Teasing among students in junior and high school is an expected form of the “growing pains” into adulthood, right? Not really. In extreme bullying cases, the law considers the mistreatment as abuse and harassment. And it is illegal. Junior and high school years are influential on a teenager’s development into adulthood. Unfortunately, for Russell Dickerson, III [...]
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2011
FDA Warned PIP of Defects In Breast Implants, Patients At Risk
Today Reuters reports that since 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) raised concerns about the French breast implant maker at the heart of a scandal affecting hundreds of thousands of women worldwide. More than ten years later, the company has come under scrutiny from European regulators. The FDA sent an investigator to inspect a [...]
Dec
10
2011
10
2011
Deck The Roads Without Drunk Drivers
‘Tis the season to be merry. Office parties, social parties, ugly Christmas sweater parties – you name it, there is a lot of socializing…and drinking in the month of December. In fact, December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month. First started in 1982 by President Ronald Reagan, this national holiday has experienced increased [...]
Nov
24
2011
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2011
Black Friday’s Stampede On No One’s Wish List
The day after-Thanksgiving is no longer a fun family outing to the mall to see the new holiday decorations, enjoy a cup of cocoa and slowly ease into the holiday spirit. Instead, the 21st century’s “Black Friday” has evolved into a hairy beast of desperation, manipulation and risk. In a year of continued economic recession [...]
Oct
26
2011
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2011
Obama’s Student Loan Debt Solution Coming in 2012
In the wake of Occupy Wall Street, a stagnant economic recession, and the announcement of yet another ex-Goldman Sachs executive being charged with the most egregious insider trading violations in U.S. insider trading history, one may wonder what future is there for U.S. high school and college graduates? Most young adults, despite the recession, still [...]
Oct
14
2011
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2011
Students For Justice: For-Profit Colleges Deceive Students Into Crushing Student Loan Debt
The multi-billion enterprise of for-profit colleges continue to make headlines for deceptively burdening thousands of students with unbearable student loans and “degrees” with no value in the job market. Today, The Huffington Post’s Chris Kirkham has a 5-page feature on Education Management Corporation, Inc.’s (“EDMC”) deceptive recruitment practices, With Goldman’s Foray Into Higher Education, [...]
Oct
1
2011
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2011
Students Sue For-Profit School and Settle
Students who attended the San Francisco California Culinary Academy filed a class action lawsuit alleging deceptive admissions practices and misrepresentation of job placement statistics. This week the hundreds of students received news that they will be refunded their tuition thanks to a $40 million settlement. The academy’s tuition and fees range from $21,000 for a [...]
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Argosy University Student Complaints
Argosy University students who were either deceived by recruiters into enrolling at the school or prevented from graduating due to arbitrary “grading” criteria, may have a legal claim for violations of the Consumer Protection Act. Argosy University’s parent company, Education Management Corporation, is already being sued for $11 billion by the Federal Justice Department and [...]
Aug
30
2011
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2011
Transvaginal Mesh Products Should Be Recalled
Transvaginal mesh products are causing serious injury to thousands of women nationally. Surgical mesh products made by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX) to correct falling pelvic organs in women should be immediately recalled because of painful side effects, a watchdog group said. Transvaginal placement of surgical mesh to treat pelvic organ prolapse may [...]
