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    Posted on June 27, 2016 To

    Clifford Law Accepting Victims of Talc and Talc Powder Causing Ovarian Cancer

    Despite two multi­-million­-dollar verdicts this year against Johnson & Johnson for its talc products causing ovarian cancer in women who used it for feminine hygiene, the company continues to sell these products without safety warnings. Johnson & Johnson faces several more decisive trials on the same issue this year and several already scheduled for next year from California to St. Louis to New Jersey. Clifford Law Offices, a leading mass tort/class action law firm, represents…

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    Posted on June 24, 2016 To

    Latest in VW Class Action for Widespread Fraud

    Various news outlets are reporting alleged details of a proposed settlement in the VW class action case, but due to the judge’s gag order, we cannot credibly address those reports. The anticipated official announcement of any settlement by the court is expected in the upcoming weeks. Please remember to monitor the Court’s website for the most current and accurate reports of case developments: http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/crb/vwmdl  

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    Posted on June 21, 2016 To

    Tracy Brammeier Appointed to ITLA Board of Managers

    Tracy A. Brammeier, Associate at Clifford Law Offices, recently was appointed as a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Board of Managers. Brammeier, who is very active in several community organizations, is a recent graduate of Loyola University School of Law. She will serve with a number of plaintiffs’ lawyers in serving on the 92-member governing body of ITLA, of which Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of the firm, served as…

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    Posted on June 20, 2016 To

    Pamela Sakowicz Menaker Elected to the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Board of Governors

    Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Communications Partner at Clifford Law Offices, recently was elected to the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Board of Governors. She then was appointed to be the Liaison ISBA Board member to the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC), Marking and Membership, and Human Rights committees. She remains a member of the ISBA Editorial Board Journal. She is pictured here (center) with a number of ISBA leaders as well as (to her right)…

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    Posted on June 17, 2016 To

    Clifford Law Newsletter – Summer 2016

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    Posted on June 16, 2016 To

    CLO Representing Talc and Talc Powder User Victims

    Long thought to be safe (so safe that it was heavily marketed for use on babies’ bottoms to keep them dry in their diapers), it has been discovered that talc and talcum powder actually contains harmful carcinogenic ingredients like asbestos. Talc and Talcum Powder lawsuits became front-page news with the $55 million verdict in May, 2016, when a South Dakota woman was found to have ovarian cancer caused by her use of talc for feminine…

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    Posted on June 14, 2016 To

    Approach the Bench: Marta Kowalczyk Davidson

    The daughter of two physicians in Poland, Marta (Kowalczyk) Davidson immigrated to the United States when she was just three-years-old. Her father continued working as a board certified family practice physician in the U.S. and her mother worked in the health care field. The Kowalczyks eventually settled in Park Ridge, a northwest suburb of Chicago. Marta attended Maine South High School. It was there that Marta’s love of the law crystallized. She was selected to…

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    Posted on June 14, 2016 To

    Flag Day 2016

    “One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one nation evermore!”– Oliver Wendell Holmes 

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    Posted on June 13, 2016 To

    Some 80 Percent of Public Pools Test Positive for Health or Safety Violation

    A surprising one out of every eight public pools, hot tubs and water playgrounds test positive for at least one health or safety violation, according to data released by “Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report.” The data was collected in 2013 by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) from five states that have the greatest number of these facilities: Florida, Arizona, New York, California and Texas. The Washington Post (May 19, 2016) released the findings of…

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