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Insurance - August, 2010

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• Cert. Denied In First American Appraisal Collusion Suit
• Taiwan Nixes Primus Group's $2.2B Bid For AIG Unit
• Debt Investors Seek To Halt Ambac Asset Transfers
• Hartford Sues Dravo For Asbestos Suit Indemnification
• Most Admired Attys: Covington's Donald Brown
• Medicare Part D Fraud Claims Preempted: 9th Circ.
• Taking The Offensive To Protect Trade Secrets
• Most Admired Attys: Choate Hall's David Attisani
• Core-Mark, Insurers Awarded $18M In Contract Spat
• AT&T Counterclaim Survives In $427M Coverage Suit
• Twin City Should Cover Ex-Exec's SEC Suit, Isilon Says
• Penford Loses $27M Flood Insurance Suit
• CVS Settles Mass. Drug Overcharge Claims For $2.7M
• Can You Google Or Facebook Potential Jury Members?
• Toppan Wants Chubb Unit To Cover Suit Over Layoffs
• Man Gets 12 Years For $71M Insurance Scam On Banks
• Aetna Sues LabCorp Over False Coverage Claims
• WR Grace Submits Settlement With Insurers In Ch. 11
• AIG Reaches $150M Derivative Suit Settlement
• Cooley Reps Bravo Health In $545M HealthSpring Buy
• The Legal Market In Transition
• Ex-MoFo Partner Arrested For Bilking Schools, Insurers
• Changes To Rescission Of Insurance Policies In Calif.
• Allstate, BofA Close Out Parmalat Securities Spat
• Chemtura, Insurers Ink Diacetyl Suit Coverage Deal
• Montello Says 6 Insurers Should Cover Asbestos Suits
• EU Launches Probe Of Marine Insurance Network
• 6th Circ. Revives Part Of TMW's Coverage Dispute
• Stanford's Lies Preclude Coverage, Lloyd's Says
• Phoenix Dividend Suit To Proceed On Most Claims
• Insurer Off The Hook In Junk Fax Coverage Spat
• AISLIC Prevails In Toxic Gas Coverage Dispute
• Sweat The Small Stuff — Nanotech Insurance Issues
• FedEx Sues Cuomo In Bid To Evade Insurance Probe
• Sweeping Economic Sanctions Against Iran: Now What?
• Insurer Suit To Duck Crash Coverage Dismissed
• Lenders Move To Stop Confirmed Bashas' Ch. 11 Plan
• Actrade Can't Block Jury Demand In $14M Surety Spat
• Arrowood Win Upheld In Pollution Indemnification Suit
• Dewey Helps MetLife Secure EU OK For $16B AIG Deal
• La. Insurer Settles Katrina Contractor Suit For $23M
• Reinsurers To Pay US Fidelity $262M In Asbestos Spat
• Ariz. Court Closes Door On Fidelity Collecting $8M Win
• Liberty Calls PATH's Dropping Of $7M Suit A 'Ploy'
• TV Installer Accuses Beazley Insurance Of Bad Faith
• 2nd Circ. Vacates $34M Fraud Judgment Against AIG
• Single Vs. Multiple Occurrences
• Ex-Thornburg Execs Win Access To D&O Benefits
• Visteon's Impact On Debtors' Ability To Cancel Benefits
• Dickstein Adds Patton Boggs Insurance Duo
• 10th Circ. Affirms Remand Of Superfund Fraud Case
• Insurer Wants Out Of Grisly Funeral Home Defense
• Insurers Need Not Defend Dish In Katz Patent Suit
• Leslie Controls Inc.'s Disclosure Statement OK'd
• AIG, Others Targeted In NY Life Insurance Probe
• Trustee Slams Empire Land Execs' Bid To Tap D&O
• Scruggs' Son Moves To Vacate Bribery Conviction
• RJR Gets Access To Protected St. Luke's Depositions
• Baker & Daniels Nabs Howrey Insurance Litigator
• Case Study: Clark V. Superior Court
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Nixing Of Lloyd's Contracts
• 11th Circ. Lets Insurer Off Hook In Bad Faith Action
• Insurers Not Entitled To Paid Defense Costs: Pa. Court
• 5th Circ. Rejects $20M Katrina Insurance Award
• Western Sues Condo Builder Over Defect Suit Defense
• Overcoming Environmental Obstacles To Property Deals
