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Aviation attorney Mary Schiavo discusses the National Transportation Safety Board investigation into Northwest Airlines flight 188, a flight from San Diego to Minneapolis that was out of radio contact for more than an hour and overshot its Minneapolis airport destination by 150 miles. Federal officials are investigating whether pilot fatigue might be to blame.

Wall Street hedge fund manager Rajakumara Rajaratnam and his father, J. M. Rajaratnam, knowingly provided financial and other support to the Tamil Tigers, more than 30 victims and survivors of the terrorist group's attacks alleged today.

GlaxoSmithKline, the world's second-biggest drugmaker, was ordered in Philadelphia court today to pay compensatory damages over claims that its antidepressant, Paxil, causes birth defects.

The 9/11 Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism applaud the resolve of the Obama Administration to continue to combat terrorism both on the financial and operational fronts.

Motley Rice proudly sponsored the International Foundation's 55th Annual Employee Benefits Conference held November 8-11 in Orlando, FL at the Orange County Convention Center.

Motley Rice proudly sponsored the Central States Conference/Labor Management's first Mesothelioma Charity Golf Tournament in support of their "Searching for a Cure" campaign, a fundraising effort to increase awareness about mesothelioma and raise funds to help find an effective treatment and cure for the deadly disease.

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution yesterday condemning the recent release of convicted Libyan terrorist Abdel Baset al-Megrahi and asking that Libya apologize for the hero's welcome that al-Megrahi received upon arrival back in his home country.

Relatives of victims of the Lockerbie bombing and other terrorist atrocities, including the September 11th terrorist attacks, will protest at the United Nations in New York when Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi addresses the general assembly.

Motley Rice attorneys Rett Guerry and Ben Cunningham, working with co-counsel Jimmy Rodgers of the Tennessee firm Summers and Wyatt, were granted a plaintiff's verdict September 22, 2009 on behalf of their client in the case of Marian Jackson, individually and as surviving spouse of Kenneth W. Jackson v. National Service Industries, Inc. (f/k/a North Brothers, Inc.).

Motley Rice attorney John Baden will be speaking on the "Future of Asbestos Litigation" at the International Asbestos Litigation Conference.