Apr 1, 2016

Valeant Fighting Class-Action Application for Cold-fX Lawsuit

The makers of Cold-fX are in court fighting allegations they ignored their own research and misled consumers about the short-term effectiveness of the popular cold and flu remedy. Valeant Pharmaceuticals was in British Columbia Supreme Court on Monday, opposing an application to grant the lawsuit class-action status. Vancouver Island resident Don Harrison launched a claim in 2012 against …


California Surfers Are Taking on Local ‘Gang’ the Lunada Bay Boys

Lunada Bay, an out-of-the-way cove on the Palos Verdes peninsula south of Los Angeles, is one of the best big-wave surfing spots in California. In the shelter of its steep, semi-circular cliffs are a pristine beach and the promise of 20-foot winter swells. And, unlike so many other prime breaks on the US west coast, its waves are miraculously uncrowded.