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King Bio recalled 32 of its children’s medicines after a small percentage of the items tested positive for microbial contamination. This isn’t King Bio’s first rodeo on the recall circuit. The company voluntarily recalled other products due to microbial contamination earlier this year, including one product for baby teething soother, another for yeast infections, and also a product to help with discomfort in the lymphatic system. A list of the recalled drugs is on the United States Food and Drug Administration website along with the UPC and LOT numbers....

Another day, another hack. And while the target might not be as well-known as Sony or Anthem Blue Cross, the VerticalScope hack could have exposed personal information for an estimated 45 million users on 1,100 online forums. What does this mean for the users involved, for VerticalScope, and the hackers? Let’s take a look. Interconnected and Unsafe First, a little background on VerticalScope, which runs online shopping and sports forums like AutoGuide....

Already charged with involuntary manslaughter in the King of Pop’s death, Dr. Conrad Murray also could be barred from practicing medicine as CA Attorney General Jerry Brown is urging the court to revoke his medical license. According to the, Los Angeles Times, Brown filed his petition with the Los Angeles County Superior Court on behalf of the California Medical Board to revoke Murray’s license. Joe Jackson’s lawyer, Brian Oxman, said he plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against Murray for the death of his son Michael Jackson, TMZ reports....

So many lawsuits, so little time. As noted in a prior post, trainer Jillian Michaels has been sued over her endorsement of a diet pill that the original plaintiff (in a suit seeking class action status) claims did not work. An additional suit, nearly identical to the first, was filed February 11, by a second plaintiff, Stephanie Creer. Now comes a third lawsuit against Michaels, filed by Kathy Hensley on February 16, also in Los Angeles Superior Court....

Bill de Blasio has changed his name…twice. The NYC mayoral candidate was born as Warren Wilhelm Jr. in 1961, but while in college, he petitioned a Manhattan judge to change his name formally to Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm, according to the New York Daily News. In 2001, the former Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm petitioned a New York judge once again to change his name, this time to Bill de Blasio. The Democratic candidate de Blasio has attributed the transformation of his name, twice, to the result of a personal journey wherein he developed a connection and identification with his mother’s side of the family – the de Blasios....

General Motors has announced two Chevy Cruze recalls, after reports of big problems with the popular small car’s engine compartment and fuel tank. Fires can possibly break out when flammable engine fluids become trapped by the Chevy Cruze’s engine shield, according to the Associated Press. About 30 engine fires have been reported, but they did not cause any crashes or injuries, a GM spokesman said. In light of the engine fire risk, more than 475,000 Chevy Cruzes are being recalled....

AT&T will be presenting arguments before the Supreme Court that could have a sweeping effect on a consumer’s ability to file class action lawsuits. The potential victory would not be limited to cell phones but would also rope in any business that issues contracts to customers, including cable television and credit cards. The case is AT&T Mobility Services v. Concepcion. Lisa and Vincent Concepcion, on behalf of a class of consumers, sued AT&T alleging deceptive business practices....

You were caught stealing or are being accused of stealing. The charge is petty theft. Since the charge includes the word “petty,” it must be no big deal, right? Wrong. You definitely do need a lawyer. Petty Theft is Not a Petit Problem Petty theft is sometimes known as petit theft from the French word for small, petit. The value limits vary from state to state, but generally it is classified as “small” because it involves stealing something of relatively limited value....

Patricia Maione drove her car into a sand trap on Monday evening and then tried to convince officers that her GPS told her to do it. Maione told police that the GPS told her to turn left which she did. That left turn took her through a cornfield in Northbridge Massachusetts and then onto the golf course. She drove through Whitinsville Golf Club until her car got stuck in the sand trap....

A DUI is bad. A DUI when you’ve never had a valid driver’s license is worse. A DUI leaving the liquor store for the second time that day and getting into a fatal drunk driving accident that kills a 6-year-old girl and injures 3 other children driving someone else’s car without permission and without ever having a valid driver’s license is as bad as it could possibly be. A Florida woman is facing 22 criminal charges stemming from a fatal DUI accident last year, and she never should’ve been behind the wheel....

