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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.

More than 100 people were injured when a train partially came off its track and wrecked during morning rush hour Jan. 4, 2017 at the Atlantic Terminal Station in Brooklyn, New York, according to news reports.

Authorities are searching for a small plane, a Cessna Citation 525, which went missing over Lake Erie on Thursday evening after taking off from Cleveland’s lakefront airport.

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

Patients do not always know the specifics when it comes to their treatments, particularly in the case of adverse effects. The FDA has started to take note of this dangerous communication issue and is ‘attempting to modernize and streamline the system’ with both patients and hospitals.

I can now inform you that the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee and Volkswagen/Audi and Porsche have reached proposed resolution for owners and lessees of 3.0-liter diesel vehicles. While the EPA, CARB, and the California Attorney General’s Office announced earlier this week they had reached an agreement, that agreement focused on the environment and the regulatory compliance. We have been focusing on consumer claims and relief.

For the 6th consecutive year, Motley Rice was rated as a “Highly Recommended” local firm in South Carolina for plaintiff litigation

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On Nov. 16, 2016, U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven appointed Motley Rice member Jodi Westbrook Flowers as co-liaison counsel in the 21st Century Oncology data breach consolidation (In re 21st Century Oncology Data Breach, MDL 2737).