“Significant levels of toxic heavy metals” found in popular baby foods: report
On Thursday, February 4, 2021 the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy for the House of Representatives published a staff report titled “Baby Foods are Tainted with Dangerous Levels of Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium, and Mercury.” The Subcommittee, relying on internal company test results from Nurture, Beech-Nut, Hain and Gerber found that all tested baby foods […]
New York Fourth Department Win on Personal Jurisdiction in Benzene Case
Disputes over personal jurisdiction have become more and more commonplace in product liability cases in recent years. Although the U.S. Supreme Court has issued several seminal decisions addressing personal jurisdiction over the past decade, there is a specific jurisdiction issue in relation to which it has not rendered a decision but is expected to do […]
RBG, A Father, & Daughters
As a law student in 1970, the upheaval of the 60’s was a part of my thinking as I sat in my first class in Civil Procedure. As I looked around the classroom in what was an old repurposed factory building, I noticed many women about to take on law school with me. I confess […]
Campus Life During COVID-19: Should Students & Families Be Reimbursed?
College Education in the US was, like most all of life in the country, turned upside down in a matter of days by the Covid 19 pandemic. Hundreds of thousands of students, looking forward to Spring on the quadrangle or other favorite campus hangouts were told to pack up and leave all student housing in […]
COVID-19 Update from Locks Law Firm
Dear Colleagues and Friends, We are closely monitoring this rapidly changing situation and we want to assure you that our main priority at this time is making sure our clients, staff and community are all safe. In efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 we have asked that all of our staff work remotely until […]
Congratulations to Partner Karl Friedrichs for his recent designation as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney
Congratulations to Partner Karl Friedrichs for his recent designation as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney A certified civil trial attorney in the state of New Jersey has demonstrated satisfactory levels of experience, continuing legal education as well as sufficient knowledge and skill regarding civil trial law as confirmed by the New Jersey Supreme Court’s Board […]
Partner Jerry Lindheim and Associate Timothy Burke Receive Precedent Setting Decision For Vaccine Injury
Locks Law Firm is pleased to announce the recent victory of Partner Jerry Lindheim and Associate Timothy Burke in a vaccine claim that they litigated in the United States Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C. The case involved a woman who was administered the Fluzone vaccine, which the attorneys were able to prove was […]
Birth Injuries: We Must Do Better
A baby born before 37 weeks of pregnancy is born too early, and this is called preterm or premature birth. The Center for Disease Control has reported that in 2018 preterm birth affected 1 of every 10 infants born in the USA. In the final weeks and months of pregnancy, a developing baby goes through […]
Wawa Announces Data Breach Potentially Affecting All Locations
Wawa has announced a data breach affecting customers who visited their locations and paid with a credit or debit card from March 4, 2019 to December 12, 2019. The Notice of Data Breach on their website states that, “This malware affected customer payment card information used at potentially all Wawa locations beginning at different points..” […]
Partner Al Anthony on Renewable Energy in his community of Livingston, NJ
Partner Al Anthony has spent his entire career specializing in environmental contamination and toxic exposure. As Mayor of Livingston, NJ, he continues to advocate for environmental protections in his community. More recently, he was featured in NJ Municipalities discussing these topics. Click here to read more.
Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act aims to protect residents and their loved ones
The Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act, proposed by Reps. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), aims to ban long term care facilities from requiring nursing home residents to sign and commit to pre-dispute binding arbitration agreements. What is a pre-dispute binding arbitration agreement? A pre-dispute binding arbitration agreement is a contract that mandates […]
Asbestos Found in Philadelphia Schools
Many people believe that asbestos was banned in the 1970s, it wasn’t. Regulations on the use of asbestos came in the 1970s when court documents proved that leaders in the asbestos industry were aware of the dangers but kept this information from the public. Commonly used in construction, asbestos is made of thin fibrous crystals […]