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On Jan. 12, 2012, the California Supreme Court ruled in O’Neil v. Crane Co. that a manufacturer may not be held liable for harm caused by another manufacturer’s product (the cancer-causing material). With its decision in O’Neil v. Crane Co., the California Supreme Court is going down what some believe to be a very…

Motley Rice LLC expands its New York City office with the addition of two antitrust attorneys and an office relocation from Chelsea to Midtown East. Antitrust lawyers Michael M. Buchman (CT, NY) and John A. Ioannou (NY) join the firm, further rounding out Motley Rice’s consumer fraud practice.

Coverage of the ongoing BP Deepwater settlement challenges has focused primarily on BP’s account of what is happening with claims consideration. More recent coverage, however, is beginning to show what some affected businesses think and how they are being affected.

Attorneys Sarah Couch Bryant and Temitope Leyimu join the Motley Rice firm.

On Dec. 19, 2013, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the dismissal of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Saudi High Commission for Relief of Bosnia and Herzegovina in <em>In re Terrorist Attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.</em>

Serious injuries and death can easily occur in vacation rentals that have not been properly inspected, maintained or operated. Without proper maintenance and inspection, that inviting pool or hidden gas-powered appliance can suddenly become a silent and deadly killer from carbon monoxide.

In the course of 30 years of practicing law I have never seen a corporate defendant backpedal on an agreed-to settlement to the extent BP is attempting to do in the Deepwater Horizon Economic and Property Damages Class Action Settlement. BP still doesn’t understand the law or the facts of this case.

In a year of mixed court rulings in the field of human rights and anti-terrorism law, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia delivered a well-earned bright spot recently. The Court upheld the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Final Rule enforcing Dodd-Frank Section 1502.

Following a series of incidents involving Boeing 787 Dreamliners, Aviation attorney Mary Schiavo discusses issues and concerns regarding the aircrafts with various news outlets.

Aviation attorney Mary Schiavo discusses the FAA's reaction to the grounding of all Boeing 787 Dreamliners due to issues with the aircrafts' lithium ion batteries with several national news outlets.