• Homeowners Sue Insurer Over Unpaid Fire Claims
• Insurer Seeks To Put Rival On Hook For Drywall Defense
• Fireman's Fund Says Leslie Plan Slights Insurers
• UK Bans 5 Ex-Execs For Insurance Misconduct
• Evaluating Self-Insured Retentions For Products Claims
• 3rd Circ. Sides Mostly With Insurers In Antitrust Suit
• WellPoint, Aetna Antitrust Suits Barred By Past Deals
• HB Fuller Seeks Product Liability Defense Coverage
• Akin Gump Says Stanford Filed Request To Distract Firm
• Rivals Sue Stewart Title Over $244M Wind Farm Policy
• The European Danger Lurking For In-House Counsel
• Class Survives First American's Bid To Decertify
• RLI Can't Shake Superfund Site Coverage Claims
• Arguments Against Fixed Fees, And Why They're Myths
• Non-Owner Of Building Still Insured, 8th Circ. Rules
• Ga. Court Affirms Easing Of Insurance Revocation Rules
• Combined Insurance Strikes $6M Deal In Wage Suit
• 8th Circ. Denies Class Cert. In ReliaStar Annuity Spat
• 8th Circ. Upholds FEMA Win In River Levee Suit
• Credit Suisse Loses Bid To Boot MBIA's MBS Claims
• Insurance Pros Jump From Clark Hill To Cozen
• Platypus Settles IP Coverage Spat With Travelers
• Prudential, MetLife Face Probe By Ga. Regulator
• Are US Insurers Ready For Cap And Trade?
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Aetna Securities Action
• House Opens Probe Into Prudential Life Insurance
• WG Receiver Seeks $110M From AIG Unit, Tufts, Others
• 3 Rulings Favor Teck In Lloyd's Coverage Spat
• Corrected: Skadden Helps Fortress Add AIG Finance Unit
• AmEx Unit Gets Damages Claim Nixed In Benefits Suit
• 5 New Insurance Opinions By The Texas High Court
• Travelers V. INA And The Follow-The-Fortunes Doctrine
• Aetna Wins Partial Toss Of Doctors' Coverage Suit
• Antitrust Suit Against Allstate, State Farm Gets New Life
• NRG Seeks Insurance Coverage For EPA's CAA Suit
• Zurich Settles Coverage Suit Over Cracked Reservoir
• Grocer Sues Title Insurer For Coverage In Property Row
• WellCare To Pay $200M To Resolve Shareholder Suit
• Cozen O'Connor Adds Insurance, White Collar Pros
• US Fire Wants Off Hook For Mich. Homeowner Action
• CGL Coverage For Gulf Oil Spill Claims
• Nat'l Union, Nvidia End GPU Litigation Coverage Row
• Russia Orders Insurers, Banks To End Rate-Fixing
• 5th Circ. Rules RSUI Must Cover Wind And Flood Damage
• Nexsen Pruet Malpractice Coverage Spat Stays In SC
• When You And Your Contingency Fee Client Disagree
• Bill Would Ban Abortion Funding Under Health Care Law
• Developers' Case Against Gemini Scrapped
• Wells Fargo Recovers Premiums In Procedural Twist
• Insurer's Bid To Rescind Drink Maker's Policy Lives On
• Tiny Particles, Big Coverage Issues?
• BofA Ends Fight With Insurer Over Parmalat Losses
• RSUI Fights Ch. 11 Coverage For Quality Home Loans
• Sempra's $48.5M Verdict Against Marsh Upheld
• FGIC Corp. Expects Quick Trip Through Ch. 11
• Farmers Entitled To Atty-Client Privilege, Court Rules
• Retained Asset Accounts In Context
• Mass. Lawmakers OK Workers' Comp Insurance Bill
• NorthWestern Wins Enviro Policy Spat With Lloyd's
• Stanford's Bid To Disqualify Akin Gump Falls Flat
• Gray Duffy Gains Insurance Litigation Veteran
• Bill Aims To Beef Up FTC's Power To Police Insurers
• Pain Pump Coverage Spat Moved To Utah
• Petland Franchise, Insurance Cases Put To Rest
• 1st Circ. Orders Retrial In Unum False Claims Suit
• Conn. AG Blocked From Releasing Insurer's Docs
• Va. Has Standing To Dispute US Health Care Law: Judge
• The Genomics And Personalized Medicine Act Of 2010