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Many personal injury suits and wrongful death lawsuits have been filed in recent years by patients and their families across the US who state that they have been injured by their implanted IVC filters. FDA reported that from 2005-10, they received 921 adverse event reports dealing with IVC filter complications.  The adverse event reports at FDA determined that 328 of those incidents were due to the device migrating to another party of the body, while there also were 146 cases of embolization, which happens when the device migrates to critical blood vessels in the lungs or heart.  Below is an April 2016 update about pending litigation regarding IVC filters:  South Dakota Litigation In one recent case, a South Dakota patient stated that she had an Eclipse IVC filter made by CR Bard that was implanted in her body. The device was placed in her inferior vena cava because she could not use a regular blood thinner. This device was supposed to be temporary in her case.  However, she noted in her lawsuit that the filter was never taken out and became lodged in the blood vessel. Her suit also contends that it migrated from where it was placed and has since imbedded in her lung.  Surgeons attempted to remove the IVC filter but could not do so. The suit further notes that she is at higher risk for a variety of medical problems that could threaten her life at some point. Included in the claim for damages is the fact that she suffers daily emotional trauma with a concern that she could have a sudden, catastrophic medical condition that could be fatal.  Clinical Study Suggests IVC Filter Use Should Be Rare A recent clinical study found that IVC filters actually help a small number of patients who receive them, and that using them can lead to additional risks.  The clinical study was published in Circulation, a major medical journal. This clinical study is one of the first to determine which patients should actually receive the filter, from those who rather should be treated with blood thinners alone.  The study states that the use of the filters has not always been driven by good science, due to the fact that only two small clinical studies have deeply studies their use in patients. The head of the study, Richard White, chief of general medicine and medical director of the anticoagulation service at UC Davis, stated that the study results should help doctors to know when the filter should be used or not.  The clinical trial studied one year outcomes, which occurred deaths and new occurrences of blood clots. Approximately 85,000 adults who were hospitalized from 2005-10 for a pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis. About 11% of all patients received a filter as part of their therapy.  Patients in the study were in three major groups: those who were able to receive blood thinners alone; those who had bleeding and could not use them; and those who had a recent surgery and could not be on anticoagulants for a brief period.  The major outcomes in  the IVC filter study were:  IVC filters cut down 30 and 90 death rates by 30 percent for 3.5 percent of patients in the study who suffered from active bleeding. The filters however also increased the risk of new clots in the legs by 135 percent.  Using the filter did not help patients who could get blood thinners. Compared to those who did not get a filter, it boosted the risk of new clots in the legs by 50 percent. The filters had no effect on the chances of later pulmonary embolism, which is the main reason doctors use them.  Meanwhile, for patients who had surgery recently, using the filter did not produce harm or benefit. White noted that these last patients probably had blood thinners withheld for a short time after they had surgery. He noted that unless blood thinner therapy cannot be started after surgery, using an IVC filter probably will not help.  ...read more

A businessman from Pennsylvania who was thought of as a pioneer in payday loans was indicted last week for engaging in racketeering. This indictment waspart of a wider federal crackdown on abusive lending schemes. The media reported that Charles Hallinan’s payday lending operations produced more than $600 million in profits from 2008-13. The indictment was filed in federal court last week alleging that Hallinan conspired to violate federal racketeering laws. The federal indictment also included Wheeler Neff, who is a lawyer from Delaware, whose clients included Hallinan. The indictment alleges that Hallinan and Neff conspired to defraud more than 1200 people. The racketeering charges came as the US is trying to crack down on what it considers abusive practices by some payday lenders. A payday lender provides a small amount of credit that the borrower agrees to pay back quickly, such as when they get their next paycheck. The payday lenders say they provide a needed service for consumers who need quick cash, but critics accuse them of encouraging borrowers to run up high debt loads with high interest rates. Fourteen states currently prohibit payday loans. Last February, federal prosecutors charged Scott