The X-Law Group PC announces U.S. Olympian Justin Reiter files suit and challenges International Olympic Committee
NEWS: U.S. Olympian Justin Reiter (2014 - Sochi Winter Olympics US Alpine Snowboarding National Team), who rose to national fame in 2013 as the Olympic athlete who had made his pickup truck his home in order to afford top level training, has filed suit in Switzerland against the International Olympic Committee (IOC) seeking to modify the schedule for the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.
Excellus-Lifetime Healthcare Data Breach being investigated by Weitz and Luxenberg
NEWS: Personal injury and class action law firm Weitz and Luxenberg in NYC today announced it has begun investigating cases arising from the recently discovered hacking of 10.5 million Excellus BlueCross Blue Shield customers' confidential records.
AMMCO Tools Handed First Asbestos Defeat by Los Angeles Jury
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury this month handed Hennessy Industries, Inc. as successor to AMMCO Tools, Inc., its first-ever loss in an asbestos-exposure lawsuit despite the defendant company's self-assurances that the grieving family of an Army veteran and automotive parts store owner who died of mesothelioma had no chance of winning, victorious plaintiffs' law firm Weitz and Luxenberg, P.C., today announced.
Weitz & Luxenberg Investigating Injuries Caused by Recalled Cook Medical Angiographic Catheters
NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Weitz and Luxenberg, P.C. has launched an investigation into injuries sustained by patients when catheters used during cardiac angiogram procedures to inject contrast dye into blood vessels malfunctioned by either splitting or separating, the firm announced.
Rebecca Esty-Burke to replace Myrlys L. Stockdale as the new managing attorney at Stockdale Law Firm Inc
EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Stockdale Law Firm, a well-known divorce and family law firm in El Dorado Hills, has announced it is transferring ownership at the end of August with the intent to carry on the success and trust it has built over the last 12 years. Previous owner Myrlys L. Stockdale moves to Office of Inspector General.
Data Breach Victims Have Legal Rights: Weitz and Luxenberg Probes Data Breach at Medical Informatics Engineering
NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Weitz and Luxenberg today initiated an investigation into the harm suffered by patients whose private health and financial records were hacked during a recent data breach in Indiana, the law firm announced. Records of approximately 4 million patients found their way into criminal hands.
New Venture, Chosen Lawyers, to Connect Those in Need with Pro-bono Law Expertise
OJAI, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: 'Chosen Lawyers reaffirms its commitment to making 'Equal Justice Under Law' available to all people regardless of race, religion, gender, national origin or status,' proclaims Paymon Barati-Darmian, attorney and founder.
Bernard F. Walsh, of lawfirm Shapiro Goldman Babboni and Walsh, recognized as member of Florida Legal Elite 2015
NEWS: Bernard Walsh, of Shapiro Goldman Babboni and Walsh, selected as a member of 'Florida Legal Elite 2015' by Florida Trend magazine. Attorneys who are included in this group were chosen by a lengthy and exhaustive process that begins with peer selection.
Injuries to North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Patients from Data Breach Investigated
NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Personal records and insurance information on 18,000 North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System patients were compromised by a data breach that occurred last year in Texas but went undisclosed for many months, and now Weitz and Luxenberg P.C. is considering filing negligence, economic injury and failure-to-warn claims against Dallas-based Global Care Delivery, the law firm today announced.
95-percent of Eligible Stryker Hip Patients Now Enrolled in Settlement Program
NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Nationally prominent personal injury law firm Weitz and Luxenberg, P.C., today said that 95 percent of registered eligible patients are now enrolled in the Stryker modular hip settlement program. This program has been established to ensure that each injured patient will receive a share of more than $1 billion as compensation for problems encountered with Rejuvenate and ABGII metal-on-metal modular hip implants.
David Goldman Gives Commencement Speech to Graduating Class of Westcoast School of Human Development in Florida
SARASOTA, Fla. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: On Thursday, June 4, attorney David L. Goldman of the law firm of Shapiro, Goldman, Babboni and Walsh gave the commencement speech to the 2015 graduating class of the Westcoast School of Human Development in Sarasota, Fla.
Yet Another 2015 Data Breach of Hospital Records Affects Thousands of Patients says NY Law Firm
NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Weitz and Luxenberg P.C. is investigating another privacy breach in 2015 that has resulted in the theft of patients' personal information at several hospitals in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. These hospitals all used the billing services of Medical Management LLC, based in North Carolina, announced the law firm.
California Oil Spill Victim Claims being explored by Law Firm Weitz & Luxenberg
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Weitz and Luxenberg P.C., today announced it is investigating claims from members of the fishing industry, property owners and others harmed by an oil spill that began Tuesday and blighted the shoreline just north of Santa Barbara, Calif.
