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While businesses in states surrounding the Gulf of Mexico are struggling, South Carolina business owners are also feeling the effects of the BP oil spill. Local restaurant owners, for example, rely heavily on gulf coast seafood for their seafood inventory, mainly their oyster supplies.

The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF) announced that the U.S. House of Representatives passed H. Res. 771 designating September 26th as National Mesothelioma Awareness Day.

The Motley Rice aviation team has been speaking with media across the country this week as one of the year's busiest travel days approaches.

The busiest travel season of the year has approached amidst controversy surrounding the airport security procedures being implemented by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). These procedures include full body scanners and more invasive physical pat-downs using fingers and palms.

On Thursday, November 18, 2010, a federal court judge denied a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by local South Carolina teacher Sandie Mallard against AirTran Airways, Inc., after the airline cancelled her tickets to Mexico without notice.

Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly and Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly have each selected Motley Rice member Don Migliori as one of their 2011 Lawyers of the Year.

The inaugural 2012 edition of Benchmark Plaintiff, The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Plaintiff Firms & Attorneys, recognized Motley Rice and a number of its attorneys in its national and local rankings.

The interim claims deadline for the six month emergency payment from the Gulf Coast Claims Facility is just one week away, Tuesday, November 23, 2010.

A second alleged sexual abuse victim of Charleston-area teacher and coach Louis "Skip" ReVille filed a civil lawsuit today against Pinewood Preparatory School, its former headmaster Glyn Cowlishaw and guidance counselor Brendan Diffley.

With a busy travel season ahead, the recent discovery of suspicious packages on cargo planes bound for the United States has led to growing concerns regarding airport security during the holiday travel season.

A bomb scare Thursday night led to the grounding of three cargo planes in the Northeast United States. The first suspicious package was reportedly a "manipulated" ink toner cartridge with wires attached on a flight thought to be traveling from Yemen to Chicago. Another suspicious package was found on a…

Motley Rice attorneys began trial today (November 9, 2010) in the Paxil lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline. The plaintiffs allege the company failed to properly warn consumers that its antidepressant drug Paxil could cause birth defects.

In its recent Fall 2010 issue of Consumer Alert, the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (SCDCA) posted a consumer alert warning individuals against charity scams, especially those claiming to support victims of the BP Oil Spill.

On Thursday, November 4, 2010, a liability verdict was reached in an asbestos lawsuit against John Crane Inc. alleging that the company's asbestos-containing products caused retired West Virginia pipefitter Robert L. Wood to be diagnosed with mesothelioma.

On Thursday, November 4, 2010, an airliner flying above the western Indonesian island of Batam suffered a failure of one of its four engines approximately six minutes after takeoff from Singapore's Changi Airport. Qantas flight QF32, carrying 440 passengers and 26 crew members, was forced to make an emergency…

The recent discovery of suspicious packages on cargo planes bound for the United States has led to an investigation into the security of airline cargo, especially regarding cargo coming from other countries.

On October 20, 2010, the Honorable Alvin K. Hellerstein of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York set a trial date for the case Bavis v. United Airlines, Inc.

Read articles on the judge's decision in <i>The New York Times</i>, the <i>New York Daily News </i> and by the Associated Press.

Motley Rice securities attorneys and co-counsel Sturman LLC filed suit on behalf of one of Germany's largest state-owned banks against Goldman, Sachs & Co. (Goldman Sachs) and TCW Asset Management Company (TCW) on October 5, 2010 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Motley Rice attorneys continue to work with co-counsel Susan Burke and her firm Burke PLLC in the KBR, Inc., Burn Pit multidistrict litigation to represent clients against multiple defense contractors for allegedly exposing military personnel to toxins generated by open-air burn pits on military bases in Iraq and…