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There is one phrase that keeps coming up over and over in the media as we become more aware of vape-related illnesses – popcorn lung. As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to track the thousands of vape-related illnesses and dozens of deaths, the public is struggling to understand what is going on. The American Lung Association (ALA) has been investigating a link between the use of e-cigarettes and lung illnesses... Read More

The use of e-cigarette products has increased significantly over the last few years, with most people under the assumption that they are safer than traditional cigarettes. However, that myth was busted recently. As many thousands of people have become sick after using vape products, both the public and the government have begun to more closely examine the e-cigarette industry. How are these products affecting people? The Centers for Disease ... Read More

Juul Labs has always said that their products are safer than traditional cigarettes. They have claimed the e-cigarettes have helped millions of people transition away from smoking. However, what if Juul sold contaminated vape pods? There are reports that a former Juul executive claims the company knowingly sold a million contaminated pods and then did nothing to warn consumers of the danger. Digging into these allegations Siddharth Breja ... Read More

For years now, e-cigarette companies have worked to convince the public that their products are safer than traditional cigarette smoking. However, their ability to make these arguments has been hampered this year, as many thousands of people have been hospitalized due to vape-related illnesses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has kept track of vape-related illnesses and deaths, and the number has been steadily climbing for... Read More

Bentley & More will be making its way up to San Francisco next week for the Annual CAOC Annual Convention. We have a great line-up of speakers & moderators covering the following topics:

Greg Bentley – Friday 11/15 from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m.

Panel title: I Never Thought of That! Innovative Ideas for General Damages

Greg’s section: Proving How Pre-Existing Conditions Can Increase Damages

 

Clare Lucich – Friday, 11/15, from 2:20 to 3:20 p.m.

Moderator – Defense Experts: How to Discredit, Diminish, and Flip

 

Matt Clark – Friday, from 2:20 to 3:20 p.m.

Moderator – The Appealing Appeal – Protecting Your Record and Presenting Well in the Court of Appeal

 

Keith More – Saturday, 11/16, 9:00 to 10:15 a.m.

Panel title: Workers Comp 3^rd Party Litigation

Keith’s section: Eliminate or Deflate the Workers’ Compensation Lien

 

FOR MORE ON THE CONVENTION OR TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE

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Bentley & More partners Greg Bentley & Keith More are featured on the cover of Best Lawyers 2020 Southern California Business Edition. Check out the full spread at ISSUU.COM

Be sure and check out the articles on pages 6-7 and 21.

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On October 30, 2019, representatives from the Today Show’s online platform interviewed Bentley & More LLP partner Greg Bentley about the firm’s litigation against Allergan for its role in exposing hundreds of thousands of women to a potentially fatal form of cancer. That exposure came through the company’s defective—and now recalled by the FDA worldwide—textured breast implants.

 

The story concerns the courageous Bentley & More LLP client who underwent a double mastectomy, was treated with Allergan implants, only to later shockingly find out that the Allergan textured implants have now exposed her to Breast Implant Associated – Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL).  That disease is a type of non-Hodgkins lymphoma, meaning a cancer of the immune system, and not a type of breast cancer.  Allergan’s defective products have similarly exposed hundreds of thousands of women around the world to this new, potentially fatal risk.

 

Bentley & More’s client, like the hundreds of thousands of women exposed world-wide, would like the defective implants removed. Yet Allergan refuses to pay for the medical, surgical, or doctor fees to perform the procedure.

The segment will air in December.

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