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Motley Rice attorney Anne Kearse to speak at annual asbestos forum
Asbestos Exposure | Toxic Exposure
Attorney Anne Kearse will serve as a guest speaker on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at the 11th Annual Forum on Litigating and Managing Asbestos Claims, an American Conference Institute event.
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Joe Rice to speak on Public Employee Retirement Systems
Securities Class Actions
Co-founder Joe Rice will serve as a guest speaker at the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems.
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Annual Plaintiffs' Asbestos Litigation Seminar invites Motley Rice attorney John Herrick to speak
Asbestos Exposure | Toxic Exposure
Asbestos attorney John Herrick will be speaking at PALS 2010, the Plaintiffs' Asbestos Litigation Co-Counsel Seminar held annually by The Hoffman Law Firm.
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Motley Rice helping the Make-A-Wish Foundation grant SC child's wish
Motley Rice is pleased to announce that the firm is helping the South Carolina Chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation grant the wish of a five-year-old girl at the 4th Annual Wine Festival being held Saturday, May 1, 2010 at Freshfields Village.
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Mary Schiavo discusses Germanwings Flight 4U 9525 crash
Aviation Lawsuit
On March 24, 2015, Germanwings Flight 4U 9525 crashed approximately 52 minutes after takeoff near the remote towns of Barcelonnette and Digne-les-Bains in the French Alps.
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Motley Rice attorney Fidelma Fitzpatrick to speak at symposium on lead poisoning
Toxic Exposure
Attorney Fidelma Fitzpatrick will be speaking on Friday, April 23, 2010 at a Symposium on "Lead Poisoning and the Law" at Rutgers University.
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Attorney Jonathan Orent to speak at Environmental Health and Chemical Exposures seminar
Toxic Exposure
Motley Rice attorney Jonathan Orent will be speaking at a Rhode Island Bar Association seminar entitled "Environmental Health and Chemical Exposures: Law and Science."
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Motley Rice attorneys Anne Kearse and Scott McGee speak at asbestos conference in Beverly Hills
Asbestos Exposure | Toxic Exposure
Anne Kearse spoke at the Cutting Edge Issues in Asbestos Litigation Conference.
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Securities attorney Joe Rice speaks at 2009 Public Funds Summit
Securities Class Actions
Motley Rice founding member Joe Rice was a guest speaker at Opal Financial Group's annual Public Funds Summit.
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Preliminary Hearing Waived: Motley Rice attorney provides insight to The Wall Street Journal
Securities Class Actions
In a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, Motley Rice securities attorney and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Labaton, discusses reasons why the CEO of the collapsed brokerage firm Peregrine Financial Group Inc. may have decided to waive a preliminary hearing in his criminal case.
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Seconds from Impact: Air Traffic Control Mistake Almost Causes Three-Plane Collision
Aviation Lawsuit
It was a close call on Tuesday afternoon, July 31, 2012, when two outbound commuter jets came within seconds of a midair collision with another flight coming in for a landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.
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National Landmark Verdict: California couple wins case against pelvic mesh manufacturer
Medical Device Lawsuits
On July 23, 2012, a jury awarded a Bakersfield, Calif., couple $5.5 million in a case against C.R. Bard Medical, the manufacturer of the Avaulta Mesh pelvic mesh implant. The plaintiffs alleged that C.R. Bard knew that the mesh was unsafe but decided to continue selling it.
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Dr. Sugarbaker receives award from Mesothelioma Foundation
Asbestos Exposure
On July 12, 2012, the Mesothelioma Foundation presented Dr. Sugarbaker with the Pioneer Award at the Celebration of Hope Reception in Washington, D.C., to honor his lifetime of work in mesothelioma research and treatment development.
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Aviation Food Safety: Needles found in sandwiches on Delta flight
Aviation Lawsuit
While there are international aviation food safety guidelines, as detailed in the Worldwide Food Safety Guidelines for Airline Catering guide, food can be mishandled at any time and cause dangerous, if not deadly, consequences.
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Skip ReVille Attempted Confessing: Claims He Tried To Confess Crimes To Mandatory Reporters
Human Rights Lawsuits | Sexual Abuse
Newly released documents in the investigation against Skip ReVille provide additional information and disturbing details about ReVille's admitted crimes against young boys, as well as mandatory reporters' alleged knowledge of his behavior.
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Human Body Bombs: Aviation lawyer discusses latest plot and what it may mean for airport security
Aviation Lawsuit
This spring, the CIA thwarted a terrorist attempt allegedly crafted by al Qaeda to smuggle a bomb aboard a civilian aircraft bound for the U.S.
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Holding Terrorists Accountable: 9/11 Families applaud introduction of JASTA in HOR
Anti-Terrorism Lawsuit
The 9/11 Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism, more than 6,600 survivors and family members of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, issued an announcement applauding the introduction of The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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TSA Fires Five: Agents disciplined after failing to perform screenings
Aviation Lawsuit
Earlier this week, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) fired five and suspended 38 employees after an investigation found they had failed to execute random screenings last year at the Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Fla.
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Pelvic Mesh Recall: Ethicon advises FDA that it is withdrawing products from U.S. market
Medical Device Lawsuits | Women’s Health Lawsuits
On June 4, 2012, the judges overseeing the pelvic mesh multidistrict litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia were notified that Johnson & Johnson subsidiary and pelvic mesh manufacturer Ethicon, Inc., advised the FDA of its plans to recall four of its transvaginal/pelvic…
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Air Canada Emergency: Engine failure forces plane to make emergency landing
Aviation Lawsuit
On Monday afternoon, an Air Canada Boeing 777 jet was forced to make an emergency landing after one of its engines failed shortly after takeoff.