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Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, appeared last night (Thursday, May 8, 2014) on WBBM-TV, the CBS affiliate in Chicago, to talk about some trucking firms’ safety violations, a real danger on our roads. Clifford also addressed the issue of truckers’ driver fatigue and how that needs to be managed more carefully. Clifford, who has represented a number of victims of truck accidents, told Zekman, “There is a systemic problem in the…

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned that the general statement that “taking an aspirin a day” may help to prevent heart attacks may not be true for everyone, and it can even cause some dangerous side effects, according to its website. On Monday, the FDA announced that it would not be granting Bayer Corp. its requested approval of listing aspirin as one of the drugs known to combat heart attacks and strokes, according…

Congratulations to Team Durkin that ran in Saturday’s Chicago Police Memorial “Run to Remember”. Kevin Durkin, partner at Clifford Law Offices, sponsored a team in the 5K race that is a major fundraiser for the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation that helps families of fallen and injured police officers. Durkin also is on the Board of the Foundation that he supports year round. The weather was near perfect and helped to make it a wonderful day…

Robert and Joan Clifford attended the WTTW/WFMT 2014 Celebration entitled “Come and Play” on May 1. The event, which focused on the station’s commitment to quality children’s programming, was held at WTTW’s studios, Chicago’s public television station that Clifford Law Offices has sponsored closed captioning for the past 10 years. Guests were greeted by Elmo of Sesame Street. The Chicago Children’s Choir and other talented youngsters entertained the crowd of several hundred donors at the…

Johnson & Johnson has temporarily suspended its international sale of its power morcellators following an April 17 advisory from the Food and Drug Administration warning that their use to remove fibroids from the uterus has a risk of worsening hidden cancer, according to Reuters. The company says that it will attempt to resume sale once their role in fibroid treatment is further investigated and understood by the medical community, Reuters reported. Laparoscopic power morcellation is…

Clifford’s Notes, Chicago Lawyer May 1, 2014 By Robert A. Clifford Uber, Lyft, SideCar — they’re better known as electronic cab-hailers and are now competitors to the traditional taxi system. They may sound convenient, but a closer look reveals a lack of regulation or insurance. The way they work is that an app is loaded on a mobile phone where you can “hail” non-professional drivers on their smartphones willing to drive you wherever you need…

This past March, Robert A. Clifford was recognized as one of Chicago Magazine’s Top 100 Most Powerful Chicagoans for 2014. The third annual “The Power 100″ list ranks based on influence, ability, and clout; Clifford placed #76. This recognition appeared in the March 2014 issue of Chicago Magazine and marks the second time in a row he has been acknowledged as one of the most powerful Chicagoans. According to Chicago Magazine, in order to be…

April 30, 2014 Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, will receive the 2014 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Seventh Circuit. Clifford, who was President of the Chicago Inn of Court from 1994-95, will be presented with the award at the Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference in Chicago on May 12. He was selected from a national panel of members of the American Inns of Court Awards Committee that included Justices…

Democratic Senators Edward Markey (MA) and Richard Blumenthal (CT) urged the Department of Transportation to take action to ensure that owners of the estimated 2.6 million recalled GM models to cease driving them until they are repaired, according to Reuters. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, who has been investigating the failure of GM to take action to combat the defects, has authority to pursue recalls of vehicles deemed as unsafe, but they cannot force…