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Today, the family of Phillip “Phil” Andrew Wallace, 51, a Mt. Pleasant man and beloved Lowcountry chef, filed a civil suit seeking answers and accountability for his untimely death nearly five months ago on the Isle of Palms Connector.

Linda Singer, a former Washington, D.C. Attorney General, who has worked on Public Client cases at a private firm for than eight years, recently joined Motley Rice to lead the firm’s new Public Client practice.

Motley Rice LLC is bolstering its experience representing public entities in consumer and financial fraud, health care and other litigation by adding two new member attorneys and expanding its Washington, D.C. office.

Last night, the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for the Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” litigation filed our motion for preliminary approval of the proposed 3.0-liter settlement for nearly 80,000 vehicles.

U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle certified a class of people and entities that have paid fees for court records from PACER, a federal court records service. The class action was filed in April 2016 by three nonprofit groups that allege the PACER fees were excessive.

Motley Rice attorney Lance Oliver will step away from his work as a trial lawyer for one night to compete in the American Lung Association in South Carolina’s newest fundraising event, Lip Sync for Lungs.

Starting in January 2018, certain driver’s licenses may no longer be used as identification at TSA airport checkpoints. That’s not true for everyone, only residents from the nine states who have failed to comply with a 2005 federal mandate to standardize the issuance of IDs.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Jan. 12, 2017 accused auto manufacturer Fiat Chrysler Automobiles of using software in certain 2014-2016 “EcoDiesel” vehicles in order to cheat federal and state emissions tests and bypass standards.

Judge Winifred Y. Smith in Superior Court of California, County of Alameda, appointed medical device attorney Fidelma Fitzpatrick as Lead Counsel of the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee for the coordinated Essure® litigation in California against Bayer Corp.

A private plane crash in Port Orange, Fla., on a foggy evening, Dec. 27, 2016, tragically claimed two lives according to news reports.