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According to the Highway Safety Act of 1970, motor vehicle manufacturers must report a safety-related defect to the NHTSA—as well as to owners, purchasers and dealers—within five working days of noticing the issue. GM took more than a decade.

A troubling pattern is emerging in which the U.S. government stands for the rights of foreign sovereigns in opposition to its own citizens.

In February and March of 2014, GM recalled 2.6 million Chevrolet Cobalts and HHRs, Saturn Ions and Skys, and Pontiac G5s and Solstices because of defective ignition switches. GM admitted that “a condition with the ignition switch…may allow the key to unintentionally move or switch to the ‘accessory’ or ‘off’ position, turning off the engine and most of the electrical components on the vehicle,” including causing air bag failure in the event of a crash.

Since the Deepwater Horizon disaster four years ago this month, BP has been “April Fooling” us that they are actually going to take responsibility for their actions.

BP has created a ticker for its State of The Gulf website entitled “Fraud Tally for Gulf Oil Spill Claims.” This ticker is visible on the home page of the website, which I believe was created by its aggressive and defensive PR machine to skirt paying the people of the Gulf for their grievances related to the 2010 disaster.

In the significant <em> Lance v. Wyeth</em> decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected Wyeth Ltd.’s argument that it was untouchable for injuries to users of its now discontinued weight loss drug, Redux.

As a frequent flier it is no surprise to me that the International Air Transport Association reported that the number of incidents involving unruly passengers has increased 12-fold in the past four years. However, the statistics do not tell the full story.

Earlier this month, California Superior Court Judge James P. Kleinberg issued his Statement of Decision in The People of the State of California v. Atlantic Richfield, et al.

On December 10th the United Nations and the world will celebrate the 63rd annual Human Rights Day. Motley Rice recognizes this annual celebration that commemorates the adoption by the United Nations in 1948 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

A Supreme Court affirmation of the Fifth Circuit decision in Roland likely will mean that we will see more Ponzi-related class claims brought under state law.