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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Bristol Myers Squibb v. Superior Court, a critically important personal jurisdiction case. An adverse ruling in this case would pose a serious threat to the ongoing viability of much mass tort litigation in state court.

Medical attorney Jonathan Orent has been appointed as lead counsel and a member of the Plaintiffs Executive Committee for hernia mesh multidistrict litigation filed against medical device manufacturer Atrium Medical Corp.

For all the talk in recent decades of the danger lead poisoning poses to the most precious among us — our children — lead is still a commonly found substance in at least 4 million American households, showing up in chipped paint, contaminated water, dirt and dust.

Today, the family of Phillip “Phil” Andrew Wallace, 51, a Mt. Pleasant man and beloved Lowcountry chef, filed a civil suit seeking answers and accountability for his untimely death nearly five months ago on the Isle of Palms Connector.

Linda Singer, a former Washington, D.C. Attorney General, who has worked on Public Client cases at a private firm for than eight years, recently joined Motley Rice to lead the firm’s new Public Client practice.

Motley Rice LLC is bolstering its experience representing public entities in consumer and financial fraud, health care and other litigation by adding two new member attorneys and expanding its Washington, D.C. office.

Last night, the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for the Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” litigation filed our motion for preliminary approval of the proposed 3.0-liter settlement for nearly 80,000 vehicles.

U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle certified a class of people and entities that have paid fees for court records from PACER, a federal court records service. The class action was filed in April 2016 by three nonprofit groups that allege the PACER fees were excessive.

Starting in January 2018, certain driver’s licenses may no longer be used as identification at TSA airport checkpoints. That’s not true for everyone, only residents from the nine states who have failed to comply with a 2005 federal mandate to standardize the issuance of IDs.

Judge Winifred Y. Smith in Superior Court of California, County of Alameda, appointed medical device attorney Fidelma Fitzpatrick as Lead Counsel of the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee for the coordinated Essure® litigation in California against Bayer Corp.