In October 2012, Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, a 16-year-old Mexican boy, was walking on a road meters from the Arizona border when a U.S. Border Patrol agent on the U.S. side shot and killed him. A federal court will soon decide whether a foreign national bring claims under the U.S. Constitution for an incident...

Recently I wrote about how a 2003 law passed by Congress prohibits Medicare from negotiating with drug makers on the price of the medications purchase. Medicaid does it. Because the response to this was significant, I have more to say on the topic. Medicare Part D premiums will increase 13 percent and in addition,...

GoFundMe has created an internet web page to pay legal fees and costs for any person who leaks tapes of Donald Trump saying disparaging or offensive comments during the time he worked on NBC's reality series, The Apprentice. "Someone out there is likely in possession of a piece of evidence that could be used to...

Brand named drugs cost the Medicare prescription drug program Part D double the cost for the same drugs sold in developing countries. Medicaid and the VA are permitted to negotiate drug prices,. Medicare is not. Medicare is a much larger program but is is barred from negotiating prices by laws made by Congress!....

If Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf is fired, he still could receive over $102.7 million and that would not include $25.2 million worth of unvested stock and options. USA published numbers from Equilar and Fortune also published data supporting this. Two weeks ago, it was reported that Carrie Tolstedt, the Wells Fargi exec who...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers not to purchase or use Stiff Bull Herbal Coffee, a product promoted for improving energy. This product was identified by FDA during an examination of international mail shipments. FDA laboratory analysis confirmed that Stiff Bull Herbal Coffee contains desmethyl carbodenafil. Desmethyl carbodenafil is...

The United States EB-5 Visa program allowing foreign investors to obtain citizenship after investing $500,000 to $1 million to finance a business which employs 10 or more Americans in economically depressed areas. The New York Times overviewed this program in today's paper and pointed out how the EB-5 program, while good in concept, has...

The former Chief of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Whistleblower Office,Sean X. McKessy, is joining the firm as a partner in its Washington, DC, office. McKessy was the first Chief of the SEC Whistleblower Office and served in the position for five years.The Office of the Whistleblower received Commission...

A new Massachusetts law allows people to enter other people's cars to rescue trapped, overheated animals, if the owners cannot be found. Governor Charlie Baker signed "An Act Preventing Animal Suffering and Death" on Friday. The bill was originally filed by State Senator Mark Montigny, a Democrat from New Bedford. The law forbids people from...