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Non-Compete Clauses Violate Workers’ Rights, California Supreme Court Rules
Monday, August 11, 2008
California employers cannot prevent their management-level workers from jumping ship to a competing firm or leaving to start their own businesses, the state’s Supreme Court has ruled. Non-compete clauses, which may be written into employment contracts, violate a former employee’s right to be free to work where and for whom they want and discourage competition in the workforce, the court said in a unanimous ruling issued August 6. The court was interpreting a state law that had been on the state’s books since 1872. The California high court noted that such employment restrictions may be legal in limited circumstances, such…
Mark & Associates, P.C. Investigating Reports of Serious Tendon Injuries Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Mark & Associates, P.C., a law firm dedicated to representing victims of medication side effects, is investigating reports of serious tendon injuries including tendon ruptures and tendonitis in patients taking the antibiotics Cipro / Proquin (ciprofloxacin), Levaquin (levofloxacin) and Avelox (moxifloxacin). These drugs are members of the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics and are prescribed to treat respiratory infections including bronchitis, sinusitis and pneumonia, certain sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea, ear infections, urinary tract infections, tuberculosis, anthrax infection, infectious diarrhea and other infections throughout the body. Cipro, Levaquin and Avelox users who suffered tendon injuries can receive free case evaluations…
Unapproved, “Off-Label” Uses of Botox Cause Patient Deaths and Injuries
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Botox, the blockbuster wrinkle fighting drug touted as a quick and easy way to look younger, has caused scores of deaths and devastating injuries in patients who took the drug for cosmetic and therapeutic uses that have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, according to a recently filed civil lawsuit. The suit was filed on July 9, 2008 by the law firms of Mark & Associates, P.C., and McGinnis, Lochridge, Kilgore, L.L.P., on behalf of 15 Botox patients from across the United States. It alleges the drug’s maker, Allergan, Inc., of Irvine, California, has failed to adequately…
Mark & Associates, P.C. & McGinnis, Lochridge, Kilgore, L.L.P. File Lawsuit Against Botox Maker
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Mark & Associates, P.C. and McGinnis, Lochridge, Kilgore, L.L.P., have filed a civil lawsuit on July 10, 2008 against Botox-maker Allergan, Inc. (NYSE: AGN) for negligent failures in the design, manufacturing and marketing of the popular anti-wrinkle drug that has caused patient deaths and injuries. The suit, filed in the Superior Court of California, Orange County, (Case No. 00180033) on behalf of 15 plaintiffs from across the nation, seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages. Allergan is based in Irvine, California. A copy of the complaint is available at www.BotoxLegalRights.com. In addition to alleging design and manufacturing flaws, the suit claims…
