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Members of the National Association of Securities Professionals' (NASP) New York chapter will gather in upstate New York for the 16th Annual Trustee Education Conference Oct. 17 -19.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released an update on their investigation into the contained engine failure of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner that occurred during a pre-delivery taxi test and started a grass fire at Charleston International Airport on July 28, 2012. No people were injured.

On September 28, just two days after Mesothelioma Awareness Day, patients, their families, doctors and others interested in learning about malignant mesothelioma will gather in New York City for the Knowledge is Hope conference.

At Charleston City Council on September 25, Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr., read a proclamation that officially declared September 26 as Mesothelioma Awareness Day in the City of Charleston. Meso Awareness Day is an initiative of the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (Meso Foundation).

The 2012 Southeast Aviation Expo will bring together more than 1,000 aviation enthusiasts, pilots, families and children and joining them this year are Motley Rice aviation attorneys Mary Schiavo and Jim Brauchle.

The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved the bipartisan Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA/S. 1894).

Motley Rice, along with the Jaques Admiralty Law Firm, P.C., of Detroit, Mich., is proud to announce a $3.9 million plaintiffs' jury verdict for the family of deceased Merchant Marine, William LaParl of Michigan, who lost his life to mesothelioma.

As one of the larger employers in South Carolina, Motley Rice is humbled to be profiled in the fall 2012 issue of SCBIZ in the article "Social Litigation" by reporter Harriet McLeod.

Motley Rice securities and whistleblower attorney Rebecca Katz, a former senior counsel for the SEC's Enforcement Division, will speak at the 3rd annual Georgia Association of Public Pension Trustees Conference Sept. 18-20.

Motley Rice securities attorneys Marlon Kimpson and Badge Humphries will travel to the Big Easy from Sept. 16-18 to attend the 2012 Louisiana Association of Public Employees' Retirement Systems (LAPERS) seminar.