The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) estimates 1 million or more shingles cases occur each year in the U.S. alone. People of any age are at risk for developing shingles and postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), but the risk increases as we age.
Since 2006, the vaccine of choice for those aged 60 or older has been Zostavax, developed by Merck & Co., but that’s no longer the case. Lower...
Independent laboratory Valisure recently announced that it discovered the known carcinogen benzene in 78 sunscreens and after-sun products, including popular brands Neutrogena, Aveeno and Banana Boat, after testing nearly 300 products from 69 different companies.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) lists benzene as a carcinogen and benzene has been linked...
Phillips & Paolicelli, LLP and Waters & Kraus, LLP announce that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has approved the following announcement of a proposed class action settlement that would benefit investors in one or more of the Lifetrade Funds:
SUMMARY NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF CLASS ACTION, SHAREHOLDER...
D Magazine has selected Dallas attorney Patrick Wigle as a 2021 “Best Lawyer Under 40.” The list was featured in the publication’s January 2021 issue. D Magazine is a long-running monthly magazine used as a valuable Dallas-Ft. Worth resource guide for those in the know.
To qualify, a nominee must be under 40 years of age, have a valid Texas Bar license with no pending disciplinary...
Caitlyn Silhan, a partner at Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel in the Dallas office, was recently invited to be part of the upcoming American Bar Association’s (ABA) False Claims Act mock trial faculty in Coral Gables, Florida. She was invited to participate by Joel Androphy, a partner at Berg & Androphy in Houston, Texas. Androphy has served as Program Director for the American Bar...
Johnson & Johnson is considering a plan to offload contaminated talc liabilities using bankruptcy protection.
Multinational healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is facing billions of dollars in liabilities to victims of its contaminated Baby Powder products. According to a 2018 Reuters investigative report, J&J knowingly used carcinogenic...
Waters & Kraus, LLP is proud to announce that Dallas attorneys Caitlyn Silhan, Christopher Johnson, Sam Iola, and Patrick Wigle have all once again been selected for inclusion on the 2021 Texas Super Lawyers® Rising Star list. The lawyer rating service is an honor reserved for lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice and strive to perform outstandingly for plaintiffs every year. The...
Judge Michael Wolverton of Anchorage Superior Court sentenced Seth Lookhart of Clear Creek Dental, LLC, to 20 years in prison for dozens of charges including Medicaid fraud.
In addition to his fraudulent Medicaid billing for over-use of sedation, Lookhart gained notice for a viral video that showed him performing dentistry on a patient while riding a hoverboard, for which he...
Though over a year has passed since COVID-19 first emerged in Wuhan, China, the novel coronavirus continues to take doctors, scientists, and global health professionals by surprise. Every day, new and accelerated research is published and peer-reviewed with the intention to develop new norms and standards that can contain the spread of the pandemic. To date, there has been no detected natural...
Waters & Kraus, LLP is proud to announce that firm Partners C. Andrew Waters and Peter A. Kraus have been selected for inclusion on the 2020 Texas Super Lawyers list. The honor recognizes Mr. Waters and Mr. Kraus as being among the top 5% of Texas attorneys in their practice areas for personal Injury litigation and product liability litigation on behalf of plaintiffs.
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