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The Saudi Government seems to have a bad case of split personality when it comes to September 11, 2001.

Motley Rice is proud to announce that The National Trial Lawyers and the organization's flagship publication, The Trial Lawyer magazine, inducted co-founder Ron Motley into The Trial Lawyer 2012 Hall of Fame.

According to an article featured in Los Angeles Daily Journal, the U.S. Justice Department recently announced that San Francisco-based pharmaceutical company McKesson Corp., agreed to a more than $190 million settlement to resolve federal allegations that the company violated the False Claim Act (FCA) by giving inflated pricing reports of prescription drugs to First DataBank, whose published drug prices many state Medicaid programs use to set payment rates.

I am excited to share that the Chrysotile Institute has officially notified the Canadian government of its intentions to close its doors. The organization has, for decades, supported and promoted the safe use of chrysotile asbestos.

Through the years, Motley Rice has enjoyed working with YEScarolina to help support the organization's mission to teach business skills and foster the principles of entrepreneurship among students throughout South Carolina.

Securities lawyer Don Migliori will serve as a guest speaker at the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS) Annual Conference.

The Rhode Island Affiliate of The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), represented by Motley Rice members Fidelma Fitzpatrick and Bob McConnell, filed a federal court brief in opposition to the United States' motion for summary judgment in a wrongful death lawsuit involving Chinese detainee Hiu Lui "Jason" Ng. The United States has asked the court to relieve the government from liability in the case.

What I have learned over the years is that generating interested co-counsel is easy –the real challenge is maintaining that relationship. Establishing trust is vital, as is having a professional and personal investment, open communication and patience. Here are some tips for a structured approach to maintaining relationships.

The Honorable Carl Barbier, the U.S. District Court Judge overseeing the BP Deepwater Horizon litigation, said in a hearing yesterday that he will likely grant preliminary approval of the multibillion dollar settlement submitted to the court on April 18, 2012. The settlement was reached between the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee (PSC) for the BP multidistrict litigation and BP. When approved, it will resolve thousands of claims involving economic and property damage losses, as well as spill exposure and cleanup-related physical injury claims.

According to an article by The Associated Press, fire officials suspect that carbon monoxide poisoning led to the deaths of five this week at a private home in Oxon Hill, Md.

According to the report, officials believe that a broken exhaust pipe caused the tragedy, leaking large amounts of carbon monoxide into the house. Although a typical carbon monoxide reading is zero to five parts per million, the reading taken by firefighters in the home was approximately 550 parts per million.