Month: August 2015

What is Medjacking?

On behalf of KarenCanales posted in Products Liability on Monday, August 31, 2015.

Not even Kurt Vonnegut or Harlan Ellison imagined this: heart attack by hacking.  Seriously. A new word has entered the language of medicine: medjacking. Here's a scenario: the President of the United States has a pacemaker. Not-so-friendly hackers, probably paid millions by...

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The FDA role in drug recalls

On behalf of KarenCanales posted in Products Liability on Sunday, August 23, 2015.

Government agencies in Texas and at the federal level regulate and monitor the safety of drug products. When safety considerations become serious enough such products can be subject to voluntary or mandatory recalls, and in the latter case the Food and Drug Administration can ord...

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Causes of aviation accidents according to the FAA

On behalf of KarenCanales posted in Aviation Accidents on Monday, August 10, 2015.

It's almost like a word-association game when we think about airplane accidents. When you hear "aircraft accident", it's almost reflexive to respond, "pilot error". But is that always the case? Or are other, less commonly thought of sources more likely to be at the root of such m...

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