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On Sept. 12, 2013, Motley Rice LLC was appointed co-lead counsel in <i>In re Walgreens Co. Derivative Litigation</i>, a consolidated shareholder derivative action brought by the court-appointed co-lead plaintiffs, a group of institutional investors, against the board of directors of Walgreen Co. (Walgreens).

Anti-Terrorism member attorney Jodi Westbrook Flowers reflects on the 12th anniversary of 9/11 and recognizes the strength and determination of the survivors and families of those killed on that terrible day.

It is with the deepest sadness and most profound grief that I share with you that Motley Rice LLC co-founder Ronald L. Motley, 68, passed away today, August 22, 2013.

From August 1 through 3, 2013, Motley Rice attorneys joined South Carolina trial lawyers and legal speakers on Hilton Head Island for the annual South Carolina Association for Justice (SCAJ) Convention, a 12-hour continuing legal education seminar.

In a recent article, reporter Alison Frankel discuses Motley Rice co-founder Joe Rice’s recent blog post “Just when you think you have seen it all.”

The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Veterans Health Administration announced earlier this week that they are extending the deadline for comments and recommendations on the proposed collection of information for the Open Burn Pit Registry. The new deadline is Aug. 30, 2013.

In a unanimous decision and strongly-issued opinion, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a recruiter-fraud lawsuit against ITT Education Services, Inc. last week, decisively overturning the prior Indianapolis District Court opinion on all grounds. The <em>qui tam</em> case brought by whistleblower Debra Leveski alleges that ITT unlawfully procured hundreds of millions of dollars in funds paid for by taxpayers based on a complex recruiter-fraud scheme.

Motley Rice aviation attorney and former U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General Mary Schiavo and Motley Rice aviation lawyer Jim Brauchle discuss the tragic crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 with various national and international news outlets.

On Thursday, June 27, 2013, U.S. Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY) and Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced a proposed bill, the Helping Veterans Exposed to Toxic Chemicals Act, to address and study the health issues of veterans who were exposed to open-air burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Attorney Mary Schiavo discusses the July 6, 2013, crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 with Reuters, as well as the growing concern that pilots are relying too heavily on technology.