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Welcome to 2023! The new year holds much anticipation. The Fed rate hikes have slowly started to reduce inflation, yet prices remain high. Unemployment figures persist at record lows, despite many large employers cutting back. Continuing supply chain issues persist as China reopens in the face of its COVID crisis. And consumer spending is tightening...

The divorce is almost over. You have finished negotiating alimony. Child-support has just been calculated and you have finally figured out who is going to take Aunt Millie’s China. The end of the stressful negotiations with your almost ex-spouse is almost at near when your attorney turns his or her attention to life insurance. It’s...

On August 2, 2012, The US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of certain patio bistro sets sold by LOWE'S between August, 2011 and February, 2012. The set in question was manufactured in China by Midas Lin Co., Ltd.

Adam J. Siegelhem, member of Stark & Stark's Franchise Group, was mentioned in the June 1, 2011 US 1 Newspaper article, Thomas Sweet Scoops Up The Chinese Market. The article discusses there recent licensing deal for the Princeton ice cream maker, Thomas Sweet, to expand into China.

An article online this week states that Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin Co. Ltd., one of the leading defendants in a consolidated federal court lawsuit against drywall manufacturers in China, offered homeowners who sign up for he omnibus class action by December 2, 2009 and show proof that their homes were built with KPT drywall won't have to pay $15,000 to serve the company in China through the Hague

A recent report in the Wall Street Journal details the ongoing frustrations of US homeowners who have been affected by the defective Chinese drywall epidemic. Homeowners were hopeful that Inez Tenebaum, Chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, would bring relief back to the US after a recent visit to China. Prior to the trip, Tenenbaum said she would speak to Chinese officials in an...

After conducting tests on 21 samples of Chinese drywall, the Consumer Products Safety Commission reported that there was no presence of radioactive phosphogypsum in the drywall samples. Earlier this year reports claimed that the defective drywall imported from China was made with phosphogypsum, which contains radioactive properties.

As of last week, the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) stated that they had received more than 500 reports from homeowners in 19 states and the District of Columbia who believe their home was constructed with defective Chinese drywall. Due to the increasing number of US homeowners affected by the defective building product, officials from China’s General Administration for Quality...

The Environmental Protection Agency released new information from recent tests conducted on the materials used in Chinese Drywall. The EPA reports that drywall produced in China contains sulfur, and two other organic compounds which are generally used in the production of acrylic paint. These materials are not used in the production of drywall made in the United States. The EPA also found that...

The Virginia Department of Health recently published a list of frequently asked questions associated with the growing concerns over defective Chinese Drywall. This is in response to the over 100,000 homes currently listed as having been built with defective drywall imported from China over the past several years. More and more states across the country are fielding concerns from residents...

Michael Foreman, a construction consultant for Sarasota’s Foreman & Associates, Inc., said Knauf plasterboard is defective. The allegedly defective Chinese Drywall for the most part was produced by Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin Co. Ltd. of China.

The construction industry appears to be the latest victim of the stream of defectively manufactured goods from China that have poured into our country over the last few years. As if the construction market has not experienced enough hardship in these trying economic times, reports have recently surfaced of defective drywall products that were imported from China as the likely cause of putrid...

Lately there has been a lot of news about contaminated batches of the blood thinning drug Heparin injuring patients. The injury attorneys of my firm are actively investigating potential Heparin injury claims on behalf of people across the country.

Target Corp. recalled nearly 500,000 children's bicycle helmets because some of them did not meet government safety standards. Anyone who purchased one of these helmets at Target can return it to any Target store for a gift certificate in the amount of the purchase price.