Headlines

Motley Rice attorneys are pleased to support and exhibit at the International Foundation 56th Annual Employee Benefits Conference.

Motley Rice member attorney Marlon Kimpson will serve as a guest speaker at the annual National Public Safety Employees Pension & Benefits Conference being held by the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS).

Motley Rice lawyer Marlon Kimpson has been invited to speak at the South Carolina Black Lawyers' Association's annual meeting and retreat.

A subclass of 38 plaintiffs in the lawsuit Brown v. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. has reached a proposed settlement with defendant Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. If the court approves the settlement, these class members will receive the remaining portion of claimed investment losses not recovered from the court-appointed receiver for Al Parish and his various investment vehicles.

Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) called on the White House to ensure justice for scores of American victims of Libyan terrorism through "the prompt nomination of two qualified and capable individuals to be commissioners on the Department of Justice Foreign Claims Settlement Commission (FCSC)" in a letter released yesterday.

Attorney Kevin Dean comments on Sofa Super Store lawyers who are demanding that the city of Charleston be reprimanded for failing to release documents resulting from the investigation into the June 2007 Sofa Super Store fire that killed nine Charleston, SC firefighters.

Motley Rice lawyer Don Migliori, also a "Distinguished Practitioner in Residence" at Roger Williams University (RWU) School of Law, will serve as a speaker at the 8th annual Marine Law Symposium entitled Taking Stock: The Magnuson-Stevens Act Revisited.

On September 10, 2010, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, plaintiff Mary Bavis requested a status conference to consider an appropriate case management order for trial in <i>Bavis v. United Airlines, Inc.,</i> a case under <i> In re September 11 Litigation.</i>

As a strong advocate for mesothelioma research and education, Motley Rice supports MARF's efforts to educate Americans on the impact mesothelioma has had on families all over the U.S.

Motley Rice environmental attorney Fidelma Fitzpatrick will speak on Tuesday in a panel discussion entitled, "Establish and Refuting Damages- Battles of the Experts."