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In a marriage, you and your spouse pool affections, efforts, and finances. Each of you might have brought assets such as real property, 401(k) plans, investments, business interests, and vehicles into the marriage. Often, spouses accumulate assets during their marriage. At least one, if not…
In a divorce, the spouses must address what happens to the marital home. Florida law does not provide an automatic, hard and fast rule as to who gets to keep the house following a divorce. The answer to who must leave the home brings into…
Florida divorces fall generally into the categories of “simplified” and “contested.” With the former type, you and your spouse have nothing to dispute. The divorce takes the filing of a petition and a court hearing for the judge to grant it. Usually, such divorces take…
A group of parents recently joined together to file a baby food heavy metals contamination lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, Los Vegas. They name as defendants baby food manufacturers Beech-Nut Nutrition Company, Inc.; Gerber Baby Products Company; Plum PBC…
Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. recently announced the recall of nearly 60,000 child car seats because of a potential injury hazard. The lower seat anchors used to secure the child seat base may fail, allowing the seat to detach. Should that happen before or during a…
U.S. nursing homes that have been misusing dangerous antipsychotic drugs to sedate patients with dementia are currently under investigation by the federal government. In response to years of increasing evidence that certain long-term facilities purposely misdiagnose patients with schizophrenia to get away with sedating dementia…
Scientific journal The Lancet recently published a series of three new studies highlighting the strategies baby formula manufacturers use to sell cow’s milk-based formula to parents. In its executive summary, The Lancet editors describe these tactics as underhanded and “designed to prey on parents’ fears…
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently announced that it is suing manufacturer Leachco, Inc. because some of its products present a suffocation hazard to infants and the company has so far failed to recall those products. Leachco Podsters Dangerous for Infants According to…
In a letter dated January 27, 2023, four members of Congress urged the FDA to take more action when it comes to making baby food safe. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) acknowledged that the FDA recently issued…
A growing number of cheerleaders who claim to have been sexually abused as minors have filed lawsuits against their coaches, gyms, fitness organizations, and more. In December 2022, for instance, a group of 21 cheerleaders filed lawsuits against gyms in 7 states. The plaintiffs claim…