Alaska Injury Law Blog
Covers Alaska injury and accident law, including car accidents, maritime law and product liability law.
Author: Mike Moody, Richard Vollertsen and Neil O'Donnell practice at Alaska Personal Injury Law Group in Anchorage, Alaska.
Blawg Related Categories: Admiralty & Maritime Law • Tort Law • Injury & Accident Law • Product Liability Law • States • Alaska • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Alaska Injury Law Blog
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Hydroxycut Redux: Now It's Hepatotoxicity
The FDA has recalled 14 Hydroxycut weight loss supplements after receiving reports of severe liver damage that led to the death of a 19-year-old man, and a liver transplant in another supplement user, as well…
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More Spiked Weight Loss Supplements
The FDA has again issued a nationwide alert to consumers about weight loss products that have been "spiked" with undeclared drugs. The FDA identified Herbal Zenicol, Slimbionic, and Xsvelten, bringing its list of adulterated weight…
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The Bush Preemption Doctrine: Preemption Interruptus
The Bush Administration's attempt to provide complete immunity to the drug industry ended today with a 6-3 vote of the United States Supreme Court. (We previously explored the Bush Administration's attempt to use the preemption…
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GAO Calls For More FDA Oversight Of Diet Supplements
The GAO released a 77-page audit report today critical of the FDA's efforts to protect consumers from dangerous diet supplements. Since manufacturers became required to report adverse events, well-known to be underreported even in the…
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Texas Takes Down Mannatech
The Texas Attorney General's office has announced that its litigation against Mannatech has been concluded with a settlement agreement. The agreement mandates that Mannatech return $4m to customers and its founder, Sam Caster, must pay…
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Neil O'Donnell Again Selected For Inclusion in The Best Lawyers In America
Neil O'Donnell has been selected for inclusion in the 2009 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The publication states that selection to Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey by…
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The Hollowing Out of Insurance Coverage
Recent congressional testimony by the Legislative Director of the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) catalogued several major trends in the insurance industry over the past two decades. Most of these trends are extremely adverse to…
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Alaska Personal Injury Law Group's Law Firm Ranked #1
Best Lawyers in America has now released its law firm rankings for 2009, and has ranked Atkinson, Conway & Gagnon #1 in the Products Liability category in both the Alaska and Anchorage surveys. The Alaska…
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Alaska Personal Injury Law Group Attorney Selected As "Lawyer of the Year"
Richard E. Vollertsen, one of the Alaska Personal Injury Law Group's attorneys, has just been selected as "Lawyer Of The Year" by Best Lawyers In America. Mr. Vollertsen is one of three lawyers to be…
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Is The FDA Getting It...Or Just Getting Around To It?
The bright spot in today's news is that the FDA has announced its initiative against "contaminated weight loss products." One has to applaud the agency's efforts because diet supplements, in general, and weight loss products,…