Insurance

  • August 10, 2026

    Insurer Must Cover Financial Services Co.'s Arbitration

    An excess insurer owes up to $5 million in coverage for a financial service company's arbitration over allegations workers misappropriated their previous employer's trade secrets, the Delaware Superior Court said, finding the arbitration was not connected to a dispute that occurred before the policy period.

  • August 10, 2026

    Colo. Insurer Charged Premiums Without Notice, Suit Says

    A Colorado-based workers' compensation insurer provided no notice of its audit guidelines to a construction company and canceled the company's policy when it disputed the audit premium charges, according to a proposed class action in state court.

  • August 10, 2026

    Judge Trims BCBS Privacy Suit Over Public Site Data

    Blue Cross Blue Shield Association beat most claims in a proposed privacy class action Friday when an Illinois federal judge ruled that federal employees' searches for doctors, symptoms and medical conditions on its public website did not amount to protected health information.

  • August 10, 2026

    Mass. Court Says Insurer Must Defend Doctor In Stalking Case

    Massachusetts' highest court has ruled that an insurance company must defend a doctor in disciplinary proceedings for allegedly stalking and harassing a patient to whom he prescribed an addictive medication for several years.

  • August 10, 2026

    Rising Star: BakerHostetler's Kevin Zimmerman

    Kevin Zimmerman of BakerHostetler successfully argued to the Fifth Circuit to reverse class certification for drivers suing United Services Automobile Association, and persuaded the Tenth Circuit to reject a novel statute of limitations theory, earning him a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 10, 2026

    Insurer Must Defend Education Fund In Termination Dispute

    An insurer must defend and indemnify a plumbers' union-backed education fund accused of retaliating against a member who claimed he was wrongfully terminated after submitting a request for paternity leave, a New Jersey federal court ruled, finding that an exclusion barring coverage for activities of the union does not apply.

  • August 10, 2026

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    The Delaware Chancery Court last week tackled disputes involving merger settlements, contract claims, controlling stockholders, music rights, prejudgment interest, absentee voting and stockholder standing.

  • August 10, 2026

    Lowe's, Chubb Unit Reach Deal To End $90M Settlement Fight

    Lowe's has settled a dispute seeking coverage from a Chubb unit toward an underlying $90 million wrongful death settlement involving an employee of the home improvement giant, according to a notice filed days before a jury trial was expected to begin in North Carolina federal court.

  • August 07, 2026

    WWE's $147M Merger Settlement Held Up By Defense Dispute

    World Wrestling Entertainment shareholders are asking a Delaware court to force Vince McMahon and other WWE board directors to sign off on a $147 million deal that will end a lawsuit over the company's 2023 merger with UFC parent Endeavor, with parties indicating that a dispute has opened up among the defendants over insurance coverage.

  • August 07, 2026

    Insurer Says Prior Claims Weren't Known, Must Be Defended

    A professional liability insurer urged a California federal court to find that an excess insurer can't rely on a policy exclusion barring coverage for claims brought before the policy's start date to get off the hook for a law firm's defense in malpractice litigation.

  • August 07, 2026

    Insurer Refuses To Cover Software Co. In Wiretap Suits

    An excess insurer told a California federal court it owed no part of a $5 million policy for suits claiming a software company unlawfully tracked customers' web activity, while the software company told an Illinois federal court that its primary policy is exhausted and the insurer's refusal to pay is improper.

  • August 07, 2026

    Insurers Nab Partial Win In $3.7M Whistleblower Murder Row

    An AIG unit and an excess insurer won a partial victory in their bid to seek a $3.7 million coverage reimbursement from a tree services company for two civil suits tied to claims of whistleblower retaliation that ended in murder.

  • August 07, 2026

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    The past week in London has seen Cleary Gottlieb sue a former client it advised on the proposed sale of a holding company and the continuation of litigation between pharma giants Merck Sharp & Dohme and Merck KGaA over rights to the Merck name in the U.K.

