The FDA has completed its review of recent observational (epidemiologic) studies regarding the risk of blood clots in women taking drospirenone-containing birth control pills. Based on this review, the FDA has concluded that drospirenone-containing birth control pills may be associated with a higher risk for blood clots than other progestin-containing pills.

Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc., supplier to The Medicines Company, issued a recall of all four lots of Argatroban Injection, 50 mg per 50 mL from the market due to a potential for visible particulates.

Enesco, LLC announced that it is recalling the ONIM “Any Wine Will Do” ceramic wine goblets, SKU # 4026171. Enesco is recalling the goblets because, through its internal compliance and independent laboratory product testing program, it became aware that the wine goblets may exceed the Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) guidance levels for leachable lead and cadmium.

The Nakaochi Scrape AA and AAA from MMI was sold through distributors to restaurants and grocery stores that make sushi, and has been linked to an outbreak of 116 cases of Salmonella Bareilly in multiple states.

An injured employee sought workers' compensation benefits for injuries resulting from an automobile collision that occurred while leaving a doctor’s appointment for treatment of a work-related injury. The employee was being driven by a transport service paid for by the employer.

An employee injured in an automobile collision while turning from a public road into his employer’s gravel driveway, which served as the only entrance to the employer's facility, sought workers' compensation benefits for his injuries.

In a case of first impression, an appellate court held that the Illinois Emergency Medical Services System Act (“EMS Act”) does not immunize drivers of emergency transport vehicles, such as ambulances, from liability to third parties injured due to the EMS driver’s negligence.