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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) implemented a set of regulations on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, to prevent pilots from flying while dangerously fatigued.

Cameron International, a contractor for the Macondo well, has agreed to pay British Petroleum (BP) $250 million to settle liability disputes over the Deepwater Horizon well explosion.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found asbestos contamination in the North Little Rock, Ark. community of Dixie, where a vermiculite-processing facility operated for nearly four decades. Officials believe the substance originated from a mine in Libby, Mont.

In the latest edition of <em>The Safety Report</em>, aviation lawyer Mary Schiavo wrote the article, "Holiday Travel Tips the Airline Won't Give You."

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released the final report of an FDA-funded study regarding the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in women taking hormonal contraceptives, finding that women who take drospirenone-containing birth-control pills are significantly more likely to develop a VTE than women using standard low-estrogen birth control pills.

On December 12, 2011, Motley Rice filed a lawsuit against Pinewood Preparatory School and its former headmaster Glyn Cowlishaw on behalf of an alleged sexual abuse victim of Charleston-area teacher and coach Louis "Skip" ReVille.

The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) has announced, with the Canadian Voices of Asbestos Victims, the release of the North American Declaration to Eliminate Asbestos-Related Diseases.

On behalf of an alleged sexual abuse victim of Charleston-area teacher and coach Louis "Skip" ReVille, Motley Rice LLC filed a civil lawsuit today against Pinewood Preparatory School and its former headmaster Glyn Cowlishaw.

A notice has been issued in connection with <em>In re Atheros Communications Inc.</em> Shareholder Litigation, C.A. No. 6124-VCN.

The husband and family of Frances Einhorn recently filed a ten-count negligence and breach of contract lawsuit against Boston-based Grand Circle LLC in connection with an Aswan, Egypt, bus crash that took the lives of nine people and injured numerous others.