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On Monday, Sept. 23, 2013, an 80-year ban on general solicitation will be lifted, allowing companies to advertise private securities offerings to investors of all kinds without having to register the offering with the SEC or any state so long as certain requirements are met.

On Sept. 12, 2013, Motley Rice LLC was appointed co-lead counsel in <i>In re Walgreens Co. Derivative Litigation</i>, a consolidated shareholder derivative action brought by the court-appointed co-lead plaintiffs, a group of institutional investors, against the board of directors of Walgreen Co. (Walgreens).

As American citizens spent yesterday honoring the memory of the brave souls who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks of 9/11, it was very disheartening and outright offensive that BP sought to use Sept. 11th to again attack our judicial system.

Anti-Terrorism member attorney Jodi Westbrook Flowers reflects on the 12th anniversary of 9/11 and recognizes the strength and determination of the survivors and families of those killed on that terrible day.

It is with the deepest sadness and most profound grief that I share with you that Motley Rice LLC co-founder Ronald L. Motley, 68, passed away today, August 22, 2013.

It is vitally important that everyone help to spread the word about the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund deadline to insure maximum participation by first responders and other volunteers that are eligible.

The easiest answer to that question is also the simplest: If you haven’t heard of the airline you are about to book, perhaps it’s better to step back and search for an airline you HAVE heard of. However, there are some places where you simply can’t get on a main-line carrier from a developed nation.

In a year of mixed court rulings in the field of human rights and anti-terrorism law, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia delivered a well-earned bright spot recently. The Court upheld the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Final Rule enforcing Dodd-Frank Section 1502.

Motley Rice LLC, one of the nation’s largest plaintiffs’ litigation firms, is proud to announce that trial lawyer and co-founding member Ronald L. Motley has been named the 2013 recipient of the South Carolina Association for Justice (SCAJ) Founders’ Award.

From August 1 through 3, 2013, Motley Rice attorneys joined South Carolina trial lawyers and legal speakers on Hilton Head Island for the annual South Carolina Association for Justice (SCAJ) Convention, a 12-hour continuing legal education seminar.