Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange signed an official proclamation declaring Oct. 24-30, 2010, as Pro Bono Week in Montgomery, Ala. The designation is part of Alabama's activities in celebration of National Pro Bono Week, established by the American Bar Association in 2009 to recognize the efforts of lawyers to provide free civil legal assistance to people in poverty who would otherwise not have access to justice.
The State of Hawaii has reached a settlement agreement with pharmaceutical companies accused of defrauding the state's Medicaid system by overcharging for medications. The State will receive more than $82 million from a number of different drug companies involved in the litigation, which accused the companies of marketing and selling prescription drugs using fraudulent and inflated "average wholesale price" figures.
Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. has filed a lawsuit against BP and other defendants on behalf of Daniel Hudley. The suit alleges that in July, Hudley, 43, was exposed to dangerous levels of crude oil and toxic dispersants when he entered the Gulf of Mexico at Orange Beach, Ala., and swam out attempting to rescue a drowning child. Hudley, 43, was treated at the hospital for about two hours after the incident, but since that time has been extremely ill, suffering from severe headaches and intense abdominal pain, among other symptoms.
Letters written in July 2000 by sales representatives of Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, a division of Pfizer pharmaceutical company, have recently been made public. The letters, addressed to Wyeth executives and to their Office of Ethics and Business Conduct, express serious concerns by Wyeth employees that the company encouraged and even required its drug sales reps to minimize any risk of breast cancer and promote dangerous off-label usage of its hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drugs, Premarin and Prempro. These off label uses were never approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA).
Beasley Allen Law Firm presented the ninth Wii gaming system in its year-long "Wii Give Back!" campaign to the Hurtsboro Library in Hurtsboro, Ala., Tuesday, Sept. 28. The library plans to incorporate the Wii system into its after-school programs for children, as well as year-round activities for senior citizens.
Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. has been hired by the Alabama Restaurant Association (ARA) to provide legal counsel to businesses suffering as a result of the BP oil spill. Restaurants and other hospitality industry businesses have lost and unfortunately continue to lose significant revenue as a result of the oil spill, which severely impacted the availability and pricing of commercial seafood, and crippled the tourist industry at the beginning of its peak season.
Beasley Allen Law Firm will present the ninth Wii gaming system in its year-long "Wii Give Back!" campaign to the Hurtsboro Library in Hurtsboro, Ala. The library will incorporate the Wii system into its after-school programs for children, as well as year-round activities for senior citizens. The presentation is set for Tuesday, Sept. 28 at 1:30 p.m.
As a part of National Child Passenger Safety Week, Beasley Allen sponsored a Seat Check Saturday event in partnership with Safe Kids USA and the Alabama Department of Public Health. The event, held Saturday, Sept. 25, provided parents and child caregivers an opportunity to have their child safety seats installed or inspected at no cost. Qualified seat installation experts inspected 50 child safety seats from 9 a.m.-noon at EastChase shopping center in Montgomery. This was part of National Seat Check Saturday, with similar events held throughout the country.
Beasley Allen Law Firm will sponsor a FREE event for parents and child caregivers in the River Region on Saturday, Sept. 25, to ensure their child safety seats are properly installed in their vehicles. The event, Seat Check Saturday, is part of National Child Passenger Safety Week, an annual event presented by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Seat Check Saturday will be held from 9 a.m.-Noon in Montgomery at The Shoppes at EastChase.
MONTGOMERY, ALA. (September 1, 2010) - Ken Feinberg, with help from BP, developed a plan which was supposed to compensate individuals and businesses who have suffered losses as a result of the BP oil spill. Section 3 of the official claims protocol specifically restricts contact between the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) and claimants who have hired legal counsel.
