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Seeger Weiss's reputation for leadership and innovation has resulted in its appointment to numerous plaintiffs' steering committees in a variety of multi-district litigations (MDLs), particularly in the area of pharmaceutical and securities and investment fraud litigation.
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Accutane
What is Accutane?
Accutane, also known by the generic name isotretinoin, is marketed and sold by Hoffman-LaRoche. Accutane is a drug prescribed to treat very severe forms of acne, such as cystic or n... read more »
ACE Inhibitors
What is an ACE Inhibitor?
ACE inhibitors comprise a class of drugs that inhibit an enzyme responsible for constricting blood vessels. As a result, it widens the blood vessels, increasing the quantit... read more »
Aluminum Macbook / Macbook Pro Crashes
Aluminum Macbook and Macbook Pro Gaming Crashes
Apple (Mac) enthusiasts were pleased to find out that the latest generation of the Macbook line would sport discrete graphics, even on the base mode... read more »
American Cellular Labs
Dietary Supplements Harbor Potentially Dangerous Steroids
Dietary supplements are commonly used by athletes and bodybuilders to enhance recuperation and ensure maximum benifit from strenuous traini... read more »
AMO Complete Moisture Plus
AMO Complete Moisture Plus Multi-Purpose Solution Withdrawn from Market
AMO Complete Moisture Plus Multi-Purpose Solution, a popular product manufactured by Advanced Medical Optics, used for the da... read more »
Apple iPhone Screen Cracking
Apple iPhone Touchscreen's Durability
The iPhone is one of the most sought after cell phones in recent history. Its multi-functionality and attractive design have led many professionals to adopt it ... read more »
Auction Rate Securities
Auction-Rate Securities
Auction Rate Securities have floating interest rates that are changed based on auction prices. The auctions are held at set intervals ranging from every day to annually, th... read more »
Baxter Heparin Sodium Recall
Baxter Heparin Sodium Manufacturing Recall
Heparin is a widely used anticoagulant that has many applications including keeping blood thin for dialysis procedures. Baxter International, one of the co... read more »
BMW - Bridgestone Turanza Tires
BMW 3 Series Tires
BMWs are sporty luxury vehicles with a driver-oriented design. Owners of BMWs tend to have high expectations with regards to the performance as well aesthetics of their cars. BMWs ... read more »
Boston Scientific/ Guidant
Boston Scientific Warns Of Problems With Battery In Implantable Guidant Defibrillators
On April 9, 2007, Boston Scientific notified doctors that some of the implantable heart defibrillators produced... read more »
Certainteed Shingles
Certainteed Shingles Class Action
Many consumers have experienced problems with several lines of Certainteed Shingles becoming damaged and failing within only a few years of their installation. Of... read more »
Chantix
What is Chantix (Varenicline)?
Chantix, also known by its generic name, Varenicline, is marketed and sold by Pfizer. It is prescribed in order to assist adult individuals to quit smoking without the... read more »
Chinese Drywall Problems
Chinese Drywall Corrodes Piping, Breaks Appliances
Home builders in South Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and many other states got a nasty surprise when drywall they installed in their newly built or ... read more »
Contaminated Foods
On April 23, 2007, the Washington Post reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (?FDA?) knew for years about contamination problems that killed three people, sickened hundreds and forced on... read more »
Cough / Cold Medicine
Childrens' Cold Medicine: No More Effective than Home Remedies
It is difficult for parents to know what to do when their children get sick and have a bad cough. Coughing is perceived as an unwante... read more »
Credit Consolidation Failures
Credit Settlement Companies Offer No Help to Consumers with High Debt
Credit consolidation companies promise to renegotiate the outstanding balances of your debt by ?working with creditors? which ... read more »
CVO 110" Engine Problems
Harley Davidson Custom Vehicle Operations Engine Problems
"Screamin' Eagle 110 cu.in." Engine Problems
The high performance 110" (1800cc) "Screamin' Eagle" engine found in the Harley Davidson Cus... read more »
Data and Security Breaches
Data and Security Breaches
As businesses are increasingly storing records digitally, it has become more difficult to ensure the security of the information. A tiny disc is easier to misplace or steal... read more »
DHEA Supplements
Combating Aging With DHEA Pills
In the United States, aging is not primarily viewed as gaining experience or becoming wiser, it is the enemy of happy living. Wrinkles, lines, graying, balding, losi... read more »
Facebook Click Fraud
Facebook Click Fraud Angers Web Advertisers
Companies and advertisers on the popular social networking site Facebook have been shocked to find that ads they placed on Facebook have generated many h... read more »
Ford Edge AWD Smoke
Ford Edge Crossover AWD Problems
The Ford Edge is one of Ford's 'crossover' vehicles which includes styling and functionality that is somewhere between a van, a station wagon, and a small SUV. The... read more »
Fosamax
What is Fosamax?
