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Each day, more than 115 Americans tragically lose their lives to opioid overdoses and thousands more struggle with opioid dependency. The growing epidemic crosses virtually all demographics, and with more than half a million related deaths recorded in the U.S. between 2000 and 2015, the crisis has officially been…

The 8th annual edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” ranked Motley Rice as a National Tier 1 firm for Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs.

If you are the current or former owner of a vehicle containing a recalled Takata airbag, then you likely have or soon will receive a notice in the mail, asking you to register with its claimant portal.

A three-justice panel affirmed the ruling that three lead paint companies created a public nuisance by promoting lead paint for interior residential use with knowledge of the danger that such use would create.

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month making now the perfect time to speak out about lung cancer risks and small things we can do year round to educate people and save lives.

On November 28, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments to resolve conflicting opinions whether Dodd-Frank’s retaliation provision extends to individuals who have not reported alleged misconduct to the SEC and thus fall outside the definition of a whistleblower.

Two medical attorneys have been appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for litigation alleging harm caused by hernia mesh products.

Many patients rely on health insurance coverage to obtain the healthcare services they need at a cost they can afford. But what if that lifeline was engaged in a scheme to take more money out of patients’ pockets than necessary, in order to line its own?

Thirty new hernia mesh patients and their families have joined the Ethicon Physiomesh® multidistrict litigation, bringing the number of Plaintiffs in the MDL to more than 300.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Honda have confirmed a fatal accident in Baton Rouge, La., was a result of a defective Takata airbag. The death is the 20th linked to a defective Takata airbag worldwide.

As we reflect on the past year, I invite you to peruse our blog and explore my colleagues’ musings on some of the leading legal, consumer and public health-related issues of today.

Motley Rice co-founder Joe Rice has been appointed co-lead counsel in the National Prescription Opiate Litigation.

You may have heard of the Meltdown and Spectre security defects. These affect virtually all Intel Corp., computer processors, which are believed to contain security flaws that may give hackers access to sensitive data and private information stored on personal computers, servers – including cloud-based servers – and…

An appeals court revived litigation brought by a group of institutional investors who allege operators of U.S. stock exchanges and high-frequency traders manipulated the U.S. equities markets.

We trust companies to protect our most personal information. As such, they should take steps to protect consumers. However, in an announcement last year, Equifax claimed that a security lapse on its part exposed the data of more than half the country. If that wasn’t enough, experts recently discovered two major…

Motley Rice has been appointed lead counsel for Twitter Inc., shareholders who allege they were misled about the social media network’s daily user growth during 2015.

An Amtrak train traveling from New York to Miami, Florida derailed in Columbia, S.C., killing two Amtrak workers and injuring more than 100 passengers. The incident happened near the S.C. State Farmers Market when the train collided with a stationary CSX freight train.

On February 4, 2018 at approximately 2:35 a.m., Amtrak passenger train 91, known as the Silver Star, crashed into a CSX freight train in Cayce, South Carolina, a suburb of Columbia, South Carolina.

South Carolina has a rich industrial history, whether employing South Carolinians or generating economic growth. However, with such industrial work comes a heightened risk of asbestos exposure, a hidden danger that has tragically claimed thousands of lives throughout the state.

The Supreme Court of California declined to review a series of lower court decisions that found 3 lead pigment companies created a public nuisance by promoting the use of lead pigment in paint in homes, and that an abatement funded by the defendants was needed in order to mitigate the harm done.