Tucker, a race car driver who ran a $2 billion payday lending operation that had more than four million customers. He has pleaded not guilty; he used to work with Hallinan. The federal indictment stated that Hallinan owned, operated and financed at least 12 payday lending companies from 1997 until 2013. The companies would issue loans with rates as high as 700%. Federal prosecutors claim that Hallinan tried to evade state laws that make such loans criminal activity. He would allegedly pay three native tribes to pretend that they were the lenders, so they could claim sovereign immunity. Both men also have been charged for helping another payday lender to evade anti-usury laws by entering into fake contracts with a Native American tribe that were designed to give the impression that the tribe was the actual lender. If he is convicted on all charges,Hallinan could get at least 12 years in prison, three years of probation, and fines. Feds Relying on Racketeering Laws to Bust Up Payday Lenders Regulators in some states have been unable to stop payday lenders,so federal prosecutors now are using racketeering lawsthat originally were intended to prosecute members of the Mafia. The racketeering laws were set up in 1970 and give the feds more time to go after criminals and set tougher prison terms and fines. However, Hallinan is mounting a defense using Edwin Jacobs, who is a lawyer famous for helping mob figures beat racketeering charges. Jacobs has represented Mafia boss Joseph Ligambi in a loan sharking case, and Ligambi ended up walking free in 2015. Hallinan’s defense team has said that the feds’ case against their client is incorrect and predicted that it will not be successful. They stated that the charges of the federal government are an unfair assault on payday lending,which is still legal in the majority of states.They added that their client is being indicted mostly because some in government circles do not like payday lending. However, the US Justice Department has made going after payday lenders a top priority in the last few years as the industry has gotten more popular and widespread. How the Indictment Process Works At the Federal Level In the above case, a federal grand jury most likely met for the past few months and investigated the suspected criminal activity of the payday lenders. The federal prosecutor on the case must have believed that Hallinan could be guilty of a felony that is punishable by more than a year in prison. At that point, he had to get the permission of the grand jury to continue to the case. Then,the grand jury would investigate the suspected criminal activityby hearing testimony from witnesses and reviewing any documented evidence. For the case to proceed to an indictment, the grand jury has to find that there is probable cause to charge Hallinan with a crime. This means that the evidence shows that it is reasonable to charge Hallinan with a crime. Racketeering Laws Racketeering laws came into effect under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO. RICO laws define many criminal activities based upon the company or organization status as one that gets its income from committing criminal offenses. It is illegal for people or companies toacquire, establish or operate any organization that derives its income from illegal activities. ...read more

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When you receive a “discharge” of your debts from the bankruptcy court, that means your case is concluded and you can begin to enjoy a fresh start in your financial life. Second chances are a big part of what America was built on and still remains as strong tradition in the United States. At this time, you will have an opportunity to begin building for your more secure financial future, including saving money and rebuilding your credit. After your <a href=“http://lastminutebankruptcy.com/”>bankruptcy court</a> is concluded, you may want to repair and rebuild your credit. The biggest thing that you can do to rebuild and repair your credit is to pay your remaining bills on time. This would include paying your mortgage or rent on time, paying your car, phone, electric and other utility bills on time, all of which can contribute toward rebuilding your credit. Another option you may have, is to get a “secured” credit card. This is a credit card issued to you by a bank, where you send them up- front, how much money you want for a line of credit. You make charges on the card and get a bill, just like a regular credit card. You pay the bill on time every month and after making several payments on time, you can ask the bank to turn that credit card into a regular, unsecured credit card. Doing this can help you rebuild a positive credit history. This process does not happen overnight, but if you are taking steps in the right direction, your credit will improve over time. One of the biggest benefits going in your favor, is that new credit card companies and lenders will know you have concluded a bankruptcy and essentially have no more debt, so you are viewed by them as a person with little or no more debt, which is a good thing. ...read more

