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Motley Rice is proud to announce that South Carolina Lawyers Weekly has honored the firm's co-founder, Joseph F. Rice, with its Leadership in Law Award.

Motley Rice proudly joins the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) in congratulating the U.S. Senate for unanimously passing Senate Resolution 389, legislation which designates April 1 - 7 as National Asbestos Awareness Week to "raise public awareness about the prevalence of asbestos-related diseases and the dangers of asbestos exposure."

The passing of this resolution is a significant step towards giving asbestos victims and concerned citizens a voice by raising public awareness about the dangers of asbestos exposure.

Given the shocking impairment caused by lack of sleep, perhaps it is time to have pilots, air traffic controllers, nuclear plant operators, 18-wheel truckers and others actually pass reaction time tests before they are allowed to fly or perform other important functions

Following extensive negotiation and a week-long trial delay issued by Judge Carl Barbier in the BP multidistrict litigation (MDL), the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee (PSC) for the MDL has reached a settlement in principle with BP that, if approved by the court, would compensate hundreds of thousands of individuals and businesses affected by the Deepwater Horizon disaster. These lawsuits were consolidated in the MDL In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010, No. 10-md-02179 (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana).

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly have named Motley Rice member Don Migliori among their 2011 Lawyers of the Year lists.

The 9/11 Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism issued a statement today in support of former Senators Bob Graham (FL) and Bob Kerrey (NE), who entered declarations in federal court supporting further investigation into possible connections between Saudi Arabia, the Saudi High Commission and the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Motley Rice is proud to serve as the title sponsor of the 24th Annual KidsFair.

Motley Rice pelvic mesh lawyer Leah Donaldson has been selected by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell® and ALM Media for inclusion in a "New England's Women Leaders in the Law" list.

Motley Rice member and asbestos lawyer Anne McGinness Kearse has been invited to serve as a moderator at Perrin Conferences' Cutting-Edge Issues in Asbestos Litigation Conference