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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…

Reuters reports on the Delaware Court of Chancery's recent opinion regarding the proposed going-private merger between PLATO Learning, Inc. and Thoma Bravo, LLC.

On May 7, 2010, U.S. District Judge Joel A. Pisano issued an order in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey regarding the bankruptcy case, In re Congoleum Corp., 09-cv-4371, and the dispute that has been a source of contention in the case over payments to Motley Rice member Joe Rice and Perry Weitz of…

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recently distributed to all regional VA offices a 30-page training letter detailing a new policy for the offices to use when determining benefits for veterans who have been exposed to environmental hazards while on duty. Among the environmental hazards named are the burn pits…

Reporting on burn pits that have often been used as a method of waste disposal on U.S. military bases in both Iraq and Afghanistan, Dan Rather speaks with soldiers, veterans, doctors and other experts to explore the potential health risks posed by burn pits and investigates the claims of those who have alleged a link…

John Herrick serves as co-chair and a speaker for the Asbestos Litigation 2009 Conference.

Motley Rice attorney John Baden will be speaking on the "Future of Asbestos Litigation" at the International Asbestos Litigation Conference.

Researchers in a recent study found that pregnant women taking the drug bupropion, formerly known as amfebutamone, may have an increased risk of having a baby born with a specific type of heart defect. Initially researched and marketed as the antidepressant Wellbutrin, buproprion was subsequently found to be an…

In recognition of the thousands of Canadian workers who have been killed, injured or suffered illness due to workplace-related hazards, Motley Rice honors Canada's National Day of Mourning, also known as Workers' Memorial Day, and its mission to both commemorate those who have been hurt or lost their lives…

Motley Rice has filed a motion on behalf of a client—a plaintiff in a 2007 shareholder derivative suit—to initiate "show cause" proceedings as to why Massey Energy's board of directors should not be held in civil contempt for violating the terms of a court-approved settlement agreement.

On Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, Judge Barbier entered an Order and Judgment Granting Final Approval of the Economic and Property Damages Settlement and Confirming Certification of An Economic and Property Damages Settlement Class.

The Rhode Island Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the family of Hiu Lui ("Jason") Ng, a 34-year-old Chinese detainee who died last August while in the custody of immigration officials at the Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls.

The Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility and others have agreed to, among other terms, pay millions of dollars to settle a wrongful death lawsuit involving Chinese immigration detainee Hiu Lui "Jason" Ng, who died while in federal custody in August 2008.

Attorney Don Migliori discusses the verdict in the first lawsuit of thousands against Davol, Inc. alleging that it manufactured and marketed faulty hernia repair patches.