Weitz & Luxenberg urges Lumber Liquidators Laminate Flooring Installers to Contact Them About Health Issues
NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Lumber Liquidators' (NYSE:LL) Chinese-made laminate flooring has dangerously high levels of formaldehyde, a toxin so harmful that Weitz and Luxenberg, P.C. filed a class action lawsuit in March against the company on behalf of consumers who installed this highly toxic flooring in their homes.
Weitz & Luxenberg will investigate potential claims from consumers pestered by unsolicited phone calls
NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Weitz and Luxenberg today announced it will investigate potential claims from consumers pestered by unsolicited phone calls or spam text messages from telemarketers, debt collectors and others.
Weitz & Luxenberg Attorney James Bilsborrow to Attend AAJ Leadership Academy
NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Attorney James Bilsborrow, of New York-based Weitz and Luxenberg P.C., is one of a dozen lawyers from around the nation chosen to participate this year in an American Association for Justice (AAJ) training academy to develop promising new leaders of the legal profession, the law firm today announced.
Arbitration Hearings Scheduled: Wolinskys vs. American International Industries, Inc. (OTC:AMIN)
HOUSTON, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Arbitration hearings have been scheduled for May 8, 2015 and May 13-15, 2015 regarding breach of contract, defamation and fraud claims for at least $131,081.21 filed against American International Industries, Inc. ('American'; OTC:AMIN / OTCMKTS:AMIN), and its CEO, Daniel Dror, by Scott Wolinsky, a former director of American, and Maria T. Wolinsky, his wife.
NY Lawfirm Weitz and Luxenberg Accepting Zimmer Persona Knee Replacement Cases
NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: A recent voluntary recall of Zimmer Persona Knee Trabecular Metal Tibial Plates, which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) subsequently categorized as a Class II recall, has led Weitz and Luxenberg, P.C., to begin accepting cases involving Zimmer Persona Knee replacement injuries, the New York law firm today announced.
Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C. investigating claims from customers of Pioneer Bank data breach
NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: New York-based Weitz and Luxenberg, P.C. has announced it is investigating claims from customers of Pioneer Bank who suffered - or fear they soon will suffer - economic harm from a data breach made possible by the Jan. 26 theft of one of the Troy, New York-based financial institution's laptop computers.
Weitz & Luxenberg announce Class Action Against Lumber Liquidators Inc.
NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: New York-based Weitz and Luxenberg, P.C., on Wednesday filed a class action lawsuit seeking to make Lumber Liquidators, Inc. (NYSE:LL), pay restitution to consumers who purchased from the home-improvements retailer certain brands of laminate flooring found to emit high levels of health-harming formaldehyde, the law firm announced.
Data Breach Lawsuit Against Premera Blue Cross launched by Weitz and Luxenberg
NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: New York-based Weitz and Luxenberg P.C. today filed a class action lawsuit against Seattle-based Premera Blue Cross on behalf of policy holders who lost sensitive private information as a result of a massive, sustained hacking of Premera's computer systems, the law firm announced.
Former Director to Consolidate Civil Lawsuits Filed Against American International Industries, Inc. (AMIN)
HOUSTON, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Scott Wolinsky, a former director of American International Industries, Inc. ('American'; Ticker 'AMIN' / OTCMKTS:AMIN), and Maria T. Wolinsky, his wife, have agreed to the consolidation of their defamation and fraud claims that were pending in two separate civil lawsuits against American and its CEO, Daniel Dror, in the Harris County District Courts into the ongoing Houston arbitration proceeding announced by American on December 17, 2014.
Weitz & Luxenberg Probes Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc Toxic Flooring Claims after 60 Minutes Expose
NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: A '60 Minutes' expose this week of Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc (NYSE:LL), alleging the home-improvements corporation made profits by selling laminate flooring that emits harmful levels of formaldehyde, prompted Weitz and Luxenberg P.C. to announce today it is investigating claims from consumers who purchased the hazardous Chinese-made product.
Weitz & Luxenberg Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Lenovo for Superfish Malware Security Risk
NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: New York-based Weitz and Luxenberg P.C. today announced the filing of a class action lawsuit against Lenovo and Superfish for a recent case of laptop security failings. The suit was filed in response to the growing concern over computer manufacturer Lenovo's inclusion of Superfish 'malware' on laptops purchased after Sept. 1, 2014.
TALCB Finds Appraisals Prepared for American International Industries, Inc. Violate 17 USPAP Provisions
AUSTIN and KEMAH, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board (TALCB) held its February meeting on Feb. 20, 2015. At the meeting, the TALCB entered an 'Agreed Final Order' in the matter of an investigation of Complaint Nos. 13-321 and 13-325 filed by Scott Wolinsky, a former director of American International Industries, Inc. (OTCBB:AMIN / OTCMKTS:AMIN).