Fosamax, which has the generic name of alendronate, is marketed by Merck & Co. Fosamax is prescribed to treat and to prevent osteoporosis in women after menopause; it is also used to... read more »
Gadolinium Contrast Agents
FDA Issues Public Health Advisory Concerning Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents
In December 2006 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a second and stronger Public Health Advisory concerning a ... read more »
Gardasil Vaccination Injuries
Gardasil
Gardasil is a vaccination that protects against 4 strains of the Human papillomavirus (HPV), known as HPV types 6, 11, 16, and 18. HPV Types 16 and 18 cause 70% of cervical cancer cases, and... read more »
Guidant Pacemakers
Guidant Class Action Lawsuit
Seeger Weiss is actively investigating claims on behalf of persons who have suffered injuries from defective heart pacemakers produced by the Guidant Corporation. Guidant... read more »
HP DV9000 Laptop Hinge Cracks
HP DV9000 Laptop Hinge Cracks
Seeger Weiss LLP is investigating claims of HP DV9000 Laptop hinge cracking for a potential class action lawsuit. HP DV9000 Notebooks have been cracking at the hinge or ... read more »
HP Pavilion i7 BSODs
Pavilion Elite Crashes and Problems
Hewlett Packard, or HP is the largest computer manufacturer in the world. They produce a wide variety of PC's ranging from small net-books to large business ser... read more »
iMac G5 Black Screen
iMac G5 Logic Board Failures
The world of computers is one of ever increasing performance, and ever declining prices, new processors, more ram, more storage, bigger monitors, more pixels. The compu... read more »
iMac Screen Lines
Apple iMac Screen Lines
The iMac is Apple's mid-level desktop, featuring an integrated 17?, 20? or 24? LCD monitor. The iMac?s LCD flat screen display suffers from a manufacturing defect that creates... read more »
iPhone 3G Performance
Apple iPhone 3G Performance Disappoints
The iPhone 3G, the successor to the original Apple iPhone, created a stir when it was released because it claimed to offer improvements in performance over ... read more »
Kellogg's Immunity Advertising
Kellogg's Cocoa Krispies and Rice Krispies Claim Immunity Benefits
Kellogg's has added labels to some of their cereal products' boxes claiming that the cereal, such as Kellogg's Cocoa Krispies, can... read more »
Kitec Brass Fittings Failure
Pex Pipes
Pex tubing is a generic name for a type of flexible plastic plumbing tubing that recently has become popular with home builders. Pex tubes are a direct substitute for copper pipes and thei... read more »
Kugel Mesh Patch
Seeger Weiss LLP is investigating claims involving the Davol/Bard Composix Kugel Mesh Patch. The patch is used for the repair of ventral hernias.
In January 2007, the Food and Drug Administratio... read more »
Laptop Battery Life
Laptop Battery Life Not Up to Manufacturer Claims
Shopping for laptops is an exhausting task; there are thousands of different models to choose from, and millions of different configurations to sel... read more »
Loan Modification Scams
Subprime Lenders Leave Home owners in a Tight Financial Bind
Subprime mortgage lenders created an unprecedented amount of turmoil in the US housing market by selling thousands of negative-amortiza... read more »
LP Composite Deck Failures
Louisiana-Pacific Manufactured Decking Materials Deteriorate Prematurely
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) announced that it received claims showing accelerated deterioration of several lines of i... read more »
Macbook Air Overheating
Macbook Air Overheating
The Macbook Air is a laptop computer that, unlike many others, has managed to combine computing power together with small size and is therefore a very desirable computer. Its ... read more »
Macbook Cracks
Macbook Case Cracks
The Macbook is the entry-level laptop computer produced by Apple, Inc. There have been reports of cracking at the interface of the keyboard and the computer case, and Apple has n... read more »
Miele Front Load Washers
Pricey Front Loaders' Selling Points
High-end home-appliance manufacturer Miele sells several lines of front-load washing machines. The washers individually start at prices around $2,000.00. A wa... read more »
NYC Crane Collapses
Construction Sites in New York City Accompanied by Risks to Bystanders
Despite the recent decline in national real estate development, New York City's local economy continues to drive significant con... read more »
Ortho Evra
What is Ortho Evra?
The Ortho Evra patch, norelgestromin / ethinyl estradiol transdermal system, is marketed by Ortho McNeil Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson. The Ortho Evra patc... read more »
Paxil
What is Paxil?
