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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.

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.

A bankruptcy plan has been approved carving out a trust for personal injury claimants as well as a second channeling agreement allowing for future claims. Motley Rice helped negotiate the resolutions and spoke out in favor of both plans during an approval hearing.

Despite the increasing prevalence of diabetes, there are many common misconceptions and an overall lack of knowledge surrounding the disease commonly referred to as an invisible disease.

Motley Rice has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Virginia mother and her child, both of whom suffered severe injuries Feb. 4, 2018 when an Amtrak train crashed into a stationary CSX freight train in the city of Cayce, just west of Columbia, S.C.

We are proud to announce that co-founding member Joseph F. Rice is the 2018 recipient of the South Carolina Association for Justice (SCAJ) “Founders’ Award.”

Linda Singer, lead of the firm’s Public Client practice group and a former Attorney General for the District of Columbia, has been included in the 2017 issue of The National Law Journal’s Litigation Trailblazers & Pioneers.

The FAA and NTSB are investigating the cause of a New York City helicopter crash that tragically claimed the lives of five passengers on March 11, 2017.