So far this year the main focus of this Blog has been on the alarming number of traffic deaths on Oahu. One week it is motorcycles. The next pedestrians hit in crosswalks or walking along Oahu…
Its Saturday! And so I will digress. Point of privilege. You see this little Blog of mine is more than a marketing tool for a trial attorney. My hope is that this place isn’t all about me or my law…
Reaserchers using a driving simulator are able to modify road conditions and throw in turns to test the risk of driving while distracted in older adults. It looks like a video game but in fact it is…
Ponzi schemes take their name from 1920s con artist Charles Ponzi. The swindlers promise huge returns and then pay returns to early investors with funds gained from subsequent victims. Bernie…
The AP (4/16, Curran) reports, The nation’s pharmaceutical makers spent more than $2.9 million on Vermont’s doctors, hospitals and universities to market their products in the last fiscal year,…
Most people already know that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protects the privacy of their health information. But it also protects your rights to continue your…
Recently, Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), one of the strongest voices for consumer rights in the Senate, went head to head with the President of the American Medical Association (AMA) Nancy Nielsen…
“Every day, consumers rely on household products that contain thousands of chemicals. The American public expects the federal government do all it can to ensure these chemicals are safe before…
Having been involved in looking for new treatments for my wife who died of cancer last year, I can tell you that watching Clinical Trials is a life and death matter for millions of ill Americans. I…
Hawaii has had a history of bed bugs in hotel rooms. What is a bed bug? The only one currently known to be in Hawaii is Cimex lectularius, aka the common bedbug. The wingless, flat, oval-shaped…
I heard a great man give a casual talk to about 20 people today at a brown bag lunch. As we all ate our sandwiches and bottled water he talked about knowing Barrack Obama’s father while they (the…
As Foreclosures rise desperate homeowners are being victimized by illegal or misleading offers of help from a myriad of companies. The companies often charge up front fees and lull frightened…