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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 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 women using standard low-estrogen birth control pills.

On December 12, 2011, Motley Rice filed a lawsuit against Pinewood Preparatory School and its former headmaster Glyn Cowlishaw on behalf of an alleged sexual abuse victim of Charleston-area teacher and coach Louis "Skip" ReVille.

The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) has announced, with the Canadian Voices of Asbestos Victims, the release of the North American Declaration to Eliminate Asbestos-Related Diseases.

On behalf of an alleged sexual abuse victim of Charleston-area teacher and coach Louis "Skip" ReVille, Motley Rice LLC filed a civil lawsuit today against Pinewood Preparatory School and its former headmaster Glyn Cowlishaw.

We are proud to announce that The Trial Lawyer Magazine has named Motley Rice co-founder Ronald Motley as a 2011 member of The Roundtable: America's 100 Most Influential Trial Lawyers.

A notice has been issued in connection with <em>In re Atheros Communications Inc.</em> Shareholder Litigation, C.A. No. 6124-VCN.

The husband and family of Frances Einhorn recently filed a ten-count negligence and breach of contract lawsuit against Boston-based Grand Circle LLC in connection with an Aswan, Egypt, bus crash that took the lives of nine people and injured numerous others.

Motley Rice member Fred Thompson III and transvaginal mesh lawyer Jon Orent will speak at HarrisMartin's upcoming Transvaginal Mesh and Actos Litigation Conference 2011

On Nov. 17, 2011, the Justice Against the Sponsors of Terrorism Act ("JASTA" or S. 1894) was introduced by Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) with cosponsors Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), John Cornyn (R-TX) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).