Defective & Dangerous Products

• Kudos to GM for Volt Buy Back Policy

  Michael Phelan | December 02, 2011 10:00 AM | 31 CommentsRichmond, VA

  According to a report in the New York Times,General Motors said Thursday that it would buy back Chevrolet Volts if owners were concerned about fire risks. It also promised to comply with any...

• DePuy Pinnacle Hip Implant MDL Likely

  Michael Phelan | April 15, 2011 11:20 AM | 5 CommentsRichmond, VA

  The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has scheduled a May 16, 2011, hearing in Louisville, Kentucky, to determine whether to consolidate for purposes of discovery all federal DePuy Pinnacle...

• FOUR LOKO:The Facts About "Alcopop" or "Blackout in a Can"

  Michael Phelan | January 06, 2011 1:01 PM | 3 CommentsRichmond, VA

  “Four” is a line of alcoholic energy drinks manufactured and sold by Phusion Projects LLC. The name is derived from the drink’s original four main ingredients: alcohol, caffeine,...

• Tainted Triad Alcohol Wipes LInked to Infections and Death

  Michael Phelan | February 23, 2011 11:01 AM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Bacillus cereus is a gram positive bacteria listed by the FDA as a bad bug. It is typically associated with food poisoning. Hence, you can imagine the initial confusion at a Houston hospital when,...

• FDA Requests Recall of ALL Shelhigh Medical Devices

  Michael Phelan | May 03, 2007 3:23 PM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA

  On May 2, 2007, the FDA issued a formal written request to Shelhigh, Inc. to recall ALL of its medical devices remaining in the marketplace. I blogged in April about the April 17, 2007 raid by U.S. Marshals of Shelhigh's Union, N.J. plant. At the FDA's request, the Marshals seized all medical devices found at the plant because of concerns that the devices were not sterile. During the raid,...

• NHTSA Seeking Record Fine Against Toyota

  Michael Phelan | April 06, 2010 8:47 AM | 1 CommentRichmond, VA

  Signaling that the federal government is getting tougher on auto safety enforcement, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it would seek the maximum civil fine of...

• Don't Buy Chinese-Made Products

  Michael Phelan | June 26, 2007 11:15 AM | 1 CommentRichmond, VA

  I favor free-trade and don't consider myself to be an isolationist, but enough is enough. First we learn that Chinese-made ingredients in pet food are killing our pets. Next we learn that Chinese-made toothpaste is toxic. Recently, we learned that Thomas the Tank Engine toy trains contain enough lead paint to cause permanent brain damage to toddlers who might chew on the toys. Now, the...

• Success as a Virginia Lawyer

  Staff Writer | February 02, 2006 11:18 AM | 1 CommentRichmond, VA

  I just finished reading a business article on how to compete with large companies. Its theme was that a small firm can actually have the edge over larger firms, because you do not have to worry about managing large scale organizations at the expense of personal relationship building. This might not specifically address to law firms, but it is applicable to how we have built our law firm. New law...

• MDL Panel Assigns DePuy Hip Cases to Northern District of Ohio

  Michael Phelan | December 06, 2010 6:25 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation decided that all pretrial proceedings in federal lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson, parent of DePuy Orthopaedics, over recalled devices used in...

• News re: Johnson & Johnson DePuy Hip Implant Recall

  Michael Phelan | October 06, 2010 10:39 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  DePuy Orthopaedics, a division of Johnson & Johnson issued a worldwide recall of all components for its ASR™ XL Acetabular System (total hip implant) an DePuy ASR™ Hip Resurfacing...