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Law360 Names Motley Rice a 2021 Securities Practice Group of the Year
January 20, 2022 | by: Motley Rice
Law360 recognized Motley Rice’s Securities and Consumer Fraud team as a 2021 Practice Group of the Year today, citing the firm’s role in negotiating an $809.5 million settlement for Twitter, Inc. shareholders. Other case involvement, such as leadership in the multidistrict litigation over the Blackbaud data breach and…
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Ohio jury verdict a promising sign as Jan. 2 deadline nears for $26 billion opioid distributor settlement participation | Causes, Not Just Cases®
December 15, 2021 | by: Joseph F. Rice
When we talk about the opioid epidemic, so many of our conversations are focused on the companies involved. Who made what, delivered it where and in what quantity? What weren’t we, the people, told and why? It sounds simple on its face, but the details and legal ramifications are knotty. Unraveling them is challenging…
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Voting Deadline Extended To Dec. 28 For Former Boy Scouts Who Are Eligible To Vote On Proposed BSA Settlement
December 8, 2021 | by: Motley Rice
Former Boy Scouts who timely filed Proofs of Claim have until 4 p.m. EST on Dec. 28, 2021 to vote on a proposed $1.6 billion settlement in the pending Boy Scouts of America Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. If approved, the settlement will be one of the largest in U.S. history for sexual abuse survivors, resolving legal claims…
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3M Belgium production facility compelled to shut down after alarming levels of PFAS found in Flemish citizens
November 9, 2021 | by: Motley Rice
In a rare move, the Flemish Environmental Inspectorate of the Department of Environment together with the Flemish Agency for Health and Safety issued an administrative safety order to compel temporary cessation of all production processes of 3M Company’s industrial facility in Zwijndrecht, near Antwerp, Belgium,…
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Data breach plaintiffs defeat Blackbaud’s third motion to dismiss
October 21, 2021 | by: Motley Rice
Plaintiffs alleging software company Blackbaud Inc. failed to secure or protect the private information of tens-of-thousands of its clients, leading to a ransomware attack affecting millions, defeated Blackbaud’s third motion to dismiss on Oct. 19, 2021.
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Lance Oliver discusses $809 million settlement for Twitter shareholders in AmLaw’s “Litigators of the Week” column
October 4, 2021 | by: Motley Rice
AmLaw Litigation Daily featured Motley Rice securities fraud attorney Lance Oliver in its Litigators of the Week column Sept. 24, 2021 following the announcement of a proposed $809 million settlement that, if approved, will be the largest securities fraud settlement in U.S. history against a social media company.
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Motley Rice reaches $809.5 million settlement to resolve Twitter securities class action
September 20, 2021 | by: Motley Rice
Motley Rice LLC negotiated a settlement resolving litigation against Twitter, Inc. and two former senior executives. The preliminary settlement came the Friday before jury selection was scheduled to begin on Monday Sept. 20, 2021. The case would have been a rare event – a securities fraud class action jury trial.…
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Motley Rice appoints new members
September 20, 2021 | by: Motley Rice
Motley Rice LLC is proud to announce four new members. This class of new member attorneys possesses experience throughout the firm’s practice areas, including occupational disease, securities fraud, consumer fraud, whistleblower, defective medical devices and opioid litigation.
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Flemish Belgian community serves PFAS legal notice against 3M
September 15, 2021 | by: Motley Rice
The Flemish Region of Belgium on September 14 served a Notice of Default against 3M Belgium and 3M Company alleging the company violated the nation’s Environmental Act and possibly international laws by discharging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), or perflourinated chemicals from its industrial facility in…
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Twenty years after September 11, 2001: Major Milestones | Causes, Not Just Cases®
September 8, 2021 | by: Jodi Westbrook Flowers
As we mark the 20th memorial of the September 11, 2001 attacks, we will stop and reflect on that horrific day. Current events make these memories all the more vivid and painful. So many lives forever ended and upended following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon and in Shanksville,…