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According to an MSNBC article on mounting concerns about the safety of transvaginal mesh (TVM) devices, patient reports of adverse side effects and surgical complications have tripled since 2008.

On July 5, 2011, Napa Home and Garden filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in response to multiple lawsuits filed against the company alleging serious injury from defective firepot products.

On July 21, 2011, The New England Journal of Medicine published a study that should help some veterans prove their respiratory illnesses are service-related.

Motley Rice member and Topamax lawyer Kimberly Barone Baden's article entitled "Topamax: Headache Relief & Heartache" was featured in the summer issue of The Safety Report.

The Department of Homeland Security issued a report on July 13, 2011, to the U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Government Reform indicating there have been more than 25,000 security breaches at U.S. airports since November 2001.

On July 13, 2011, the FDA issued an urgent public notice advising patients and their healthcare providers to consider alternatives to transvaginal mesh (TVM).

Motley Rice members Nate Finch and Anne Kearse will be speaking at the 2011 American Association for Justice (AAJ) 2011 Annual Convention.

Motley Rice announces continued growth in its securities, consumer fraud, occupational disease and toxic tort practice areas to help meet increasing client needs with the hire of four new lawyers Kristen M. Hermiz, Michael J. Pendell, Lisa M. Saltzburg, and Robert M. Zabb.

A new study released by the Archive of General Psychiatry concluded that antidepressants, when taken in the first trimester of pregnancy, may modestly increase the risk of mothers giving birth to babies with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).

A study backed by Congress and sponsored by the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) on the potential dangers of long commutes and pilot fatigue was ignored by the majority of airlines asked to provide data.