The “Break-up Notifier” Facebook application allows you to track the relationships of people that you know and receive an alert if and when they break up. Clever, but is that cool, or creepy Facebook stalking? For the answer, it’s best to ask the dude who made it. The app was created by software programmer Dan Loewenherz of Beverly Hills after getting the idea from his fiancée and her mother. “I wasn’t even sure if it would work at first … Yesterday I submitted it to a bunch of friends on Facebook and it just exploded,” Loewenherz told the New York Daily News....

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck & Co., Inc. announced that it has received a “non-approvable letter” from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to Merck’s efforts to market its painkiller Arcoxia in the U.S. An anti-inflammatory drug called a “Cox-2 inhibitor”, Arcoxia was seen as a potential successor to Merck’s Vioxx, another Cox-2 inhibitor which was withdrawn from the marketplace in September of 2004 after it was linked to increased risk of heart attack and stroke....

Cigarette warning labels may not be going graphic anytime soon. A federal judge has issued a temporary injunction against a regulation that requires cigarette packaging to contain graphic images. Those images include diseased lungs and a picture of a child that warns, “Tobacco smoke can harm your children.” They are also adorned with the number 1-800-QUIT-NOW. The graphic images and new textual warnings are supposed to cover about half of each cigarette pack by September 2012....

Across the country, median home values soared 32 percent from 2000 to 2005, according to new 2005 American Community Survey data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Among the nation’s largest cities, some of the highest percent increases in real median home values between 2000 and 2005 were found in San Diego (127.2 percent), Los Angeles (110.2) and New York (79.1). The Census Bureau report also shows the median cost of renting a home increased nationally by 6....

Unless a sentence specifies that parole is not an option, at some point inmates become eligible to at least apply for parole. Probation comes after the sentence is completed, but parole allows a person to serve the remainder of a sentence outside the prison. That kind of freedom comes with a lot of requirements and it’s not available to everyone. Just like criminal laws, the laws about parole vary by state....

Ikea has announced a recall of nearly 170.000 crib mattresses because infants may become trapped between the mattress and the crib. The Swedish furniture retailer is recalling its Vyssa style mattresses, reports CNBC. The recalled mattresses were sold with the model names Vinka, Spelevink, Vackert, Sloa, and Slummer. They were made in Mexico on or before May 4, 2014. What do consumers need to know about this crib mattress recall?...

The unbelievably patient Judge Marsha Revel will no longer be overseeing the legal soap opera that is the Lindsay Lohan case for drunk driving and probation violation. Judge Revel recused herself after a meeting with attorneys in the case on Friday, August 6. During the meeting, Judge Revel faced allegations that she had improperly contacted experts and other participants in the case without giving prior notice to the attorneys representing either the state, or Lohan....

Kanye West should be having a good week. He released an album and many people were excited about it. But Kanye’s not happy about how that excitement manifested, specifically in people pirating his album online and not paying for a subscription to the artist-driven downloading service, Tidal, in which Kanye is invested. So today, according to VentureBeat, the pop star is meeting with lawyers to discuss who to sue. It’s a slightly convoluted story....

A registered sex offender in North Carolina was arrested for having a Facebook account, which the woman knew was against state law, authorities said. Kimberly Watkins, 47, of Fayetteville, N.C., was convicted of several child sex crimes in 2007, the Associated Press reports. Watkins signed up for Facebook, purportedly to keep in touch with friends and play games, according to a sheriff’s press release. But that’s not allowed under a 2008 North Carolina law that prohibits anyone with “registered sex offender” status from accessing most social networking websites....

The Toyota recalls continue. It has been a difficult year for the automaker, which has recalled over 8 million vehicles over safety issues including problems with unintended acceleration and problems with anti-lock brakes. Now Toyota is recalling 1.33 million Corolla and Corolla Matrixes after problems in the engines’ electronic control units. The recall addresses a problem involving engine control modules that were potentially improperly made. The electronic control module will be replaced at no charge to the owner as part of the recall....