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I truly feel that the lessons learned on the golf course have also enabled me to better help my clients in the courtroom.

On Aug. 2, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion marking the first time a circuit court has held that an underbid can be the basis for liability in a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit.

In a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, Motley Rice securities attorney and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Labaton, discusses reasons why the CEO of the collapsed brokerage firm Peregrine Financial Group Inc. may have decided to waive a preliminary hearing in his criminal case.

It was a close call on Tuesday afternoon, July 31, 2012, when two outbound commuter jets came within seconds of a midair collision with another flight coming in for a landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.

Asbestos Trusts are there for those people and their families suffering from or hurt by the effects of an asbestos-related disease. They are set up to give those suffering from the malfeasance of bankrupt companies access to funds that might lessen their and their family’s suffering. They can be the only way to get paid by a bankrupt company. If you qualify, it is often worth pursing your claims.

Motley Rice members and asbestos lawyers Anne McGinness Kearse and Nathan D. Finch have been invited to speak at the upcoming American Association for Justice (AAJ) Summer Convention being held from Saturday, July 28 to Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at the Chicago Hilton.

Motley Rice member Don Migliori will attend the 2012 FealGood Foundation's (FGF) Best of the Best Gala on Thursday, July 26, 2012, at the Watermill Inn in Smithtown, NY.

On July 23, 2012, a jury awarded a Bakersfield, Calif., couple $5.5 million in a case against C.R. Bard Medical, the manufacturer of the Avaulta Mesh pelvic mesh implant. The plaintiffs alleged that C.R. Bard knew that the mesh was unsafe but decided to continue selling it.

On July 12, 2012, the Mesothelioma Foundation presented Dr. Sugarbaker with the Pioneer Award at the Celebration of Hope Reception in Washington, D.C., to honor his lifetime of work in mesothelioma research and treatment development.

Last week, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Homeland Security released its findings from a year-long investigation into HSBC, stating that HSBC had "exposed the U.S. financial system to a wide array of money laundering, drug trafficking, and terrorist financing risks due to poor anti-money laundering (AML) controls."