Written on behalf of Brian Kabateck July 20, 2018 A St. Louis jury awarded 22 plaintiffs $4.69 billion in the latest verdict involving Johnson and Johnson-brand baby powder. The jury awarded $550 million in compensatory damages and $4.14 billion in punitive damages in a case where the plaintiffs claimed their

Written on behalf of Brian Kabateck July 13, 2018 California lawmakers recently established restrictions on the tech industry, putting in place a privacy bill that will give consumers better protection over their data. Governor Jerry Brown signed data privacy legislation that gives consumers more control over how their private information

Written on behalf of Brian Kabateck July 6, 2018 Smart speakers have exploded onto the market, with Amazon and Google being the driving force behind making them common items in our households. The Amazon Echo powered by smart artificial intelligence Alexa has become a popular item for people who are

Written on behalf of Brian Kabateck June 15, 2018 Consumers know that choice equals power, and consumer advocates who fight for consumers have seen choices slowly but surely disappear over the last twenty years. With a federal court’s approval of the AT&T merger with Time Warner, consumers just lost a

Written on behalf of Brian Kabateck June 4, 2018 Fears about the privacy of our data have become common ever since reports of credit monitoring hacks invading consumer’s privacy have come to light. Now websites like Ancestry and 23andMe which provide genetic testing to its consumers are under scrutiny for

Written on behalf of Brian Kabateck May 11, 2018 America’s amusement parks are huge attractions, drawing tourists from around the world, especially during the spring and summer months. While many people have happy childhood memories of going to theme parks, there are thousands of children injured each year due to

Written on behalf of Brian Kabateck April 19, 2018 It’s been nearly a month since California’s Department of Motor Vehicles gave the green to allow fully autonomous vehicles to operate on the state’s roads and freeways. But none of the approximately 50 companies in the state said to be working

Written on behalf of Brian S. Kabateck April 13, 2018 While most Americans are not shocked by revelations that outside companies obtained access to Facebook users’ personal data, they’re not happy about it. While Facebook has received the most intense scrutiny after admitting it improperly shared the data of 87-million

Written on behalf of Brian S. Kabateck March 30, 2018 Video plays a unique role in our legal system, possibly more important than at any time in history. Witness testimony can be picked apart, photos can be photoshopped, but video provides attorneys very clear evidence in a civil or criminal

Written on behalf of Brian Kabateck March 23, 2018 There’s growing concern about the health and safety threat to people who live, work and play alongside oil wells in Los Angeles. According to the community group Stand Together Against Neighborhood Drilling-Los Angeles (STAND-L.A.), since 2013, oil companies have used more