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Corporate scandals can cost investors billions, and losses incurred by investors increase as corporate fraud becomes more complex. As these scandals and acts of corporate misconduct continue to increase, our firm has a dedicated team of consistently growing resources and personnel committed to securities fraud and…

When the value of a company is diminished because of willful mismanagement, insider self-dealing or other acts of malfeasance, shareholders may bring a derivative suit against the board of directors and other responsible individuals in order to improve corporate governance and to recoup damages suffered by the company.

Finding out that you have an asbestos-related illness even through you’ve neither worked with asbestos nor spent time in a building containing it can be shocking, but for many who are diagnosed with these types of diseases, the source of their exposure often lies with family members. When employees at companies with…

Motley Rice reached a $100 million aggregate settlement with Lorillard Tobacco Company, Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, for approximately 400 Engle-progeny tobacco cases pending in the Florida federal district court.

Motley Rice files first Takata airbag personal injury federal action in South Carolina involving shrapnel.

Attorneys with Motley Rice LLC have played a central role in the litigation against Travelers. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit confirms $500 million asbestos judgment against Travelers.

Motley Rice co-founder Joe Rice and asbestos attorney Anne McGinness Kearse will join 11 judges and hundreds of attorneys from across the country for Perrin Conferences’ annual Asbestos Litigation Conference: A National Overview & Outlook.

On Dec. 28, 2014, AirAsia flight QZ8501 traveling from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore lost contact with Indonesian air traffic control.

In its premiere issue of Litigation Trailblazers & Pioneers, the National Law Journal recognized both Motley Rice co-founder Joe Rice and member Michael Elsner.

Upon request by the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Solicitor General submitted a brief on Dec. 18, 2014 providing his opinion that burn pit cases be remanded to the U.S. District Court for further proceedings.

Judge Brian M. Cogan set a schedule to complete discovery and begin a trial on May 18, 2015, to determine the amount of damages resulting from Arab Bank, PLC’s role in financing three Hamas attacks that killed and injured U.S. citizens.

Today, the United States Supreme Court announced that it has denied BP’s request to hear the case regarding the validity of the Economic and Property Damages Settlement Agreement in In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon.”

Former Inspector General for the US DOT, a pilot and aviation lawyer offers most common, and possibly best bits of information for air travelers to know

Given the shocking impairment caused by lack of sleep, perhaps it is time to have pilots, air traffic controllers, nuclear plant operators, 18-wheel truckers and others actually pass reaction time tests before they are allowed to fly or perform other important functions

It is time to require all pilots to pass reaction time tests and mental fitness tests before they are allowed to fly. Aviation companies need to support these measures—to protect their business, their pilots and their passengers.

The TSA has thwarted many attempted crimes, but they now have a documented case of saving a life in Florida. On July 5, 2012, two Miami TSA agents took notice of a young woman wearing a scarf over her face as she attempted to go through the security check at Miami International Airport (MIA).

There has never been an accident or crash attributed to the interference of electronic devices. I applaud the FAA for re-examining the use of PEDs during flight, but I believe the study should include the use of cell phones in-flight. Modern aircraft wiring and instruments are required to be properly shielded from…

Here are twelve tips to happy holiday travel from aviation attorney and former Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Mary Schiavo.

Before you head to the airport for your holiday travels this season, we suggest you check out this list of things you are not allowed to carry on or have in your checked baggage.

While the United States’ FAA does not publish a list of banned airlines, they do ban certain countries from operating airlines in the United States. Passengers flying abroad can help protect themselves by reviewing those airlines the EU has deemed unsafe.