Paxil, marketed by GlaxoSmithKline, has the generic name of paroxetine hydrochloride. Paxil is classified as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, more commonly known as SSRIs. Th... read more »
ProMeris' Undisclosed Side Effects
What is ProMeris?
ProMeris is a topical drug sold by Fort Dodge Animal Health, a division of Wyeth, Inc., used to treat and prevent flea and tick infestations in pets. It contains one or both of two ... read more »
PS3 YLOD
Playstation 3 Yellow Light of Death (YLOD)
Most gaming enthusiasts have been impressed by Sony's Playstation 3's reliability. In the early days after it was sold, Sony reported a very low failure ... read more »
ReNu with MoistureLoc
ReNu with MoistureLoc Withdrawn from Market
ReNu with MoistureLoc, a popular product manufactured by Bausch & Lomb, is used for the daily cleaning and disinfection of contact lenses. Recently, Bausch... read more »
Reverse Mortgages
Tough Times for Retired Americans
Many retired Americans are facing increasingly difficult times caused by the volatility of the economy affecting their retirement investments? value added to the i... read more »
Schering-Plough Merck Reverse Merger
Schering-Plough Merck Reverse Merger Shareholder Class Action
Schering-Plough and Merck recently announced plans to enact a reverse merger to combine both companies. Under the terms of the reverse... read more »
Serevent
What is Serevent?
Serevent is an asthma drug manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline. Asthma is a condition in which inflammation of the airways causes airflow to and from the lungs to be restricted. An e... read more »
Sharp DLP Projector Blubs Burnt Out
Sharp DLP Projector Bulbs
Multimedia projectors have been growing in popularity in recent years, the large screen size and flexible positioning of projectors have been seen as a positive feature f... read more »
Shelhigh Devices
Seeger Weiss LLP is investigating claims involving products manufactured by Shelhigh, a New Jersey-based manufacturer of medical devices used in adults, children and infants. Devices manufactured by ... read more »
SPORE's SecuROM DRM
Computer Game DRM: Infringing on Consumer?s Rights
Companies that design and sell computer games, like Electronic Arts, have an interest in making sure that their games are not copied and distribu... read more »
Stables at Millennium
The Stables at Millennium Conshohocken Fire
A welder working for O?Neill Properties Group removed improperly mounted balcony brackets from a construction project next to the Stables at Millennium... read more »
Subprime Mortgages
Seeger Weiss LLP is investigating claims regarding the sale of subprime mortgages, particularly those with an adjustable rate feature for a class action lawsuit. These loans are deceptively structur... read more »
Technical Support Wages
Seeger Weiss LLP is investigating claims involving technical support workers. This potential class action is on behalf of employees who were falsely identified as exempt from certain compensation re... read more »
Vehicle Repossesion Fraud
Repossessions in a Brutal Economic Climate
The current economic outlook is worse than it has been in generations; unemployment has risen, and many have seen their income plummet along with other e... read more »
Vioxx
What is Vioxx?
Vioxx was marketed by Merck & Co., before it was pulled from the worldwide market. Vioxx, also known by the generic name of rofecoxib, was voluntarily withdrawn by Merck on September 3... read more »
Weil-McLain Boiler Failures
Weil-McLain Commercial Steam Boiler Problems
Although steam heating has generally been displaced by other methods of home or apartment heating in single-unit residential buildings, it still can be... read more »
Whirlpool Duet Mold Problems
Front Load Washing Machines' Promising Design
Homeowners are always looking for ways to reduce their energy bills, and many are also looking for ways to reduce their water consumption. Front-load was... read more »
Yamaha Roadstar 1700cc Stalling Problems
Yamaha Roadstar 1700 Stalling / Popping Noises
The Yamaha Roadstar has a distinctive profile and is powered by a substantial 1700cc engine. However, many owners of previous models of the bike, that... read more »
Yaz Birth Control Injuries
Seeger Weiss Investigating Injury Claims Associated with Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella
Seeger Weiss LLP is investigating injury claims associated with the popular birth control drugs Yaz, Yasmin, and Oc... read more »
Zimmer Hip Implant Recall
Zimmer Hip Implant Recall
On July 24, 2008, Zimmer Holdings, the nation's largest producer of orthopedic devices, suspended all U.S. sales of an artificial hip implant component, known as the ?Dur... read more »
Zurn Pex Failures
Pex Piping Systems don't deliver for Home-owners
Pex piping is a generic name for a type of flexible plastic plumbing tubing that has become popular with new home builders. Pex tubes or pipes are a... read more »
Zyprexa
What is Zyprexa?
Zyprexa, which has the generic name olanzapine, was introduced in 1996 and is currently marketed by Eli Lilly and Company. Zyprexa falls into the category of pharmaceuticals known ... read more »
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