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When an entity such as a trust or pension fund chooses to litigate alleged fraud, we know that it can be just as important to affect changes to prevent similar actions in the future as it is to recover lost investment funds.

Ron Motley (1944 – 2013) fought for greater justice, accountability and recourse, and has been widely recognized as one of America’s most accomplished and skilled trial lawyers. During a career that spanned more than four decades, his persuasiveness before a jury and ability to break new legal and evidentiary ground…

If you had a transvaginal mesh (TVM) implant, also known as a pelvic mesh implant or bladder sling, and are suffering from painful, serious side effects after one or more revision surgeries, you are not alone. Complications involving transvaginal mesh devices have been reported in tens of thousands of women in…

In the significant <em> Lance v. Wyeth</em> decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected Wyeth Ltd.’s argument that it was untouchable for injuries to users of its now discontinued weight loss drug, Redux.

Attorney Carmen Scott urges women to learn the facts about contraceptives, and to speak with a physician about the pros and cons associated with various kinds of hormonal contraceptives.

It is estimated that more than two million women in the United States have used the Mirena IUD device in the past ten years.

Motley Rice has reached an Agreement in Principle to settle with transvaginal mesh (TVM) device manufacturer American Medical Systems, Inc. (AMS) and parent company Endo International plc.

A recent, alarming article by Bloomberg suggests that C.R. Bard’s (BCR) Davol unit knew that the plastic it used in its Avaulta line of transvaginal (pelvic) mesh devices was unsafe to be permanently implanted in humans.

On Feb. 25, 2013, after five days of deliberation, a New Jersey jury awarded $3.5 million in compensatory damages to the plaintiffs in a transvaginal/pelvic mesh lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson.

In a recent article that ran in Lawyers Weekly USA, Motley Rice medical attorney Fidelma Fitzpatrick was interviewed about the first case to go to trial involving a pelvic mesh/transvaginal mesh product.

On Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, a U.S. congressional committee was again asked to further "examine medical devices that have developed serious defects after being implanted in patients."

The New York Times reports that medical device manufacturer Johnson & Johnson continued to market artificial hip implants abroad after the FDA prohibited the sale of these devices in the United States.

62 million. That’s how many vehicles were recalled by automakers in the United States in 2014. To put that in perspective, that’s about one car for every five on the road. And while GM holds a significant stake in that total with more than 80 separate recalls affecting close to 27 million automobiles just in North…

BP owes compensation for economic losses suffered and for the livelihoods it has harmed. If you have a business or worked in these states and areas, it’s up to you to make sure you have had your records fully reviewed.

Almost 10 years since my partner and friend Ron Motley said to me, “Joe, we can make a difference, this is a cause no one else will do,” a Brooklyn, N.Y. jury returned a unanimous verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in <em>Linde et al. v. Arab Bank PLC,</em> finding Arab Bank responsible for terrorist…

Motley Rice is pleased to announce that the plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit <em>Kellerman v. Marion Bass Securities Corp. </em>have reached settlement agreements.

Motley Rice filed a motion opposing the dismissal of defendants Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Saudi High Commission from In re Terrorist Attacks.

On Jan. 30, 2015, Motley Rice attorneys filed a reply in support of an emergency motion for preservation of evidence of Takata airbags and inflators.

Jury finds Philip Morris liable in Engle-progeny cigarette case; awards disabled woman $17.2 million in compensatory and punitive damages

U.S. Supreme Court denies KBR’s request to consider contractual issues regarding liability