According to Geoffrey G Nathan ofFederal Drug Charges.net, there were many big drug busts in 2013 that netted a lot of cash and illegal drugs. Some of the top federal drug busts of last year were the following #1 DEA Announces Biggest Ever Synthetic Drug Bust - Louisiana On June 26, 2013, the DEA announced the largest synthetic drug bust, which included suspects in 35 states and five nations. More than 150 arrest warrants were issued, with 11 in Louisiana. These arrests in Louisiana occurred in Terrebonne Parish, with 10 search warrants issued. About $500,000 was seized, along with several kilos of synthetic marijuana. The investigation went on for seven months, and agents simultaneously served over 375 search warrants in 49 US cities, and also in Australia, Barbados, Panama and Canada. Synthetic drugs are created in the lab, and also are sold as herbal incense, bath salts or jewelry cleaner. Source:http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/06/dea_announces_largest-ever_syn.html #2 Phone Call Leads to $3 Million Marijuana Drug Bust - Virginia Drug kingpins were arrested in September 2013 in Richmond, VA, causing a criminal empire to crumble that stretches from coast to coast. Caroline County VA investigators, working with Spotsylvania deputies and federal agents, uncovered a huge drug operation. And it all stemmed from a minor petit larceny telephone call by a neighbor of one of the drug kingpins. The goods collected by the police during the drug bust included boats, antique cars and motorcycles. The police also seized more than 5000 pounds of pot and $3.25 million. Dozens of semi-automatic rifles also were taken. Source:http://wtvr.com/2013/09/17/caroline-county-drug-ring-bust/ #3 $3 Million Cocaine and Pot Bust the Largest Ever in Albany Region - New York On December 6, 2013, the Albany NY region saw its largest ever drug seizure. The $3 million federal drug bust was after the DEA surveillance of a man who was using a storage locker in Rensselaer County. The investigation started in October 2013, when a DEA task force began to track Oniel Mckenzie, who is from Jamaica. He was suspected of using a local woman to help him to bring large quantities of cocaine and marijuana into the country. The case broke open in October when the task force saw Mckenzie pick up boxes at a storage locker in Rensselaer. After he left that facility in a Jeep that day, federal agents got a search warrant to enter the storage locker. Cocaine seized during the case was found to be worth $2 million . That was the largest cocaine seizure ever in the Albany area. Source:http://blog.timesunion.com/crime/3m-drug-bust-largest-ever-in-capital-region/14145/ #4 Biggest Ever Heroin Bust in Northeast Ohio History - Cleveland The biggest heroin drug bust in NE Ohio history happened on Sept. 18, 2013, when a long indictment was filed against dozens of suspects in a long running national drug ring. In total 92 men and women were named in an indictment that ran to 203 counts. The charges in the document varied from heroin trafficking to illegal possession of guns, to money laundering. The investigation, termed Operation Fox Hound, found that heroin supplies were being funneled from Atlanta either by mail or by truck. The top dealers brought the product in from the south and into NE Ohio. The investigation found that the men and women in the drug ring used violence to stop competing dealers and to reduce supply from other dealers. Some of those arrested robbed other dealers and sold that heroin to make more money. Source:http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2013/09/18/read-the-documents-from-the-huge-cleveland-heroin-bust #5 100 Arrested in Huge New England Heroin and Cocaine Ring - CT, MA, RI and NY Federal, state and local police arrested approximately 100 people across New England on April 4, 2013, all of whom were allegedly involved in heroin and cocaine trafficking from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Over 700 law enforcement officials executed federal and state arrest warrants in CT, NY, RI, MA and Puerto Rico. About 52 people were arrested for federal drug charges and for money laundering, and about 50 were arrested on state drug charges. Source:http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0404/Drug-bust-100-arrested-in-New-England-heroin-cocaine-ring ...read more

The man who operated a $44 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded 200 investors was indicted this week in Charlotte, NC. The federal grand jury sitting on the case returned the criminal indictment on Daniel Willford, from Statesville NC. He was charged with a single count of security fraud and wire fraud, as well as five counts of money laundering. The indictment also included a forfeiture allegation, with a money judgement sought in the amount of $44,000,000. According to US Attorney Anne Tompkins, fraudsters who are still not getting the message should know that she is strongly committed to prosecuting all financial crimes in her region. If you choose to rip people off, you are going to get indicted in North Carolina. Tompkins state that Williford