  • August 07, 2026

    ERISA Recap: 6 Important Rulings From July

    The Ninth Circuit rejected a fund manager's bid to force a 401(k) suit into arbitration, a district court tossed a pension de-risking suit, and the D.C. Circuit unraveled a union pension fund's $13 million withdrawal liability win.

  • August 07, 2026

    Liberty Mutual Wins $1.5B Award Over Venezuela Forex Curbs

    An international tribunal has ordered Venezuela to pay Liberty Mutual more than $1.5 billion over currency controls imposed by the country that ultimately prompted the insurer to sell its Venezuelan subsidiary — once the country's largest insurer — for $2 million.

  • August 06, 2026

    Union Pacific Appeal Revives Environmental Insurance Claims

    A Washington appeals panel Thursday revived Union Pacific Railroad Co.'s insurance claims around environmental liability at four sites in Washington and Oregon, ruling that the locations fell outside the scope of the railroad's decades-old settlement agreements with U.S. Fire Insurance Co.

  • August 06, 2026

    NJ Justices Say Employee UIM Needn't Match Liability Cap

    In answering two certified questions from the Third Circuit, the New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday said a worker injured while driving a company vehicle is not entitled to his employer's full general liability limit under a state law that requires employers to give workers the same underinsured motorist coverage. 

  • August 06, 2026

    LDS Church's 10th Circ. Win Widens Insurance Ruling Splits

    The Tenth Circuit revived a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' bid for coverage for a suit over sexual abuse by a church member. The decision widens a jurisdictional split over interpreting crucial policy language.

  • August 06, 2026

    The Dramatic Moments Set To Shape Tom Goldstein's Appeal

    Prurient revelations, brash recriminations and purportedly glaring judicial errors in Tom Goldstein's criminal case have captivated the appellate bar for nearly 19 months, and many of those moments will be center stage in the star attorney's imminent appeal.

  • August 06, 2026

    Cigna Wins Dismissal Of Pa. In-Network Pharmacy Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday dismissed a suit against Cigna, Evernorth and Express Scripts from Pennsylvania pharmacy customers who alleged injury because the companies designated their community pharmacy as out-of-network, holding state-law claims were preempted by federal benefits law but allowing another chance at re-pleading.

  • August 06, 2026

    Fox Rothschild Adds Dickinson Wright Atty In Miami

    Fox Rothschild LLP has grown its Miami office with the addition of an experienced construction attorney from Dickinson Wright PLLC.

  • August 06, 2026

    Telecom Co. Denied Coverage For $27M 'Bump-Up' Settlement

    Insurers do not owe coverage to a telecom company for a $27 million settlement with shareholders who said they were shorted in an acquisition, the Delaware Superior Court said, finding the settlement was a "bump-up" in shareholder consideration that was excluded under the company's directors and officers coverage.

  • August 05, 2026

    AmTrust Investors Get Class Cert. Over Flawed BDO Audits

    A class of AmTrust investors who are suing audit firm BDO USA LLP over its work on the insurer's alleged troubled financial statements won certification in the long-running suit while Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP was named class counsel.

  • August 05, 2026

    How Plaintiffs Won A $604M Verdict Against CH Robinson

    Roland Christensen of Arnold & Itkin LLP said that for the life of him, he couldn't understand why C.H. Robinson didn't cut a deal offered by the families of victims who burned to death following an 18-wheeler crash.

  • August 05, 2026

    I-70 Contractor Drops Bid For New Trial, Signals Appeal

    A New York engineering company and its insurers withdrew their bid for a new trial after a Colorado state jury found them liable for more than $1.3 million in damages for breaching a subcontract linked to an Interstate 70 construction project in Denver, saying they intend to appeal.

Expert Analysis

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    Nature Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Nature photography reminds me to focus on what is in front of me and to slow down to achieve success, and, in embracing the value of viewing situations through different lenses, offers skills transferable to the practice of law, says Brian Willett at Saul Ewing.

