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According to an article on Law360, a federal judge is allowing the U.S. government to file an amicus brief in support of firm client, Nyle Hooper, in a False Claims Act lawsuit that he filed against Lockheed Martin.

Motley Rice is pleased to announce that Motley Rice member Anne McGinness Kearse has been named to the Executive Board for Safe Kids Trident Coalition, a local chapter of Safe Kids USA.

The next two trials in the federal Composix® Kugel® Mesh hernia patch MDL have been scheduled to begin in late April 2011 and July 2011 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island before Chief Judge Mary M. Lisi.

Last week, oil spill lawyers representing gulf coast clients and Gulf Coast Claims Facility claimants asked the judge overseeing the BP litigation to order changes to the claims process.

On December 28, 2010, PBS re-aired their FRONTLINE investigative report entitled Flying Cheap with interviews from Mary Schiavo, an aviation attorney with Motley Rice and the former U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General, on the controversy and safety concerns involving major airlines that outsource flights to smaller, regional carriers.

While businesses in states surrounding the Gulf of Mexico are struggling, South Carolina business owners are also feeling the effects of the BP oil spill. Local restaurant owners, for example, rely heavily on gulf coast seafood for their seafood inventory, mainly their oyster supplies.

Motley Rice LLC has promoted seven attorneys to membership effective January 1, 2011. These new members possess years of experience within a variety of legal and management areas.

Beginning on Sunday, December 5, 2010, George Mason University School of Law began its 5th Annual Judicial Symposium on Civil Justice Issues. The symposium lasts through Tuesday, December 7, 2010, and is being held at the Mason Inn Conference Center and Hotel in Fairfax, Virginia.

The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF) announced that the U.S. House of Representatives passed H. Res. 771 designating September 26th as National Mesothelioma Awareness Day.

The Motley Rice aviation team has been speaking with media across the country this week as one of the year's busiest travel days approaches.