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The military has agreed to identify ways to protect deployed service members from potentially toxic burn pit fumes and smoke.

A federal court has certified a class action lawsuit brought by Ponzi scheme victims alleging that Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. is liable for violations of the South Carolina Uniform Securities Act of 2005.

ABC News reported on the safety risks linked to pilots who fly long hours without an adequate amount of sleep.

On Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, Administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) Kenneth Feinberg announced new proposed criteria that the GCCF plans to use moving forward.

The federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation (MDL) against Davol, Inc. and C.R. Bard, Inc., Judge Mary M. Lisi, denied the companies' bid for a new trial.

In November 2010, the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed implementing section 922 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act's whistleblower program.

Delaware companies linked to Harry Markopolos, the fraud investigator who tried for eight years to get the SEC to shut down Madoff's Ponzi scheme, have filed lawsuits against major banks alleging these banks defrauded public pension funds.

Motley Rice attorney Joe Rice is profiled by the Charleston Post & Courier as a man who came from humble beginnings before becoming a founding member of his own firm.

On Jan. 6, 2011, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) published a study addressing the alleged magnitude of reported and unreported mesothelioma cases worldwide.

Motley Rice attorney Gregg Levin comments on the rise in corporate scandals that has led to a consequent rise in securities litigation cases. Attributing the scandal boom to increased shareholder vigilance, Levin expects the uncovering of corporate fraud to continue and says that the resulting litigation will be the…

According to a report by the Associated Press, the U.S. Homeland Security Department plans to discontinue the use of color-coded terror threat alerts, an eight-year-old system designed to communicate threat levels to safety officials and the public.

Motley Rice attorney Mike Elsner comments on why negligence lawsuits against the federal government in an anthrax case may be warranted.

Last week, Ken Feinberg, administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF), was questioned by local fishermen during his two-day visit to Mississippi and southern Louisiana about allegedly sluggish payments and rejected claims.

Motley Rice has filed the first lawsuit on behalf of five surviving victims in the Harrah's Casino bus crash that killed three and injured several others.

Davol, Inc., maker of the recalled Composix® Kugel® hernia repair patch, has now voluntarily recalled its XenMatrix hernia and abdominal surgical graft.

The New York Times quotes attorney Don Migliori, who represents three families of 9/11 victims seeking to lift confidentiality orders on documents that they say reveal breakdowns in airline security and show safety as being secondary to additional concerns such as business costs or airport delays.

Attorney Mary Schiavo discusses "loophole airlines" and cites the current investigation of the corporate jet that crashed at Teterboro Airport four years ago.

In response to UBS's $48.6 billion write-down on its mortgage-backed securities, investors claim that the bank issued false and misleading statements about its risk management controls, its exposure to risky assets, and the value of the securities on its books.

Attorney Mary Schiavo is heading up a new lawsuit following the crash of Flight 3407.

Aviation attorney Mary Schiavo discusses airplane icing procedures and the importance of safety recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board.