  • 2025 State AI Laws Expand Liability, Raise Insurance Risks

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    As 2025 nears its end, claims professionals should be aware of trends in state legislation addressing artificial intelligence use, as insurance claims based on some of these liability-expanding statutes are a certainty, say attorneys at Wiley.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Practical Problem Solving

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    Issue-spotting skills are well honed in law school, but practicing attorneys must also identify clients’ problems and true goals, and then be able to provide solutions, says Mary Kate Hogan at Quarles & Brady.

  • What Trump Order Limiting State AI Regs Means For Insurers

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    Last week's executive order seeking to preclude states from regulating artificial intelligence will likely have minimal impact on insurers, but the order and related congressional activities may portend a federal expectation of consistent state oversight of insurers' AI use, says Kathleen Birrane at DLA Piper.

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    A Uniform Federal Rule Would Curb Gen AI Missteps In Court

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    To address the patchwork of courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence, curbing abuses and relieving the burden on judges, the federal judiciary should consider amending its civil procedure rules to require litigants to certify they’ve reviewed legal filings for accuracy, say attorneys at Shook Hardy.

  • AG Watch: Texas Junk Fee Deal Shows Enforcement Priorities

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    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's recent $9.5 million settlement with online travel agency website Booking Holdings for so-called junk fee practices follows a larger trend of state attorneys general who have taken similar action and demonstrates the significant penalties that can follow such allegations, say attorneys at Kelley Drye.

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    The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Integrating Practice Groups

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    Enacting unified leadership and consistent client service standards ensures law firm practice groups connect and collaborate around shared goals, turning a law firm merger into a platform for growth rather than a period of disruption, says Brian Catlett at Fennemore Craig.

  • Tapping Into Jurors' Moral Intuitions At Trial

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    Many jurors approach trials with foundational beliefs about fairness, harm and responsibility that shape how they view evidence and arguments, so attorneys must understand how to frame a case in a way that appeals to this type of moral reasoning, says Steve Wood at Courtroom Sciences.

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    Supreme Court Term Limits Would Carry Hidden Risk

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    While proposals for limiting the terms of U.S. Supreme Court justices are popular, a steady stream of relatively young, highly marketable ex-justices with unique knowledge and influence entering the marketplace of law and politics could create new problems, say Michael Broyde at Emory University and Hayden Hall at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

  • Insuring Equality: 3 Tips To Preserve Coverage For DEI Claims

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    Directors and officers and employment practices liability are key coverages for policyholders to review as potentially responsive to the emerging liability threat of Trump's executive orders targeting corporate diversity, equity and inclusion policies and practices, says Micah Skidmore at Haynes Boone.

  • How Choice Of Law Won The Day In NC Biz Court COVID Case

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    The North Carolina Business Court recently ruled for policyholders in Tanger Properties v. ACE American Insurance, a business interruption lawsuit arising from the pandemic-related closure of Tanger outlet centers, underscoring the significant role that choice of law plays in insurance coverage disputes, say attorneys at Hunton.

  • Tracking The Evolution Of AI Insurance Regulation In 2025

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    As artificial intelligence continues to transform the insurance industry, including underwriting, pricing, claims processing and customer engagement, state regulators, led by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, are increasing oversight to ensure that innovation does not outpace consumer protections, say attorneys at Fenwick.

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    Knitting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Stretching my skills as a knitter makes me a better antitrust attorney by challenging me to recalibrate after wrong turns, not rush outcomes, and trust that I can teach myself the skills to tackle new and difficult projects — even when I don’t have a pattern to work from, says Kara Kuritz at V&E.

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    The Biz Court Digest: Welcome To Miami

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    After nearly 20 years in operation, the Miami Complex Business Litigation Division is a pioneer upon which other jurisdictions in the state have been modeled, adopting many innovations to keep its cases running more efficiently and staffing experienced judges who are accustomed to hearing business disputes, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

  • 6 Ways To Nuke-Proof Litigation As Explosive Verdicts Rise

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    As the increasing number of nuclear verdicts continues to reshape the litigation landscape, counsel must understand how to create a multipronged defense strategy to anticipate juror expectations and mitigate the risk of outsize jury awards, say attorneys at Norton Rose.

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