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Hernias are a problem that for many requires surgery to alleviate daily pain, discomfort and other symptoms. Unfortunately, some who were promised a solution by having hernia mesh implanted to repair the hernia instead found themselves facing potential problems.

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Jonathan D. Orent Donald A. Migliori

3M Earplug Lawsuit

Motley Rice is reviewing claims that 3M Company manufactured and sold defective earplugs to the government for troops to use in Iraq and Afghanistan, causing some to develop hearing loss or tinnitus (ringing in ears).

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Jonathan D. Orent Donald A. Migliori

Zinbryta (daclizumab) Litigation

Medical drug manufacturers Biogen Inc., and AbbVie Inc., voluntarily withdrew Zinbryta from the global market, urging doctors to stop prescribing the drug and transition current patients to another, presumably safer, treatment. Read their announcement.

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Attorneys:

Carmen S. Scott Meghan Johnson Carter

Januvia, Victoza, Janumet and Byetta

Designed to help adults with type 2 diabetes control blood sugar, incretin mimetic drugs Januvia®, Victoza®, Janumet® and Byetta® may be associated with the increased risk of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer.

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Attorneys:

Kimberly Barone Baden Ann E. Rice Ervin

Takata Exploding Airbags

Defective Takata airbags have been linked to serious injuries and even death.

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Attorneys:

Kevin R. Dean

Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma is primarily associated with asbestos exposure and can occur 10 to 60 years after the initial exposure. We have worked with thousands of victims of mesothelioma from asbestos exposure.

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Attorneys:

Anne McGinness Kearse John E. Herrick

Defective Products and Recalls

When you purchase a product, you do so in good faith, trusting that it will function safely and as advertised. However, consumer and worker safety is too often compromised by negligence, poor manufacturing, inadequate quality, product recalls, or inadequate warnings or labels.

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Attorneys:

Kevin R. Dean Anne McGinness Kearse

Flavoring Chemical Lawsuits

Flavoring chemicals provide pleasant aromas and tastes to consumer products, but when inhaled by workers and consumers, they may cause serious lung diseases and in certain cases, may be fatal.

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Attorneys:

Anne McGinness Kearse Scott B. Hall

Securities Fraud

Representing domestic and foreign institutional investors—including union, pension, and hedge funds—in recovering shareholder losses incurred due to corporate fraud.

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Attorneys:

William H. Narwold

Train, Truck and Bus Injuries

Representing those permanently injured or the families of those who died in train, passenger bus, or commercial truck disasters

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Attorneys:

Mary F. Schiavo Kevin R. Dean

IVC Filters

Designed to catch blood clots in the inferior vena cava before they reach the lungs, IVC filters may fracture, puncture the blood vessel and migrate to the heart or lungs.

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Attorneys:

Donald A. Migliori John C. Duane

IRS, CFTC and Other Whistleblowers

Whistleblower protection programs exist for an ever-growing range of industries and we work to ensure that those wishing to come forward with valuable information are protected to the full extent of the law.

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Attorneys:

Rebecca M. Katz William S. Norton

General Aviation: Private and On-Demand Flights

Our aviation team has represented survivors and the families of victims in general aviation crashes such as private and on-demand flights, including incidents involving single-engine planes and long-range business jets

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Attorneys:

Mary F. Schiavo James R. Brauchle

Fires, Explosions and Burn Injury Lawsuits

Our attorneys help victims and their loves ones who have been affected by severe burns, injuries and wrongful death caused by fires and sudden explosions.

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Attorneys:

Kevin R. Dean Anne McGinness Kearse

Household Asbestos Exposure

Motley Rice lawyers have more than three decades of experience in asbestos and mesothelioma lawsuits, representing victims of occupational, environmental and household asbestos exposure.

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Attorneys:

Anne McGinness Kearse John E. Herrick

Commercial Aviation

Commercial plane crashes can be exceedingly complex, especially when they involve cross-border or international aspects. When these tragic incidents occur, our experienced aviation attorneys help to hold the appropriate parties responsible.

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Attorneys:

Mary F. Schiavo James R. Brauchle

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June 4, 2019

Advocacia Garcez adds Motley Rice LLC and Leigh Day as consultants in Brumadinho dam disaster litigation

Leigh Day and Motley Rice will assist as consultants dealing with issues outside of Brazil regarding environmental and personal injury class action litigation.

