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		<title>Foreign Manufacturer Legal Accountability Act Will Provide Consumers Greater Protection</title>
		<link>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2010/07/will-provide-consumers-greater-protection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra</dc:creator>
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In response to a series of foreign manufacturer recalls, including Toyota vehicles, drywall and children’ toys, federal lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow U.S. consumers to effectively sue foreign product manufacturers in U.S. courts pursuant to the Foreign Manufacturer Legal Accountability Act of 2010.  The proposed bill was approved by the House’s Subcommittee on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nap Nanny Recalled After Infant Death</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents: beware of the potential fatal hazards of the Nap Nanny.  A 4-month old was harnessed into the Nap Nanny, yet able to move into a fatal position while the Nap Nanny was used in a crib. 
 
 
 
 
The Consumer Protection Services Commission (CPSC) has issued a recall of 30,000 Nap Nanny products after receiving the report of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA To Review Amplify, Medtronic&#8217;s Experimental Spinal Fusion Device</title>
		<link>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2010/07/fda-to-review-amplify-medtronics-experimental-spinal-fusion-device/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Protection]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Medtronic Inc.’s experimental spinal fusion device Amplif, which uses a protein to promote bone growth, seeks approal by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tomorrow, July 27, due to a high incidence of cancer in its patients.   Amplify is designed to stabilize vertebrae in the lower back in patients with degenerative disc disease. The device contains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pfizer Liabilities Continue to Grow</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 23:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Robbins Geller Rudman &#38; Dowd LLP today announced that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of shareholders of Pfizer Inc. Pfizer is a pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture, and marketing of prescription medicines for humans and animals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tanning Bed Addiction, Possible Need For FDA Regulation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Association for Justice (AAJ) reported today:
The Los Angeles Times (4/20, Roan) reports that, according to a study published in the April issue of the Archives of Dermatology, &#8220;as many as a third of young people who use tanning beds may be addicted to the behavior.&#8221; While &#8220;it&#8217;s unclear how or why tanning can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cell Phone Carriers Not Required to Issue Headsets With Cell Phones</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Farina v. Nokia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a major victory for cellular phone manufacturers and service providers, the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the lower court&#8217;s dismissal of Farina v. Nokia, a consumer class action lawsuit that accused cell phone companies of conspiring to hide evidence that radio frequency emissions from cell phones pose biological hazards.   The class action alleged that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Student, Distracted By Texting, Kills Bicycling High School Teacher</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Washington State&#8217;s first vehicle homicide case involving a driver distracted by texting, 18-year-old Antonio Cellestine was sentenced to 60-months in jail for killing his former Hudson&#8217;s Bay High School teacher, Gordon Patterson.

KATU: Man was texting when he hit and killed teacher.
Cellestine was texting his girlfriend when he swerved off the road and hit 50-year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toyota Voluntarily Recalls 2.3 Million Vehicles With Defective Gas Pedal</title>
		<link>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2010/01/toyota-voluntarily-recalls-2-3-million-vehicles-with-defective-gas-pedal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Safe, reliable vehicle design and manufacturing are expected by all consumers of vehicles.   When this standard is violated by the manufacturer, lawsuits will arise and car manufacturers lose customer loyalty.
Such violation of customer trust has occurred twice for Toyota.  Toyota&#8217;s ineffective quality control and/or research and design teams have led to two, independent recalls [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington State Lawmakers Working To Ban BPA From Products for Children 3 and Younger</title>
		<link>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2010/01/seattle-times-urges-local-lawmakers-to-ban-bpa-in-products-for-children-3-and-younger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra</dc:creator>
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Following the Federal Drug Administration&#8217;s (FDA&#8217;s) changed position on the safety of bisphenol-A, or BPA, a widely used component of plastic bottles and food packaging that it declared safe in 2008 in products, The Seattle Times reports that Washington state lawmakers are pushing for new legislation that will protect children under age 3 from exposure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed Florida Bill Bans Indoor Tanning For Youth Under 16 Years</title>
		<link>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2010/01/proposed-florida-bill-bans-indoor-tanning-for-youth-under-16-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In follow-up to Monday&#8217;s blog post regarding tanning bed risks and inadequate warnings, comes today&#8217;s timely story regarding legislative efforts to protect the unknowing from serious health risks.
&#8220;Florida&#8217;s Palm Beach Post (1/20, Cerabino) reports, &#8220;A national health group called Aim at Melanoma is backing a statewide legislative effort to institute what would be a tough [...]]]></description>
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