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On Tuesday, July 13, 2010, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Gershon issued a court order in the Arab Bank lawsuit stating that the jury "will be instructed that, based on the defendant's failure to produce documents, it may, but is not required to, infer that the defendant provided financial services to…

Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter stated on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, that he will advocate for legislation, S. 2930, that clarifies the right of U.S. citizens to hold Saudi Arabia and others accountable for their alleged role as financial supporters of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

According to an NPR investigation into Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster, a mine electrician was ordered on February 13, 2010, to disable a methane gas monitor on a continuous mining machine, allowing the machine to continue cutting rock without a functional methane monitor.

Donald A. Migliori has been appointed co-lead counsel and liaison counsel by a federal judge in the District of Rhode Island in the Composix® Kugel® Mesh hernia repair patch litigation.

Motley Rice has filed the first lawsuit in the United States on behalf of Brazilian citizens against Brazilian-based TAM Linhas Aéreas and four other defendants, claiming negligence, recklessness and wrongful death.

Motley Rice and Gergel, Nickles & Solomon, P.A., have filed a wrongful death and survival action that alleges that 13 defendants' negligent and grossly negligent acts and omissions contributed to the death of Charleston City firefighter Melvin Champaign during the June 18, 2007, Sofa Super Store fire.

A jury in Baltimore Circuit Court has found General Electric Company liable related to asbestos exposure and lung cancer in the death of three former Bethlehem Steel plant workers.

A U.S. District Court in Utah has denied defendant NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s motion to dismiss in a securities fraud class action lawsuit brought against the drug development company.

Attorneys Don Migliori and Bob McConnell have been selected for inclusion in the 2009 <em>New England Super Lawyers List<em>.

The Legal 500 United States 2009 edition has recommended plaintiffs' law firm Motley Rice for Litigation: Mass Tort and Class Action, Plaintiff Representation: Toxic Tort.