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On Aug. 2, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion marking the first time a circuit court has held that an underbid can be the basis for liability in a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit.
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In a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, Motley Rice securities attorney and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Labaton, discusses reasons why the CEO of the collapsed brokerage firm Peregrine Financial Group Inc. may have decided to waive a preliminary hearing in his criminal case.
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It was a close call on Tuesday afternoon, July 31, 2012, when two outbound commuter jets came within seconds of a midair collision with another flight coming in for a landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.
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Motley Rice members and asbestos lawyers Anne McGinness Kearse and Nathan D. Finch have been invited to speak at the upcoming American Association for Justice (AAJ) Summer Convention being held from Saturday, July 28 to Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at the Chicago Hilton.
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Motley Rice member Don Migliori will attend the 2012 FealGood Foundation's (FGF) Best of the Best Gala on Thursday, July 26, 2012, at the Watermill Inn in Smithtown, NY.
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On July 23, 2012, a jury awarded a Bakersfield, Calif., couple $5.5 million in a case against C.R. Bard Medical, the manufacturer of the Avaulta Mesh pelvic mesh implant. The plaintiffs alleged that C.R. Bard knew that the mesh was unsafe but decided to continue selling it.
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On July 12, 2012, the Mesothelioma Foundation presented Dr. Sugarbaker with the Pioneer Award at the Celebration of Hope Reception in Washington, D.C., to honor his lifetime of work in mesothelioma research and treatment development.
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Last week, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Homeland Security released its findings from a year-long investigation into HSBC, stating that HSBC had "exposed the U.S. financial system to a wide array of money laundering, drug trafficking, and terrorist financing risks due to poor anti-money laundering (AML) controls."
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While there are international aviation food safety guidelines, as detailed in the Worldwide Food Safety Guidelines for Airline Catering guide, food can be mishandled at any time and cause dangerous, if not deadly, consequences.
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Antidepressant Medication Litigation: Motley Rice member appointed to Plaintiffs' Steering Committee
Attorney Kimberly Barone Baden has been appointed to serve as a member of the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee (PSC) in the <i>In re Zoloft (sertraline hydrochloride) Products Liability Litigation</i>, MDL 2342.