti-consumer and seeks to eliminate,...

• Massachusetts Judge Enjoins Book Distribution

  Staff Writer | March 24, 2006 12:31 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  The Boston Herald reports today that an Essex County judge may have banned a book authored by a Methuen man who wrote about losing the custody of his son. The decision has not been released, but it would seem that First Amendment (Freedom of Speech) issues may be involved and that the decision is likely to be appealed. The Boston Herald Article has more information about the circumstances...

• ADHD Drugs Linked to Heart Risks

  Staff Writer | March 23, 2006 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Tom Lamb at drug-injury.com addresses the early release of Cardiologist Steven Nissen's article in the upcoming New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Nissen thinks the heart risks of ADHD drugs such as Ritalin and Adderall are great enough to warrant a black-box warning for the drugs.Black box warnings are given to drugs that carry a significant risk of serious side effects. The warnings are...

• Ineresting Premises Liability Ruling

  Staff Writer | March 17, 2006 9:10 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Ben Glass in Fairfax, VA discusses a premises liability case in Roanoke where the state Supreme Court ruled that the owner of a hotel had a dute to protect its guests from third-party violence.The case had previously been dismissed in a lower court. However, as Ben points out, hotel employees had called the police 96 times in the three years prior to the incident.As a result of these repeated...

• Law Office of Kenneth N. Margolin, P.C.

  Staff Writer | September 06, 2005 1:26 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  For the benefit of our clients and the communities that we serve we have developed this website as a legal and consumer resource. In addition, we have provided information about the Law Office of Kenneth N. Margolin, P.C. so that you can make an informed decision as to whether our experience and qualifications can assist you with whatever legal problem you might face.We bring a 5-part philosophy...