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Davol, Inc., maker of the recalled Composix® Kugel® hernia repair patch, has now voluntarily recalled its XenMatrix hernia and abdominal surgical graft.

Motley Rice asbestos lawyers Nate Finch and Brian Bevon will serve as guest speakers at Harris Martin Publishing's upcoming National Asbestos Conference: Litigation and Trial of MDL Asbestos Claims in Federal Court.

Motley Rice is proud to announce that it has been named, for the fourth consecutive year, a Start! Fit-Friendly Company by the American Heart Association (AHA).

Motley Rice securities attorney and member Marlon Kimpson will serve as panelist and guest speaker discussing the fiduciary duties of pension trustees and the importance of litigation in protecting plan assets at the OPAL Financial Group's annual Public Funds Summit.

According to an article on Law360, a federal judge is allowing the U.S. government to file an amicus brief in support of firm client, Nyle Hooper, in a False Claims Act lawsuit that he filed against Lockheed Martin.

Motley Rice is pleased to announce that Motley Rice member Anne McGinness Kearse has been named to the Executive Board for Safe Kids Trident Coalition, a local chapter of Safe Kids USA.

The next two trials in the federal Composix® Kugel® Mesh hernia patch MDL have been scheduled to begin in late April 2011 and July 2011 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island before Chief Judge Mary M. Lisi.

Last week, oil spill lawyers representing gulf coast clients and Gulf Coast Claims Facility claimants asked the judge overseeing the BP litigation to order changes to the claims process.

On December 28, 2010, PBS re-aired their FRONTLINE investigative report entitled Flying Cheap with interviews from Mary Schiavo, an aviation attorney with Motley Rice and the former U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General, on the controversy and safety concerns involving major airlines that outsource flights to smaller, regional carriers.

While businesses in states surrounding the Gulf of Mexico are struggling, South Carolina business owners are also feeling the effects of the BP oil spill. Local restaurant owners, for example, rely heavily on gulf coast seafood for their seafood inventory, mainly their oyster supplies.