Lawyers threaten to sue US over decades-old Guatemala syphilis experiments on human subjects
MIAMI – Attorneys representing potentially thousands of Guatemalans who were affected by U.S. syphilis experiments decades ago said Tuesday they will sue top federal health officials unless a system is created out of court to settle claims by the victims or their survivors.
Read more on The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News
BP Accused by Victims of Racketeering Law Violation
BP Plc was accused by oil-spill victims’ lawyers of breaking civil racketeering law by engaging in acts that led to the worst such disaster in U.S. history.
Read more on BusinessWeek
Legal Battles Over Oil Spill Could Foul Research On Health Effects
A researcher who probed the health effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill warns that lawyers could breach the confidentiality of people in the Gulf who agree to be studied.
Read more on NPR