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One hundred and forty-nine passengers and eight crew members were killed when their plane, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, crashed. The plane, a new Boeing 737 MAX 8, was en route to Nairobi, Kenya, and carrying passengers of 35 different nationalities.

Oklahoma Attorney General announced a settlement in the opioid litigation with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family. This is a significant step in the effort of the governmental entities to address the opioid epidemic.

U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven has allowed plaintiffs to move forward with allegations that the cancer care company jeopardized the private health information of millions of patients by failing to prevent a data breach.

American Honda recently announced a recall of 1.1 million vehicles due to a defective airbag inflators. This recall is for replacement airbags that were previously installed in the vehicles in the wake of the Takata airbag scandal.

Recognizing his work representing plaintiffs, the Roger Williams University School of Law named attorney Robert McConnell one of its 2019 Champions for Justice.

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected this term to resolve conflicting opinions in False Claims Act (FCA) whistleblower litigation regarding whether an extended statute of limitations should apply to cases in which the government declines to intervene.

Claims alleging anti-nausea medication Zofran® caused life-threatening birth defects in unborn children will be allowed to move forward following a ruling Feb. 5, 2019 denying summary judgment.

The N.Y. Court of Appeals affirms litigation filed on behalf of a former seaman who tragically lost his life to mesothelioma should be allowed to proceed against Chevron Corporation under the Jones Act.

The SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower recently announced that it awarded $168 million to 13 whistleblowers in 2018 — that is more than half of the total $326 million awarded to whistleblowers since the program was created in 2010 under the Dodd-Frank Act.

Motley Rice was one of five firms nationally to be named a 2018 Law360 Consumer Protection Group of the Year.