We live in a world where unexpected worst-case scenarios can occur, such as earplugs that cause hearing loss or pesticides that cause cancer. Consumers often implicitly trust the products they use, and when that trust is broken, manufacturers, distributors or designers need to be held accountable - and prevented from causing future harm. read more

Earlier this week, a jury ordered Monsanto to pay more than $2 billion to a California couple who claim long-term exposure to Roundup caused an aggressive form of cancer. This is the third - and largest - verdict to link the popular weed killer with cancer. read more

FDA to overhaul medical devices approval process to protect patient safety. read more

New study finds that 71 percent of reusable medical scopes still harbored harmful bacteria after being cleaned. read more

Our brave client Theresa Bigler testified this week in her case against Olympus Corp., the maker of a medical scope linked to several superbug outbreaks around the U.S. and Europe, including the one that took the life of her husband, Rick Bigler, in 2013. read more