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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.

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.

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.

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.

Veterans who have been diagnosed with constrictive bronchiolitis can now be put on the fast track to receive health benefits. The Social Security Administration updated its "compassionate allowances" list (CAL), effective August 11, 2012, to include this rare lung disease that is found in many veterans who were recently exposed to burn pits on military bases in Afghanistan and Iraq.

One week after three U.S. Airways passenger planes nearly collided on July 31, 2012, over Washington's Reagan National Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced a ban on traffic-switching.

According to a recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, underbidding to obtain a government contract can be the basis for liability.