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About three percent of babies born in the United States each year are affected by birth defects. Birth defects, also called congenital defects or malformations, may be mild or severe, and can have a profound effect on the...

Lawyer Peter A. Kraus is largely responsible for opening the courthouse doors for asbestos victims in Alabama. Though he won’t take singular credit for finally getting the victims the justice they deserve there after years of neglect by...

With over 27 million Americans using an illicit or prescription opioid on a routine basis, it’s quite clear that opioid use impacts many facets of our society. The epidemic kills an average of 70,000 people per year –...

Last year, whistleblowers led the way to over $1.6 billion in False Claims Act recoveries, continuing a long legacy of ordinary citizens fighting for what's right since the United States' first qui tam whistleblower law was passed in...

In March 2020, as states around the country issued stay-at-home orders in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, workers at the National Sexual Assault Hotline noticed a devasting statistic: for the first time ever, half of the hotline calls...

Pesticides sprayed on genetically modified corn are potentially having a dangerous effect on residents of Hawai‘i. So, why aren’t questions being answered? A storm has been brewing over the last three years in reference to something quite tiny:...