June 4, 2019

SEC awards two financial industry whistleblowers $3 million

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced an award of $3 million to a pair of whistleblowers who provided original information to the Commission that led to a successful enforcement action involving an alleged securities violation that harmed retail investors.

June 3, 2019

Milwaukee Jury Awards $6 Million Damages to Lead Poisoned Young Men

A Milwaukee, Wis., jury has found lead pigment manufacturers The Sherwin-Williams Co., E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., and Armstrong Containers, Inc., responsible for the toxic lead exposures of three young men, all residents of Milwaukee and minors at the time of their lead exposure in their homes. The jury awarded $6 million total, $2 million to each plaintiff.

May 29, 2019

Motley Rice files consolidated amended complaint alleging pump-and-dump scheme that defrauded Riot Blockchain shareholders

Motley Rice filed a consolidated amended complaint involving Riot Blockchain, Inc. alleging the company and its officers orchestrated a pump-and-dump scheme to misled shareholders about the company’s supposed transformation from a maker of veterinary products to a miner of cryptocurrency.

May 21, 2019

Motley Rice expands consumer protection team with veteran environmental and toxic torts lawyer, team

Motley Rice announces the addition of attorneys Esther E. Berezofsky, Michael J. Quirk, Daniel R. Lapinski, and Sarah T. Hansel, and the creation of offices in Cherry Hill, N.J., and Philadelphia, Pa.

May 7, 2019

Motley Rice attorneys named 2019 Super Lawyers & Rising Stars

Fourteen Motley Rice attorneys were named to the 2019 Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars for South Carolina, Washington, D.C. and West Virginia.

May 2, 2019

CDC profiles attorney James Ledlie on his passion for public health

Attorney James Ledlie was featured by the CDC for his work in public health law. The Q&A interview highlights James’ legal career, detailing his significant cases, his current focus areas and lessons he has learned along the way.

April 29, 2019

12.3 million vehicles may have dangerous airbags

NHTSA announced it is expanding its investigation into potentially defective airbags that may fail to deploy in a wreck and that have caused at least eight deaths in the United States. The airbags may not deploy due to “electrical overstress.”

April 26, 2019

Hofstra School of Law counts whistleblower attorney Rebecca Katz among 2019 Outstanding Women in Law

Motley Rice is pleased to announce that veteran SEC whistleblower attorney Rebecca Katz, a Hofstra University School of Law alumna, was honored by the school as one of 2019’s Outstanding Women in Law.

April 23, 2019

Twitter securities class action Notice of Pendency disseminated following court’s class certification order

Motley Rice is co-class counsel in the case in which plaintiffs allege Twitter Inc. knowingly concealed and made false statements about key operating metrics, allegedly in violation of the federal securities laws.

April 1, 2019

Aviation attorneys offer insight on deadly Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane crash in Ethiopia

One hundred and forty-nine passengers and eight crew members were killed when their plane, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, crashed. The plane, a new Boeing 737 MAX 8, was en route to Nairobi, Kenya, and carrying passengers of 35 different nationalities.

March 26, 2019

Motion to dismiss denied: 21st Century Oncology data breach plaintiffs found to have standing in 11th Circuit decision

U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven has allowed plaintiffs to move forward with allegations that the cancer care company jeopardized the private health information of millions of patients by failing to prevent a data breach.

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June 14, 2019

Innovative Class Action Approach In Opioid Litigation Would Create a Beneficial and Coordinated Negotiating Class on behalf of Communities Nationwide

by: Joseph F. Rice

With the volume of filed National Prescription Opiate Litigation cases (more than 1,800), which comprise just 10% of the nation’s counties and cities, a structure and process is needed to provide all counties and cities nationwide, filed and unfiled, with a collective and powerful voice in the litigation, and create a pre-established mechanism through which plaintiffs can consider and have a vote in potential settlements with defendants. The proposed Negotiating Class Action, which was filed today with Judge Polster, would create a Class for the sole purpose of negotiating and potentially settling with defendants engaged in nationwide opioids manufacturing, sales or distribution.

May 28, 2019

SCOTUS preemption ruling good news for drug and device plaintiffs

by: Louis M. Bograd

April 24, 2019

Volkswagen seems to have been caught cheating…Again.

by: Jodi Westbrook Flowers