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Motley Rice attorney says activist shareholders can help move a company in the right direction after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is also making bribery probes into several companies for bribes allegedly made to Nigerian customs officials.

The Legal 500 recognized internationally-known plaintiffs' law firm Motley Rice LLC for its subsequent growth and diversification.

A jury in Baltimore Circuit Court has found General Electric Company liable related to asbestos exposure and lung cancer in the death of three former Bethlehem Steel plant workers.

The world's largest trial bar, the American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America), presented Motley Rice LLC co-founding attorney, Ron Motley, with the David S. Shrager President's Award on Tuesday, July 17, 2007.

A U.S. District Court in Utah has denied defendant NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s motion to dismiss in a securities fraud class action lawsuit brought against the drug development company.

C. R. Bard Inc. recalled their Composix® Kugel® Mesh hernia repair patch in 2005, and some believe that there were faults in the the product safety monitoring system that allowed the device to be on the maket for so long before being recalled.

Motley Rice LLC announced that it has filed suit against Davol, Inc., a Rhode Island-based manufacturer of the Composix® Kugel® Mesh Patch, a medical device used in hernia repair surgeries.

Motley Rice announced that an agreement-in-principal by way of a proposed class action settlement has been reached with Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) that would provide compensation for personal injury claims associated with the railroad's January 6, 2005, derailment and chemical spill in Graniteville, SC.

The National Law Journal named Motley Rice to its 2006 Plaintiff's Hot List.

Following the five year anniversary of 9/11, Motley Rice attorney Robert Haefele sits with Law.com's Bob Ambrogi and J. Craig Williams to answer questions about the large amount of pro bono work that the firm has done on behalf of victims' families.