was swindling people for years, which included people with whom he worked, out of money they worked hard to earn. Most people have trouble paying for college for their children, but Williford paid for it with cash from his fleeced investors. The allegations in the indictment state that from 2007 to 2013,Williford convinced 200 investorsaround the country to invest $44 million. He promised victims that the money was going to be put into wireless Internet equipment, Internet towers and related faciliites. Rather than investing the money in what he said, the indictment stated that Williford ran a Ponzi scheme to fund a fancy lifestyle. He only used $8 million of the money as he said he would. He used about $32 million of the money to pay for his personal expenses and to pay for some of the ‘profits’ in investments he owed investors. But the pay outs only came from funds that were paid in by new investors. If he is convicted, he will face 20 years in prison each for security and wire fraud, and 10 years in prison for each money laundering account. He also could be ordered to pay a $5,000,000 fine for all of the counts on the various charges, if convicted. Crimes such as wire fraud and securities fraud almost alwaysare prosecuted at the federal level.The reason is that these crimes affect people in multiple states and across state lines. Most financial fraud cases are normally pursued at the federal level, while most violent crimes normally are prosecuted at the state level. Most people who are accused of federal crimes end up pleading guilty and the vast majority of these cases do not even go to trial. A plea bargain is reached that often will result in some leniency. ...read more

 While the future of a market may forever be unpredictable, financial bubbles have been show to exhibit unique precursory patterns before their collapse. The goal of The Bubble Index is to identify these bubbles and allow investors time to prepare. Up until now, a practical and quantitative measure of market instability has not existed. Previously, to determine the stability of the market on any given day, one may look at a number of technical indicators; one example being the volatility index. However, the volatility index does not provide a leading indication of market crashes like that of 1929, 1987, 2000, and others. In other words, the volatility will tell you the crash has occurred shortly after it has occurred. Other models, such as GARCH, also fail in warning investors about extreme market events.      The Bubble Index, based on the ideas and research of Didier Sornette and colleagues, treats financial markets as a complex network of interacting traders. Under this hypothesis the aggregate behavior of all traders and investors can be modeled as a complex physical network. During “normal” times, when traders are highly idiosyncratic and random, returns are well fitted by the Gaussian distribution. Here, the market can be considered as existing in a “stable phase.” This is where the market spends most of its time. As time progresses, the network of traders may become less idiosyncratic and more correlated. This causes the creation of the fat tails in the return distributions.      Eventually, this network of traders transitions between the state of idiosyncratic behavior and “herd” behavior. The switch to “herd” behavior is analogous to raising a pencil on its eraser. The pencil's position is now highly unstable. Any exogenous shock will send the pencil crashing down. This same sensitivity to exogenous variables exists in financial markets while in this phase. The market enters this position through self-organization. “Standing the market” upon its “eraser” is equivalent to “forming a network of traders” who “act as a herd.” In this state, most exogenous shocks will cause the entire system to “fall over,” i.e., “return to normal.” As the market self-organizes, oscillations occur and can be detected in the time series data. Measuring the strength of these oscillations through time, The Bubble Index allows one to quantify systemic risk. Thus, the Bubble Index is truly a fundamental measure of market instability.      The Bubble Index measures the instability of a financial market. Taking a time series of daily price data, The Bubble Index can be easily created. For example, consider a time series of daily data for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. This can be used to create a Bubble Index which predicts, weeks in advance, all of the top 15 largest single day % declines. As another example, consider the Bubble Index for the DJIA. Each of the red vertical lines corresponds to the largest single day % declines. There is a clear and rapid rise in The Bubble Index in the days before these major declines. To read more, visit http://www.thebubbleindex.com ...read more

