Category: Litigation | Dispute Resolution

Is your life insurance sufficient? – Planning for your family’s future

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It is important to periodically review your life insurance to make sure that you have a policy that will stay in-force long enough to accomplish your estate planning objectives. Recent actions by the life insurance industry to increase costs associated with some policies make it very important to have your insurance reviewed.

Consider if you really need life insurance or if your policy is in danger of imploding. Strauss Troy attorneys can review your current life insurance and assist you if there is a problem with your policy. We can also assist you in evaluating how your policy fits into your current estate plan to ensure that your objectives in providing for your family are met.

Are Onglyza and Kombiglyze XR Related to Heart Failure and Cardiac Arrest?

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Stethoscope on prescription pad.

Onglyza (saxaglyptin) and Kombiglyze XR (saxaglyptin/metformin HCl) are prescription medications used to treat Type 2 diabetes. In April 2016, the FDA added new safety warnings to the two medications, indicating that saxaglyptin is associated with an increased risk of heart failure, as well as a higher risk of death from all causes.

Can Prevagen Really Improve Your Memory?

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Prevagen, a supplement made by Quincy Bioscience, is one of the most heavily-advertised and expensive supplements on the drugstore shelves today. Prevagen claims in its advertising, and on its label, that the pill can improve memory. If Prevagen could really do that, it might be worth the high price, which is more than $60 for 30 pills of the extra-strength version of the product.

However, recent evidence submitted to a California court raises serious questions about whether Prevagen has any benefit to memory at all.

Financial Advisers Back In Court and Customers Get Caught In The Middle

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Late last year, Morgan Stanley and UBS withdrew from the Protocol for Broker Recruiting, followed closely by Citigroup in January. Morgan Stanley and UBS together account for almost half of the approximate 50,000 registered securities representatives (stock brokers) employed by the four major wire houses (Morgan Stanley, UBS, Merrill Lynch, and Wells Fargo).

Time May be Up on Claims of Sexual Harassment Filed Too Late

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In the past few months, we have seen allegations or accusations of sexual harassment being reported in the media on practically a daily basis. And, campaigns and posts on social media, including the #metoo and #TimesUp movements, have revealed countless more allegations. While there is no time limit on someone’s right to free speech, there is a legal time limit to take an accusation of sexual harassment out of social media or the press and into a courtroom.

Strauss Troy’s Award-Winning Attorneys

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Our nationally recognized attorneys work together as a team to be your legal partner, whether you need an attorney to handle a personal or a corporate matter. Strauss Troy has been recognized by U.S. News – Best Lawyers as a Best Law Firm in the following practice areas: Commercial Litigation Mass Tort/Class Actions – Plaintiffs Real Estate …Read More

Strauss Troy Investigates DePuy Hip Replacements

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Strauss Troy is currently evaluating cases involving Johnson and Johnson’s DePuy hip replacements. While Johnson and Johnson promoted the DePuy “metal-on-metal” hip replacements as lasting longer than similar devices that included ceramic or plastic materials, the truth was exactly the opposite. In fact, the five-year failure rate on some of the DePuy hips is close …Read More

Strauss Troy Investigates Companies Purchasing Annuities for Violation of Interest Rate Statutes

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Strauss Troy is investigating companies that purchase structured settlement annuities and retirement annuities. These purchases result an individual receiving a lump sum of money in exchange for giving up a stream of payments from an annuity. Individuals typically come to receive payments from an annuity either because they have entered into a structured settlement as …Read More

Strauss Troy Files Lawsuit Alleging Bayer’s Prescription Drug Xarelto® Causes Internal Bleeding

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Strauss Troy Files Lawsuit Alleging GlaxoSmithKline’s Prescription Drug Zofran® Causes Birth Defects

Strauss Troy Co. has filed a civil lawsuit in federal court in the Southern District of Ohio against Bayer, manufacturer of the drug Xarelto®, and Janssen Pharmacefuticals (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson that marketed the drug in the U.S.). Xarelto (generic name rivaroxaban) is generally referred to as a blood thinner. It is prescribed …Read More

Defamation Statute of Limitations: Act Quickly, Before It’s Too Late

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In today’s media-saturated world, where the power of the internet can bring global attention in an instant, the threat of unfair criticism is ever present. But when criticism is based on a false statement, that can cross the line into unlawful defamation. The law can protect you if you are the victim of defamation, but …Read More

On Social Media, Legal Risks Go Viral

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By Jeffrey A. Levine Social media has become an integral part of our personal and professional lives. It is nearly impossible to find an individual or organization without a corresponding Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram or Snapchat account. While the benefits of social media are readily apparent, the legal risks that accompany it are often overlooked. …Read More

Talcum Powder Link to Ovarian Cancer Lawsuits

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JOHNSON & JOHNSON is now facing more than 1,200 lawsuits, filed by women with ovarian cancer, who have used Johnson’s baby powder or Johnson’s Shower to Shower talcum powder product for feminine hygiene. In 1971, British researchers analyzed 13 ovarian tumors under a microscope and found talc particles deeply embedded in 10 of them. In …Read More

Investigation Into Limits on Benefits for Treatment of Autism in Kentucky      

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Strauss Troy is investigating potential claims against Anthem Health Plans of Kentucky, Inc., which relate to the limits it imposes on coverage for the treatment of autism in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.  The Kentucky Autism Mandate requires that every individual health insurance policy issued in Kentucky after January 1, 2011, include coverage for the treatment …Read More

Strauss Troy Wins VW Jurisdiction Battle For Three Greater Cincinnati Volkswagen Diesel Owners To Help Recover Losses

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Strauss Troy, a leading local litigation firm based in downtown Cincinnati and Covington, KY, has successfully blocked Volkswagen’s attempt to transfer three locally filed Volkswagen Diesel lawsuits to Federal Court in California. Earlier today, a German Newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported that Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) is likely to buy back 115,000 cars in the U.S.