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The SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower recently announced that it awarded $168 million to 13 whistleblowers in 2018 — that is more than half of the total $326 million awarded to whistleblowers since the program was created in 2010 under the Dodd-Frank Act.

Claims alleging anti-nausea medication Zofran® caused life-threatening birth defects in unborn children will be allowed to move forward following a ruling Feb. 5, 2019 denying summary judgment.

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected this term to resolve conflicting opinions in False Claims Act (FCA) whistleblower litigation regarding whether an extended statute of limitations should apply to cases in which the government declines to intervene.

Recognizing his work representing plaintiffs, the Roger Williams University School of Law named attorney Robert McConnell one of its 2019 Champions for Justice.

American Honda recently announced a recall of 1.1 million vehicles due to a defective airbag inflators. This recall is for replacement airbags that were previously installed in the vehicles in the wake of the Takata airbag scandal.

U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven has allowed plaintiffs to move forward with allegations that the cancer care company jeopardized the private health information of millions of patients by failing to prevent a data breach.

Oklahoma Attorney General announced a settlement in the opioid litigation with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family. This is a significant step in the effort of the governmental entities to address the opioid epidemic.

One hundred and forty-nine passengers and eight crew members were killed when their plane, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, crashed. The plane, a new Boeing 737 MAX 8, was en route to Nairobi, Kenya, and carrying passengers of 35 different nationalities.

As the U.S. military’s sole supplier of earplugs, 3M and its predecessor Aearo Technologies, Inc., sold an estimated 2 million Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs, Version 2 (CAEv2) for use during military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The devices, however, were allegedly defective in design and failed to meet…

Motley Rice is co-class counsel in the case in which plaintiffs allege Twitter Inc. knowingly concealed and made false statements about key operating metrics, allegedly in violation of the federal securities laws.

Allegations were recently raised that in the midst of VW’s attempts to restore broken trust, the company and its subsidiary Audi were secretly lying to customers and regulators by selling pre-production vehicles to the public that legally should have been headed for the junkyard. It’s a classic case of irony.

Making an informed decision on purchasing a vehicle is impossible without crucial details, such as known defects, that manufacturers are expected to provide. Allegations have been raised, however, that Audi, a Volkswagen subsidiary, withheld information from customers about timing chain tensioner defects in certain…

“Pre-production,” “prototype,” and “zero-series” vehicles play an important role in the testing and development phase of auto manufacturing. Whether they’re being tested/driven by journalists, or transported thousands of miles to be displayed at auto shows, these vehicles help automakers discover and work out issues…

Michael Quirk practices in the areas of consumer rights, class action, mass tort, and appellate litigation.

A trial lawyer with more than 35 years of experience litigating complex mass torts, Esther Berezofsky has devoted her career to representing communities impacted by environmental contamination and fighting for the rights of consumers, individuals and families impacted by fraud and misconduct across a range of…

NHTSA announced it is expanding its investigation into potentially defective airbags that may fail to deploy in a wreck and that have caused at least eight deaths in the United States. The airbags may not deploy due to “electrical overstress.”

Attorney James Ledlie was featured by the CDC for his work in public health law. The Q&A interview highlights James’ legal career, detailing his significant cases, his current focus areas and lessons he has learned along the way.

Fourteen Motley Rice attorneys were named to the 2019 Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars for South Carolina, Washington, D.C. and West Virginia.

Daniel Lapinski has nearly 20 years of litigation experience, with a focus on mass tort and complex litigation in state, federal and appellate courts.

One hundred and forty-nine passengers and eight crew members were killed March 10, 2019 when their plane, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, crashed within minutes of takeoff from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The plane, a new Boeing 737 MAX 8, was en route to Nairobi, Kenya, and carrying passengers of 35 different nationalities…