Federal agentsseized more than $25,000 in cash in the Indianapolis area. The feds noted that the cash was packed in a suspicious manner, which leads them to think that the money was from a large drug transaction. A court filing shows that US postal inspectors often check packages in the mail, and a drug sniffing canine pinpointed a package that was going through the mail facility in Indianapolis on South High School Road. The dog informed its master that it detected narcotics of some kind. This prompted the feds to get a search warrant to open up the package. The court papers in the case noted that the postal inspectors thought that the package was suspicious because the return address was different than where it was mailed from. Also, the address that the package was being sent to had suspicious markings of some kind and the names were not matching. When the feds opened the package with the search warrant, they found there was an empty box that filled up most of the Express Mail package. They also noted there was a small box that was gift wrapped. It was about the size of a book. In the gift box, the agents noted there was a plastic bag that was vacuum sealed and contained $24,100 in cash, with $100 bills, $50 bills and various other currency. A couple in Bloomington filed the claim with the US postal service, noting that their lawyer stated that the cash was supposed to be for a down payment to buy a house. The attorney stated that the cash was not for any illegal purpose. The US Postal Service wanted to see more information to prove that the cash was for real estate, but they stated that the attorney could not provide any additional details supporting this claim. For years, postal inspectors have seized cash from suspicious packages through the use of US drug forfeiture laws. This practice has become controversial in other cities when inspectors do not find any trace of narcotics, but they are able to convince a court to seize the cash because there is a suspicion of drug activity of some kind. In this Indianapolis case, the postal inspectors stated that the funds are drug money because the package has suspicious markings and the return address does not match where the package was mailed from. Also, the cash was shrink wrapped and the drug sniffing dog did smell narcotics on the package. There has been a court hearing set and the couple will have the chance to prove to a federal judge that the cash was for a legitimate purpose. If they cannot prove that the cash was to be used for real estate, the federal government will keep the money. In an unrelated case, US border patrol agents had a major cash seizure of almost $270,000 in cash at an inspection checkpoint on Interstate 10 in New Mexico. Agents discovered 15 vacuum sealed bundles of cash that were hidden in a rear quarter panel of a truck that was hauling several cars. The truck driver stated that he did not know anything about the cash. The cars and the cash were seized by the US Border Patrol. This bust followed another bust where the border patrol found 18 packages of marijuana and a backpack that had $5000 in cash in another inspection of another semi truck on NM Highway 26. The marijuana totalled 430 pounds and had a value of over $300,000. In that case, the truck, drugs,money and driver were handed over to the DEA. For more information on how to recover your cash&assets; seized by the DEA or other government agencies, learn about Attorney Nathan'sCash seizure lawservice. ...read more

An Irish nanny named Aisling Brady McCarthywas held without bail last week after she was arraigned in Boston on a charge of murder in the first degree. She also was charged with assault and battery, with both charges regarding the deal of a one year old child who was in her care in January of this year. The judge, Thomas Billings at the Middlesex County Superior Court would not release the woman on $5000 bail, due to the serious nature of the charges against her, and also because she is a foreign national with ties overseas. There was a fear that she would try to flee the US and return to Ireland. The defendant, who was emotionally distraught during the hearing, lived in the US for 13 years and was working illegally as a nanny. She appeared in court in Woburn, Massachusetts. The defendant is 34 years-old and she currently lives in Quincy. She pleaded not guilty to both charges. She spoke only three times during the court hearing, which lasted about one hour. She was asked by a clerk of court how she pleads on the two charges. The woman said, crying, ‘not guilty.’ She also hid from the view of people in the public gallery in a holding area for defendants. The defense lawyer for the nanny stated that McCarthy is not guilty of the crime. She said that while the case is a homicide, the wrong person was charged. It is not clear at this time who the defense argues committed the murder. According to the prosecution, McCarthy is a flight risk and that if she was able to return to Ireland, the state of Massachusetts would have a difficult time getting her back into the US. Ireland will not extradite the accused for a capital offense. The defense argued that if she was released on bail, her client would wear a GPS bracelet and that she would promise to stay in the US and would answer on all charges. However the judge would not release her on bail. The prosecutor notedduring the hearing that the injuries to the baby were so severe that