Living on painkillers because “the [constant] pain is like a migraine headache… from the knees to navel,” - ”Sometimes it is burning, sometimes it is a sharp pain.” is the complaint many women have after having the transvaginal mesh surgery.  Generally, the mesh is designed to treat incontinence and to support organs in the pelvis that have [...]

On September 1, 2006, New Jersey amended the New Jersey Prompt Payment Act (the “Act”) to include private construction contracts in addition to public construction contracts.  The Act now affords greater protections to prime contractors (which includes architects and engineers), subcontractors, sub-subcontractors and suppliers by providing deadlines for payment and severe consequences for unreasonably withholding payment.   [...]

 Pradaxa® is oral anticoagulant from the class of the direct thrombin inhibitors. It is being studied for various clinical indications and in some cases it offers an alternative to warfarin as the preferred orally administered anticoagulant (“blood thinner”) since it does not require frequent blood tests for international normalized ratio (INR) monitoring while offering similar results [...]

Surgical mesh is a medical device that is generally used to repair weakened or damaged tissue.  It is made from porous absorbable or non-absorbable synthetic material or absorbable biologic material.  Surgical mesh can be used for urogynecologic procedures, including repair of pelvic organ prolapse “(POP”) and stress urinary incontinence (“SUI”).  It is permanently implanted to [...]

After unexpected delays in freeing funds the past few days, CME Group Chairman Terry Duffy popped up on CNBC to announce the company will step in with a $300 million guarantee to help temporarily fill the hole in MF Global’s books that has limited the amount of collateral returned to clients.   http://www.steelmarketupdate.com/modules/news/content/article.cfm?newsId=184

Here is the link to the story or you can read it below:   http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/mf-global-scrutinized-on-moving-of-money/ Federal authorities investigating the demise of MF Global think that the firm began improperly moving customer money to a middleman on Oct. 27, according to people briefed on the matter.  The transfers, which indicate the brokerage firm misused client money earlier [...]

Here is a link to the MF Global Bankruptcy Docket Sheet: http://dm.epiq11.com/MFG/docket/Default.aspx?rc=1

For important information relating to customer and creditor information for the MF Global Liquidation, please review this link as often as possible:  http://dm.epiq11.com/MFG/Project/default.aspx

Attached is a link to SIPC’s webpage which provide a good overview on the protections afforded by SIPC for customers of failed brokerage houses.  http://www.sipc.org/how/brochure.cfm

Please note that customers of a failed brokerage firm get back all securities (such as stocks and bonds) that already are registered in their name or are in the process of being registered.  After this first step, the firm’s remaining customer assets are then divided on a pro rata basis with funds shared in proportion to [...]