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Motley Rice proud to serve as co-lead trial counsel in billion dollar public health ruling in California. Ten California cities and counties succeed in holding accountable lead pigment companies that marketed, promoted and profited from lead paint despite knowing it was toxic.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans upheld U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier’s December 2012 decision approving the Economic and Property Damages Class Action Settlement that was reached between BP and the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee (PSC) for the BP Deepwater Horizon litigation.

Plaintiffs lawyers representing thousands of women suing related to the birth control product NuvaRing announced that a settlement was reached with Merck & Co. (MRK:US) on Feb. 7, 2014.

On Feb. 1, 2014, the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program announced it will consider certain blood or bone marrow disorders as WTC-related covered health conditions.

On Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, Federal Judge David Cercone ruled that primary expert testimony may proceed in the upcoming trial for the lawsuit alleging harmful radioactive emissions in Western Pennsylvania's Parks Township-Apollo area.

On Monday, March 3, 2014, the U.S. Appeals Court for the Fifth Circuit rejected BP’s request to stop payments for business economic loss claims.

On March 6, 2014, the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the district court’s dismissal of hundreds of soldier’s claims against KBR and held that the claims in In re KBR Inc. Burn Pit Litigation may now proceed.

At approximately 2:40 a.m. (UTC) on Saturday, March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 lost contact with the Subang Air Traffic Control. The flight departed from Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, and was in route to Beijing, China.

An amended complaint was recently filed on behalf of a class of shareholders alleging that Avon Products, Inc., a leading global beauty company, failed to disclose material facts regarding the effectiveness of its internal controls. The amended complaint contains new information uncovered by the plaintiffs following…

Motley Rice is investigating possible anti-competitive behavior that allegedly caused financial injury to investors who, from 2004 to now, held or traded gold and gold derivatives that were priced based on the London gold fix or who held or traded COMEX gold futures or options.