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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.