Pharmaceutical company Novartis AG has agreed to pay $99 million in a settlement with current and former sales associates over an unpaid overtime lawsuit. More than 7,000 current and former employees of Novartis working as travelling sales representatives, mostly, filed the suit against the company claiming they worked long hours for no pay and don’t [...]

While the District Attorney in Brooklyn continues to refuse to release the names of Orthodox Jewish clergy and other church leaders arrested, convicted and/or sentenced for child sexual abuse, a leading media source within that community calls the office’s practice goes against its recent habits. According to a report from The Jewish Week, DA Charles [...]

Lawmakers in New York are considering extending the statute of limitations for victims of past child sexual abuse to report the crimes against them. According to a report from BusinessInsurance.com, the state is considering extending the current deadline for victims of child sexual abuse from 23 years old to 28 years old. At that age, [...]

The Social Security Disability Insurance program may soon exhaust its finances if changes to the system which approves and denies applicants isn’t changed, according to federal officials. Wall Street Journal reports the Social Security Administration believes some people receiving SSDI benefits aren’t qualified for the federal program but many others who are qualified are continually [...]

North Carolina is trying to determine what a person’s fertility is worth as it attempts to compensate victims of the state’s defunct Eugenics Board, which sterilized thousands of citizens from the 1930s through the 1970s. New York Times reports, North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue said its citizens who were subjected to sterilization because state social [...]

The District Attorney in Brooklyn has released the findings of a three-year investigation of widespread child sexual abuse among the Orthodox Jewish community the the New York City borough.

Former Penn State University football coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested Wednesday afternoon at his home in State College, Pa., on new child sexual abuse charges alleging he had inappropriate contact and allegedly raped young boys involved in his charity. According to statements released by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office, two more accusers went before a [...]

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has reached deals with pharmacy benefits managers which pushes sales of the cholesterol drug Lipitor over its generic alternatives. Pfizer’s trademark on Lipitor expires Wednesday, according to a New York Ties report, meaning generic counterparts to the top-selling drug can enter the free market. However, in deals struck with pharmacy benefits managers, [...]

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case which will determine whether pharmaceutical sales representatives are covered by overtime pay laws. According to a report from International Business Times (ibtimes.com), the high court decided to hear a lawsuit filed by two pharmaceutical sales reps against GlaxoSmithKline. This is a class-action lawsuit representing thousands of [...]

Three JetBlue airline passengers stranded on a Connecticut tarmac during an October snowstorm have filed a lawsuit against the air carrier for violating federal air travel rules. The passengers are being represented by the law firm of Parker Waichman Alonso LLP and has been filed in a Syracuse, N.Y., federal court, according to a report [...]