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Mesothelioma Awareness Day is not only an opportunity to remember the parents, children, siblings and friends who have been claimed by this ongoing epidemic, but it is also an opportunity to reflect on significant developments in the United States and around the world regarding asbestos, mesothelioma and other…

Although asbestos civil litigation has been around since the 70s, not a single asbestos manufacturer, supplier, distributer or premises owner has been criminally prosecuted in the U.S.

Our thoughts are with the survivors and families of the victims involved in a a devastating chemical explosion that occurred in Geismar, La., 30 miles southeast of Baton Rouge at Williams Chemical Plant on June 13, 2013.

Despite decades of awareness, legislation and litigation, there are some in positions of authority—in our churches, schools, summer camps and scout troops—who chose to shirk their responsibility as mandatory reporters and look the other way when they suspect childhood sex abuse. Such acts of concealment not only…

From the collective smash of helmets and the grunts of tackled players to the cheers following a touchdown, these are the sounds that have categorized the sport for decades. However, these very sounds are starting to define generations of players who have made sacrifices as a result of their often successful and…

The Steering Committee of the 9/11 Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism released a statement on Thursday, June 6, 2013, demanding that the FBI ‘come clean’ about its investigation of a Saudi family that was living in Sarasota, Fla., and may have provided assistance to the hijackers who carried out the 9/11 attacks.

National plaintiffs’ law firm Motley Rice is proud to announce that several of its attorneys, who represent clients across an array of practice areas, have been selected for inclusion in the 2013 South Carolina Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars lists and Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers® list.

U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon ruled that the case against Arab Bank plc for its alleged involvement in financing terrorist activity will be allowed to proceed to a trial by jury.

Motley Rice condemns the cowardly attacks at the Boston Marathon yesterday and commends the police, firefighters, other rescue workers, medical personnel and everyday heroes that ran to aid the injured and traumatized victims in the wake of these brutal and senseless bombings.

Motley Rice member and medical attorney Carmen Sessions Scott has been named to the 2013 Charleston Regional Business Journal's Forty Under 40 list, an honor annually given to a select few who “are making their mark with professional success and community involvement.”

On the third day of Global Asbestos Awareness Week, law firm Motley Rice LLC welcomed Charleston Firefighter Support Team leader Chief Gerald Mishoe and “Big John,” a 1969 Mack CF600 fire truck that was restored in honor and memory of City of Charleston Fire Department Battalion Chief John Winn.

The U.S. government recently announced the addition of Saudi Arabia to the handful of countries whose travelers can bypass normal passport protocols at major U.S. airports as part of the Global Entry Trusted Traveler Program. Despite allegations and evidence of Saudi involvement in the 9/11 attacks, U.S. officials…

Congress should take a cue from the SEC's whistleblower program and protect FIRREA whistleblowers' confidentiality throughout the process.

Thirteen years have passed, and yet the memories of the terrorist attacks on 9/11 remain etched in our collective memory. Today, tens of thousands of survivors, residents, area workers and responders suffer from respiratory illnesses and related injuries as a result of exposure to toxic World Trade Center dust in the…

A recent report by CBS News profiles 40-year-old LeRoy Torres, a former Texas state trooper and captain in the U.S. Army Reserves who was deployed for a year-long combat tour to Iraq in 2007. As soon as he returned home, he was hospitalized, suffering from breathing attacks

On Feb. 27, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Amgen, Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds that plaintiffs do not need to prove the materiality of a defendant's false statements at the class certification stage of a securities fraud case.

Motley Rice member and securities fraud attorney Marlon Kimpson (SC) recently attended the American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF) Educational Seminar for African American Leaders in Israel.

A troubling pattern is emerging in which the U.S. government stands for the rights of foreign sovereigns in opposition to its own citizens.

In February and March of 2014, GM recalled 2.6 million Chevrolet Cobalts and HHRs, Saturn Ions and Skys, and Pontiac G5s and Solstices because of defective ignition switches. GM admitted that “a condition with the ignition switch…may allow the key to unintentionally move or switch to the ‘accessory’ or ‘off’ position…

Since the Deepwater Horizon disaster four years ago this month, BP has been “April Fooling” us that they are actually going to take responsibility for their actions.