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Cindi Solomon represents dozens of governmental entities, including states, cities, counties and other municipalities as part of Motley Rice’s opioid litigation team.

Motley Rice announces the addition of attorneys Esther E. Berezofsky, Michael J. Quirk, Daniel R. Lapinski, and Sarah T. Hansel, and the creation of offices in Cherry Hill, N.J., and Philadelphia, Pa.

Surgical staplers are medical devices often used during surgery, internally or externally to close wounds. However, the FDA recalled certain surgical "surgical staplers, due to concerns that the staplers may cause serious injuries or death. A Class I recall, the FDA’s most serious type, was issued in May 2019…

The U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in a Food Drug and Cosmetic Act preemption case Merck v. Albrecht. The case sought to settle whether a judge or jury should decide the fate of complex medical litigation claims barred by prior FDA action, and to articulate standards for such “clear evidence” preemption.

Motley Rice filed a consolidated amended complaint involving Riot Blockchain, Inc. alleging the company and its officers orchestrated a pump-and-dump scheme to misled shareholders about the company’s supposed transformation from a maker of veterinary products to a miner of cryptocurrency.

A Milwaukee, Wis., jury has found lead pigment manufacturers The Sherwin-Williams Co., E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., and Armstrong Containers, Inc., responsible for the toxic lead exposures of three young men, all residents of Milwaukee and minors at the time of their lead exposure in their homes. The jury awarded…

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced an award of $3 million to a pair of whistleblowers who provided original information to the Commission that led to a successful enforcement action involving an alleged securities violation that harmed retail investors.

Chelsea Monroe represents victims of defective medical devices, medical drugs and cosmetic products, as well as families and communities harmed by toxic exposure.

On April 10, 2019, Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalled more than 500 of its 2019 Lexus ES vehicles, claiming these vehicles produced by its luxury division may contain improperly installed knee airbags. The defect, which is said to affect knee airbags on the driver’s side, may…

With the volume of filed National Prescription Opiate Litigation cases (more than 1,800), which comprise just 10% of the nation’s counties and cities, a structure and process is needed to provide all counties and cities nationwide, filed and unfiled, with a collective and powerful voice in the litigation, and create a…

A proposed “Negotiating Class” of municipalities would help communities that are struggling with the opioid crisis function as a group for the purpose of negotiating a settlement with opioid defendants, plaintiffs in the National Prescription Opiate MDL.

Today’s decision by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals addressing the public disclosure of the ARCOS (Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System maintained by the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency, DEA, of controlled substances from their point of manufacturer through their distribution) database is a win for…

Lee Heath advocates for victims who have been harmed by toxic chemical exposure caused by corporate misconduct and negligence.

Vaping among today’s youth has reached crisis levels. If you have any doubt, look at the numbers. Even as traditional cigarette use continues to decline among high school students, vaping “increased alarmingly” between 2017 and 2018 by 78 percent, according to the FDA, to more than 3 million American teens. Shockingly…

Motley Rice, with co-counsel Hendrickson & Long PLLC, has filed a suit on behalf of Zachary R. Steenstra and his family after his tragic and seemingly preventable death due to denied care during a medical emergency aboard United Flight 803 on Dec. 3, 2017.

Social media is a prevalent part of almost all of our lives. Nearly everyone is on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or some other social platform today. But most of us aren’t thinking about the effect these platforms could have on pension funds or retirement plans. What happens when the CEO of the company you or your…

A $305 million settlement reached today in California resolves nearly 20 years of litigation that found three lead paint companies created a public nuisance by promoting the use of toxic lead pigment in homes.

Available by prescription and over-the-counter, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are a particularly strong class of medication used to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), frequent heartburn, ulcers, esophagitis and other conditions arising from an over-production of stomach acid. However, PPIs have been linked…

Signed into law July 29, the Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act extends funding for victims until October 2090, ensuring compensation for the duration of their lives.

July 30 is National Whistleblower Appreciation Day, commemorating the signing of our country’s first whistleblower law in 1778. In the midst of the Revolutionary War, and faced with the dilemma of how to address the retaliatory dismissal and jailing of a pair of Navy sailors who had reported the mistreatment of enemy…