Once again, Republican lawmakers are seeking “tort reform” measures that would act to benefit corporations and harm those injured by corporate negligence. Republican Bill Haslam has proposed a bill that would not only amend but effectively gut Tennessee’s Consumer Protection Act. The bill would amend the present law as follows: – Place a limit on […]

Motorcycle helmet laws have been the bane of motorcyclists since states began requiring all riders to wear them. Although it is obvious to anyone that wearing helmets saves lives and minimizes the risk of serious head trauma, riders have insisted that the risk is all theirs and that no one else is at risk if […]

Republicans have long sought to reform the tort system, insisting that the high cost of medical care is due in large part to excessive jury verdicts in medical malpractice cases, and to health providers who feel they have to prescribe whole regimens of unnecessary or redundant tests out of fear of being sued. Democrats have […]

The economic climate has forced businesses to cut costs. It has been an essential step for survival of most businesses and a way to ensure that the organisation has a future. However cutting costs can have implications as far as an organisations legal obligations are concerned. An organisation is guilty of corporate manslaughter if the […]

The 35-year-old Olaide Taiwo, a Nigerian immigrant, stole over 350 identities and claimed tax credits amounting to a total of £1.3million. This was reported as the largest benefits scam of its kind. Taiwo reportedly arrived in Britain in the year 2003 together with his wife and two children. Three applications to stay in the UK […]

Benefits fiddler, Shingirai Zvokunzwa, was sentenced to 10 months imprisonment for a benefits fraud amounting to £28,000 in the Reading area. Fraud investigators were able to follow his footsteps through the use of social networking sites and browsing through immigration records that revealed Zvokunzwa’s dual identity. According to reports, a court was told Zvokunzwa who […]

Widely publicised CO2 Tech Ltd, a company selling investment products and services, faces criminal charges filed by the U.S. Justice Department. Charged with fraud were six men, including stock promoters and traders and a lawyer who had written a fraudulent opinion letter. These individuals were allegedly involved in allegedly luring investors into a scheme called […]

Toyota on its second attempt to dismiss a sudden acceleration class-action lawsuit hands over as proof NASA’s report that there were no electronic defects in its vehicles. Under NASA’s scrutiny, there were actually no electronic defects that could possibly cause the unintended acceleration in the Toyota vehicles. Toyota’s legal team states the lawsuits are therefore […]

The Home Office, along with other news organisations, has raised queries as to whether or not the police should always be involved when fraud cases are being investigated. Indeed, it has been suggested that the matter could be dealt with more suitably by the victims’ banks or financial institutions. As part of the Fraud Act […]

Growing concerns have been raised in relation to the compensation culture and, more specifically, the use of no win no fee arrangements, in order to encourage individuals to litigate where the case may be spurious or, at the very least highly, unlikely to be successful. Recognising this ongoing difficulty, Lord Young has presented a report […]