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Delaware companies linked to Harry Markopolos, the fraud investigator who tried for eight years to get the SEC to shut down Madoff's Ponzi scheme, have filed lawsuits against major banks alleging these banks defrauded public pension funds.

In November 2010, the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed implementing section 922 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act's whistleblower program.

In December, oil spill lawyers representing GCCF claimants asked the judge to order changes to the claims process, stating in their motion that communications between oil spill victims and the BP defendants were "misleading" and should be more effective.

Motley Rice attorney Don Migliori has been appointed to serve as a member of the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee (PSC) in the Depuy® ASR™ Hip Implant MDL.

On Jan. 6, 2011, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) published a study addressing the alleged magnitude of reported and unreported mesothelioma cases worldwide.

According to a report by the Associated Press, the U.S. Homeland Security Department plans to discontinue the use of color-coded terror threat alerts, an eight-year-old system designed to communicate threat levels to safety officials and the public.

According to the Governors Highway Safety Association, an estimated 12 percent of U.S. pedestrian deaths are traffic-related, often the result of pedestrians distracted by cell phones, ipods and other electronic devices.

Motley Rice member Don Migliori will be speaking at the American Association for Justice's (AAJ) upcoming 2011 Winter Convention.

Last week, Ken Feinberg, administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF), was questioned by local fishermen during his two-day visit to Mississippi and southern Louisiana about allegedly sluggish payments and rejected claims.

On August 9, 2010, the FDA issued a warning letter regarding the risks associated with retrievable Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filters made by C.R. Bard, Inc.