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We proudly congratulate several Motley Rice attorneys in our Rhode Island and Connecticut offices who are honored as 2016 Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars.

Unless you’re recreating a scene from Mission Impossible, you don’t typically expect your smartphone, laptop or e-cigarette to self-destruct. However, the lithium-ion battery packs have the potential to explode or catch fire without warning.

Judge Charles R. Breyer allowed objectors to voice their concerns today, but with less than 1 percent of the total class filing objections, Judge Breyer indicated that he is “strongly inclined” to approve the current arrangement.

A 3rd Circuit appellate panel recently issued a ruling to allow litigation against Matson Navigation Co. Inc., to move forward after stalling in court for nearly three decades.

Motley Rice is collaborating with the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health on a webinar to raise awareness about the potential dangers of chemical flavoring exposure in the workplace.

Have you ever been driving down the road and been cut off? Of course, you have. The first thing you think is “who is driving that car?!” With advances in technology, the answer to that question could soon be “no one.”

Perhaps it’s an understatement to say that we are in the personal device age. What you may not know is that the technology that keeps most of those devices running is a lithium-ion battery pack and any device with one has the potential to explode or catch fire without warning.

Did you know that September is dedicated to ovarian cancer awareness? While this disease may only physically affect women, like all cancers, it touches so many more including brothers, husbands, children and friends.

Weeks after the 15th anniversary of 9/11 attacks, JASTA will now allow 9/11 Families and Survivors to seek justice and accountability.

Mayor John Tecklenburg declared Sept. 26, 2016, as Mesothelioma Awareness Day in Charleston, S.C. for the fifth time.