there was nothing the doctor could do at the hospital to prevent her death. According to court reports, on Jan. 14, which was the baby’s first birthday, McCarthy shook the baby violently and may have bounced her head off of a table and a wall. Apparently, the baby was having separation anxiety from her mother, who had recently gone back to work. There were some questions before the tragedy about how well McCarthy was caring for the child. On the day before, the baby’s family was coming in from outside the US to celebrate the child’s birthday. McCarthy was told to have the baby home early in the morning, but she did not bring her back until the afternoon. Also, the mother talked to her about feeding her better. On Jan. 14, the mother left the baby with McCarthy and said that she was normal and healthy. During the day, neighbors reported that the baby was screaming much of the day. McCarthy said when the grandparents came by that the baby was asleep. However, she was still in the crib at 4:30 when they came back. The mother came home at that time and no one was able to wake the child. At the hospital, it was found that the baby had brain herniation that was caused probably by the head hitting another hard surface. She also had three compression fractures in her spine. Her rear also was bruised. She was declared legally brain dead 48 hours later. Damage was found to a wall near the changing table and plaster bits were on the floor. Blood also was found on the baby’s pillow. This article was provided byGeoffrey G Nathan Law Offices in Boston. ...read more

Several immigrant groups are pushing legislators to support legislation that they say will cut down on deportations in the state of Massachusetts.  About three dozen advocates demonstratedon the statehouse steps this week in support of a bill that would tell law enforcement agencies to not provide information toUS Immigration and Customs Enforcementofficials on any illegal immigrants who do not have serious records.  The lead sponsor for the bill isSenator James Eldridge. He noted that the new measure is being introduced in response to the national Secure Communities program. This program shares the fingerprints of arrestees with FDA and the Department of Homeland Security.  Eldridge noted that most people who are being deported under this program in the state did not have a criminal record of a serious nature that typically require amassachusetts criminal lawyer Geoffrey G Nathan, out of Boston. He noted that minor misdemeanor offenses, such as traffic stops, should not cause people to be deported.  He said that the Secure Communities law should focus on violent offenders and serious criminals. That is not what has occurred in Massachusetts, Eldridge argues.  The controversial program started in the state last year, even though there were numerous concerns by Governor Deval Patrick and other politicians.  The new bill will try to prevent law enforcement from responding to ICE requests that they should detain suspected illegals if the person has been found not guilty or if the charges were dismissed.  The bill also tells law enforcement agencies to not allow inmates to speak to ICE agents, unless there is a lawyer present on their behalf. Any inmates who are in the hospital or are on suicide watch also would not be allowed to speak to ICE. Inmates would not be denied bail if they had a written request from ICE under the new bill. The legislation further notes that there would be no legal authority for law enforcement in the Commonwealth to enforce any federal civil immigration laws of any kind.  Those who support Secure Communities state that the program is important to help to eliminate people from the country who should not be and have been arrested before.  Other representatives in the state say that they are tired of hearing from constituents who tell them that the police came and took the neighbor away, or that their mother was deported and she didn’t have a criminal record.  The group Centro Presente is a pro-immigrant group that spoke at the recent rally. The executive director for the group stated that the feds argue that Secure Communities only targets and deports serious criminals. That is not the case, she said.  Lawmakers in Massachusetts are not the first in the US to draft a new bill that bars law enforcement from detaining suspects, unless they are charged with violent or serious crimes.  Last year, CA Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a similar bill that is called the TRUST Act. He argued that it was fatally flawed. He noted that it omitted too many serious crimes that would allow detention. Also, CT and FL lawmakers have started new bills that could ban public safety organizations from cooperating. with any requests to detain people who are suspected of being in the US illegally.  Local governments in many cities, including Washington DC, New York City and Cook County, IL, have introduced similar measures.  The Secure Communities program is now in more than 3000 local jurisdictions since it was first passed in 2008.  ...read more

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