By Lacey Crawford – February 27, 2017 – Ford, Nissan, Honda, BMW, and Toyota are accused of using Takata airbags despite knowing about their defects. Read more… To find out if a vehicle is on the recall list, enter the VIN number here on NHTSA Safercar.gov’s database.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released a series of reports involving Takata’s defective air bag inflators, around 100 million of which have been declared defective worldwide, with nearly 70 million inflators in the U.S. alone. In the report, Takata also holds its U.S. arm, not the parent company, responsible […]
Ford announced that it was tallying 1.5 million cars, SUVs and vans to the recall, bringing the North America total of recalled vehicles this year to 2.4 million. Read more here…
General Motors stated it will recall almost 4.3 million vehicles worldwide due to a software defect that prevents air bags from deploying during a crash, a fault already linked to one death and three injuries. Read more here… URL: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/09/gm-recalling-4-million-vehicles-worldwide-for-software-defect-linked-to-1-death.html
Wells Fargo is being sued by customers in what may be the first of many lawsuits to come after leaks that employees created unauthorized accounts to increase the bank’s fees. Read more here… URL: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-16/wells-fargo-faces-customer-suit-over-unauthorized-accounts
By Cindy Nations – Fifty years ago today, Howard L. Nations was licensed to practice law. That was the spark that became the sun. The newcomer who became the legend. The ambitious young man who became a force to reckon with in defense of his clients. I’m not even going […]
In a complaint filed in May 2015, California prosecutors contended that Wells Fargo urged customers into overpriced financial products that they did not need or even request. Read more here… URL: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-wells-fargo-settlement-20160907-snap-story.html
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is putting a stop to the use of a number of common ingredients in antibacterial soaps and washes because there is no evidence those products are safe for long-term use or more effective than plain soap. Read more here in the New York Times […]
Mazda Motor Corp. is recalling more than 190,000 CX-7 SUVs because of a potentially hazardous steering control defect. Read more here… URL: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/mazda-cx7-suv-recall-steering/
Mitsubishi Motors’ American division will conduct a new recall, the second announced this month, for its CVT transmission. According to the filing made to the NHTSA, Mitsubishi’s Constant Velocity Transmission could momentarily lose signal, thus delaying acceleration. Read more here… URL: http://www.autoblog.com/2016/08/22/mitsubishi-recall-82426-cvt-transmission/
Students in Portland, Oregon Public Schools, the largest school district in Oregon, have not taken a drink from a water fountain in two weeks. After two Portland schools tested high for lead in drinking fountains and sinks, lead issues were exposed at schools and other departments across the metro region. […]
Prosecutors reported the State Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Health and Human Services embellished and modified reports about lead contamination in the drinking water. Read more here… URL: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/michigan-officials-charged-flint-water-crisis-article-1.2730964
The vehicles are legal to be sold since the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has declared they will not become potentially unsafe until exposed to high humidity for a prolonged period. Read more here… URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-takata-idUSKCN1002H7
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded a finding that greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft threatens human health and environment, clearing the way for federal regulation Read more here… URL: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/26/epa-ruling-on-aircraft-emissions-paves-way-for-new-regulations
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court in New Orleans decided that the law violates federal laws prohibiting electoral discrimination and must be amended before the November election. Read more here… URL: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/federal-court-finds-texas-voter-id-law-violates-voting-rights-n613481
By Sophie Williams – Three states announced on Tuesday civil lawsuits against VW asserting senior executives safeguarded evidence that the carmaker had deluded emissions tests for years. Read more here… URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkwsagen-emissions-idUSKCN0ZZ1X3
By Sophie Williams – Volkswagen initially encountered up to $18 billion in fines for violating the U.S. Clean Air Act. VW sold over 11 million cars worldwide with deceptive software that cut back on cars’ emissions while undergoing tests. Read more here… URL: http://www.wsj.com/articles/volkswagen-to-pay-up-to-14-7-billion-to-settle-diesel-emissions-claims-1467117548
By Sophie Williams – There are 3,500 lawsuits declaring a link between illnesses and the Wilmington, Delaware -based chemical company’s releasing the chemical into the Ohio River. Read more here… URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-du-pont-verdict-idUSKCN0ZM2BX
In 38 states, high court judges face some sort of reelection which could cause biased decision-making, particularly when ruling on criminal acts. Because of this, it could be detrimental to a case if a judge is elected – as opposed to being appointed – considering that judges who must answer to […]
By Lacey Crawford – In the face of international controversy, Monsanto is still not being held accountable for its products and the products’ effect on the environment and the population. Watch Ring of Fire host Farron Cousins discuss with nationally renowned trial lawyer, Howard L. Nations, the enormous build-up of controversy surrounding Monsanto, […]
By Cindy Nations – Andrea has done it all. She started out as Mr. Nations’ legal secretary and executive assistant. She has covered just about every job you can have at a law firm. And now she is the IT Administrator, which by the way, is 100% self-taught. Andrea has […]