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In the course of 30 years of practicing law I have never seen a corporate defendant backpedal on an agreed-to settlement to the extent BP is attempting to do in the Deepwater Horizon Economic and Property Damages Class Action Settlement. BP still doesn’t understand the law or the facts of this case.

In a year of mixed court rulings in the field of human rights and anti-terrorism law, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia delivered a well-earned bright spot recently. The Court upheld the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Final Rule enforcing Dodd-Frank Section 1502.

Following a series of incidents involving Boeing 787 Dreamliners, Aviation attorney Mary Schiavo discusses issues and concerns regarding the aircrafts with various news outlets.

Aviation attorney Mary Schiavo discusses the FAA's reaction to the grounding of all Boeing 787 Dreamliners due to issues with the aircrafts' lithium ion batteries with several national news outlets.

Aviation attorney and former U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General Mary Schiavo discusses Boeing 787 Dreamliner's faulty lithium ion batteries with Bloomberg TV, Dan Rather Reports and KIRO Radio.

Aviation attorney Mary Schiavo discusses issues concerning the Boeing 787 Dreamliner's lithium ion battery with several national news outlets.

Attorney Mary Schiavo discusses a number of current issues in aviation, including the effect that air traffic control tower closings may have on the industry, with C-SPAN's <i>Washington Journal</i>.

It is vitally important that everyone help to spread the word about the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund deadline to insure maximum participation by first responders and other volunteers that are eligible.

As American citizens spent yesterday honoring the memory of the brave souls who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks of 9/11, it was very disheartening and outright offensive that BP sought to use Sept. 11th to again attack our judicial system.

More than two years have passed since the launch of a new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) whistleblower program established by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act – a program that offers a bounty of 10 to 30 percent of recovered sanctions to whistleblowers that significantly assist an SEC investigation, along with…