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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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

The National Business Institute (NBI) invited Motley Rice member and nursing home lawyer Kimberly Barone Baden to present at its Nursing Home Failure of Care teleconference on Thursday, July 19, 2012, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Newly released documents in the investigation against Skip ReVille provide additional information and disturbing details about ReVille's admitted crimes against young boys, as well as mandatory reporters' alleged knowledge of his behavior.

Motley Rice is proud to sponsor the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation's ninth annual symposium, being held from Thursday, July 12 to Friday, July 13, 2012, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Motley Rice member and securities lawyer Marlon Kimpson will present at the 7th Annual Economic and Financial Development Conference being hosted by Atlantic Connection, Ltd., from Wednesday, July 11 to Friday, July 13, 2012, at the Biltmore Hotel in Miami.