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As one of the larger employers in South Carolina, Motley Rice is humbled to be profiled in the fall 2012 issue of SCBIZ in the article "Social Litigation" by reporter Harriet McLeod.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released the final report of an FDA-funded study regarding the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in women taking hormonal contraceptives, finding that women who take drospirenone-containing birth-control pills are significantly more likely to develop a VTE than…

Six months after returning to her Arizona home following service in Iraq as a DCMA (Defense Contract Management Agency) worker, Emilye Rainwater was diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer known as acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

In the latest edition of <em>The Safety Report</em>, aviation lawyer Mary Schiavo wrote the article, "Holiday Travel Tips the Airline Won't Give You."

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found asbestos contamination in the North Little Rock, Ark. community of Dixie, where a vermiculite-processing facility operated for nearly four decades. Officials believe the substance originated from a mine in Libby, Mont.

Cameron International, a contractor for the Macondo well, has agreed to pay British Petroleum (BP) $250 million to settle liability disputes over the Deepwater Horizon well explosion.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released an update on their investigation into the contained engine failure of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner that occurred during a pre-delivery taxi test and started a grass fire at Charleston International Airport on July 28, 2012. No people were injured.

Motley Rice has filed a class action lawsuit in South Carolina involving economic loss claims by people who own vehicles that contain the recalled Takata airbags.

I have many concerns about Zofran being prescribed as recent studies show that exposure to this drug suggests an increased risk of birth defects in children.

In a suit filed against Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi US and a number of other talcum powder manufacturers, Motley Rice attorneys and co-counsel are asking why a common over-the-counter hygiene product that has been linked to an increased risk in ovarian cancer for more than 30 years has no warning about this risk on…