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According to an NPR investigation into Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster, a mine electrician was ordered on February 13, 2010, to disable a methane gas monitor on a continuous mining machine, allowing the machine to continue cutting rock without a functional methane monitor.

Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter stated on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, that he will advocate for legislation, S. 2930, that clarifies the right of U.S. citizens to hold Saudi Arabia and others accountable for their alleged role as financial supporters of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

On Tuesday, July 13, 2010, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Gershon issued a court order in the Arab Bank lawsuit stating that the jury "will be instructed that, based on the defendant's failure to produce documents, it may, but is not required to, infer that the defendant provided financial services to…

Aviation lawyer and former Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation Mary Schiavo appeared on MSNBC on Saturday, July 10, 2010 to address critical safety problems and discuss the recent, steady rise of near collisions in the sky at U.S. airports.

Motley Rice environmental lawyers have filed additional nuclear contamination lawsuits in federal court in Pittsburgh, PA alleging that emissions from two former nuclear fuel processing plants in Armstrong County, PA have caused personal injury, property damage and wrongful death. The defendants in the case are…

According to an article featured in Politics Daily by reporter David Sessions, BP initially presented volunteers, fishermen and other workers with waivers, hoping they would sign away some of their rights to sue. Given the increasing number of lawsuits, however, the oil giant has now begun to gather a team of advisors…

In a report soon to be published in July 2010's Allergy and Asthma Proceedings, nearly seven percent of returning soldiers who worked at Balad Air Base in Iraq show signs of serious lung injuries, a number far above the percentage of troops serving stateside, that may be linked to burn pit exposure during service…

CBS News investigates open-air burn pits on U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, focusing on the many former soldiers and personnel who are reporting chronic and even fatal illnesses that they attribute to exposure to burn pit smoke during their service abroad.

Speaking with reporter Carolyn Murray and marine ecologist Dr. Philip Dustin on Comcast's Newsmakers, Motley Rice member attorney Marlon Kimpson speaks at length about the growing economic impact of the BP oil spill and the consequent oil spill lawsuits that Motley Rice has filed alone and with other co-counsel…

For the fourth year in a row, Motley Rice is proud to announce that it has been included on The National Law Journal’s 2015 Plaintiffs’ Hot List.

Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, the American Lung Association urged the government to ban open-air burn pits on military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan due to the "health effects of burning refuse."

Motley Rice LLC, known for its firm stand against human rights abuses and crimes against humanity, is a proud sponsor of the celebration that that will kick off on Thursday, June 24, 2010 at the Newseum in Washington, DC.

Families of those killed in 9/11 and others injured in the attacks who are involved in terrorism-financing lawsuits believe that the judge overseeing this litigation has failed to actively manage the litigation - including, for example, allowing nearly 100 early-stage motions to dismiss to remain unresolved since 2007.

The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) announced on Wednesday, June 9, 2010, that they have joined institutional investors Amalgamated Bank and Manville Trust as plaintiffs in a shareholder lawsuit filed in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia against Massey Energy officers and…

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, tarballs resulting from the BP oil spill have begun to come ashore east of Pensacola, and ecotourism businesses in South Florida may already be feeling the impact. Some in the industry say that advanced bookings have dramatically decreased since the oil…

Motley Rice filed putative class actions against BP, Transocean, Halliburton and numerous other defendants in connection with the BP oil spill that began in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, April 20, 2010.

Two former nuclear enriching facilities in Pennsylvania's Parks Township-Apollo area are facing federal lawsuits filed on Friday, May 28, 2010, by 15 area residents who allege that facility operations caused illness and death resulting from such factors as environmental contamination and chemical exposure.

On Friday, May 28, 2010, the U.S. House of Representatives passed language that directs the Secretary of Defense to report on the possibility of creating an active registry for service members and veterans who have been exposed to occupational and environmental hazards, including burn pits.

A putative class action lawsuit has been filed in the state of Mississippi by George W. Schmidt, II of Schmidt Law Firm and co-counsel firm Motley Rice LLC against BP p.l.c. and several other drilling defendants in connection with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, April 20…

A deep-sea wellhead about 40 miles southeast of the Louisiana coast became unstable due to mounting gas pressures before suffering an explosion on Tuesday, April 20, 2010, that resulted in a massive oil spill that has had a destructive effect on the Gulf region's economy and those who depend upon the coast's…