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In an interview with ABC affiliate WVEC in Norfolk, Va., Motley Rice attorney Vince Parrett discusses the recent "historic decision" that will enable first responders and others who were at Ground Zero to receive medical services and treatment for certain cancers they developed after 9/11.

The Boston Herald reported that yesterday, on the 11th commemoration of the 9/11 attacks, that World Trade Center leaseholders asked a federal judge in Manhattan to set a trial date in their lawsuit against the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), American Airlines, United Airlines and other aviation companies.

A joint op-ed featured today in The Huffington Post and written by former U.S. Senator Bob Graham and 9/11 survivor Sharon Premoli explains why it is so important to re-open the 9/11 investigation.

Motley Rice members Don Migliori and Vin Greene are honored to meet some of the world's leading mesothelioma doctors, medical professionals and scientists as they attend the 11th Annual International Mesothelioma Group (iMig) Conference.

Motley Rice is proud that co-founder Joe Rice will once again co-chair Perrin Conferences' Asbestos Litigation Conference: A National Overview and Outlook, being held in San Francisco, Calif., from Sept. 10 to Sept. 12, 2012.

In a recent article featured by Main Justice, reporter Jeffrey Benzing says, "(T)he money is real." This is how some people felt after the SEC announced on Aug. 21, 2012, that it would pay its first award under the new whistleblower program created under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act.

The FAA announced earlier this week that it is reviewing its policies about the use of electronic devices in all phases of flight. The study, which may take an estimated six months, will be conducted by a panel of pilots and flight attendants, as well as plane and technology manufacturers.

In the 2012 summer issue of the Police Union News, published by the International Union of Police Associations (I.U.P.A), Motley Rice securities fraud attorney Marlon Kimpson is a featured guest columnist.

Motley Rice medical attorney Fred Thompson is the conference chair for the Plaintiff Forum on Pharmaceutical Litigation: Transvaginal Mesh, Actos and Orthopedic Devices in Philadelphia on Oct. 5.

Motley Rice attorneys will attend the 2012 Sheet Metal, Air, Rail & Transportation Workers (SMART) Business Agents' Conference from Aug. 19 to 23, 2012, in San Diego, Calif.