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Insurance - May, 2013

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• John Thomas' Insurer Wants Out Of Covering Fraud Suits
• Texas High Court Axes Modified Insurance Contract Ruling
• Retailer With $1.5M In Sandy Damage Goes After Broker
• GOP Plans 2nd Push For Repeal Of ACA 'Slush Fund'
• Indemnifiers May Pay Higher Attys' Fees, Fla. High Court Says
• 5 Tips For Attorneys Turned Claims Investigators
• Travelers Demands Chevron Pay For Oily Water Pollution
• Class Too Narrow In PHH Reinsurance Suit, Court Told
• CMS Finalizes Small-Business ACA Exchange Rule
• Medicare's Future Depends On Health Co. Squeeze: Trustees
• Polled States On Track For ACA Exchange Deadline, GAO Says
• Liberty Mutual On Hook For Part Of $4.5M Tree Injury Verdict
• State Farm Blasts Efforts To Expand Katrina FCA Case
• Q&A With Zuckerman Spaeder's William Schreiner
• Digging Deeper Into Deepwater Horizon
• Dewey Bankruptcy Judge Approves $19.5M Settlement
• Despite ACA Rule, Wellness Plans Still Await Word From EEOC
• Insurer Battles LA Schools Over $30M Sex Abuse Deal
• Allstate Beats Suit Over Property Repair Deadline
• Remaining NY Force-Placed Insurers Sign Up For Reforms
• Capital One Not Owed Privacy Suit Coverage, Insurer Says
• 3rd Circ. Weighs Religion In ACA Contraception Mandate
• Wells Fargo Sheds Insurance Bid-Rigging Claims In MDL
• Major Fla. Property Insurer Must Pay $1.3M Fine For Violations
• Q&A With Beirne Maynard's Brit Brown
• Procurement: The Hidden Path To Maximizing Profits
• How Zhang Will Shape Future Of Calif. Insurance Cases
• Allstate Settles $200M MBS Suit Against Citigroup
• Crain Caton Says Insurers Owe Defense Costs In Trust Dispute
• ACA Wellness Plan Rule Gives Flexibility To Cos., Workers
• Junk Fax Ruling Draws Map For Making Damages Insurable
• 4th Circ. Told Liberty's $12.5M Penalty Was Improperly Axed
• 9th Circ. Ruling Threatens Shoddy Medicare Part D Insurers
• Allied Creditors Look To Regulate Use Of $15M D&O Policy
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• Stryker Looks For Quick Coverage Win In Knee Deal Row
• Q&A With Ezra Brutzkus Gubner's Larry Gabriel
• Insurer Says Holmes Weddle Isn't Owed Malpractice Coverage
• Holland & Knight Adds Health Care, Insurance Duo In Fla.
• Maximizing Insurance Coverage For CFPB Investigations
• Mack-Cali, Allstate Not Liable In Death, Appeals Court Says
• NY Regulator Demands Details On Insurers' Cybersecurity
• Ex-AIG Boss May Still Have To Pay For Scam, NY Says
• Cayman Law Bars Suit Over $1B Fund, NY Appeals Court Says
• NFL Can't Claim Calif. Residency In Brain-Injury Coverage Row
• Bill Would Limit Fed's Power Over 'Too Big To Fail' Insurers
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's Tim Bass
• Texas Lawmakers Pass Bill Blocking Medicaid Expansion
• Edwards Wildman Can't Get High Court Help In RICO Suit
• The Ethical Neutral: What Must Be Disclosed In Mediation
• Securing D&O For Attorneys' Fees In Securities Cases
• JPML Head Judge Explains Why Panel Is More Picky
• Blue Cross Hit With $5M Judgment In Hidden Fees Case
• Texas High Court Lets Foreign 'Loser Pays' Judgment Stand
• ING Gets 3 Bids For S. Korean Insurance Division
• GOP Widens Probe Of HHS Insurer Fundraising For ACA
• AIG Unit Dodges Some Empire Land Defense Costs
• Judge Trims Suit Blaming BB&T For Insurer's Takeover
• Judge Admits To Goof, Reverses Chubb Duty-To-Defend Order
• Insurer Escapes Coverage In $3.2M Katrina Hotel Damage Suit
• Q&A With Nelson Levine's Susan Stead
• GOP Bill Would Ease Rules On Health Savings Accounts
• Cigna Gets Heart Device Coverage Fight Sent To Arbitration
• 8th Circ. Flips Axis Win In Coinsurance Penalty Dispute
• Millennium Labs Drops Claims Over Kickback Suit Coverage
• TCPA Damages Are Insurable, Ill. High Court Rules
• Travelers Can't Duck $11.5M Construction Damage Coverage
• LeClairRyan Adds Litchfield Cavo Finance, Bankruptcy Atty
• NY Lawmakers Advance Bill Barring Anti-Concurrent Clauses
• Grant Thornton Settles With Allianz In $1B Winstar Fraud Row
• Chubb, Insurance Agent Sued Over Yacht Club's Sandy Woes
• Lexington Escapes $11.5M Salt Mine Flood Coverage Suit
• Aetna Wins NJ Surgical Center Coverage Row
• 9th Circ. Revives Insurer's Monorail Fire Suit
• Q&A With Much Shelist's Neil Posner
• Nautilus Wants Out Of Covering E.Coli Outbreak At NC Fair
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Westport Win In Malpractice Coverage Row
• Fla.'s Citizens Insurance Sheds $14B In Exposure
• US Claims Immunity In $326M Suit Over Marine Flare Fire
• ALI OKs Most Insurance Principles, Rejects Sole Challenge
• Cigna To Pay Up To $77M In Disability Income Insurance Claims
• AIG Construction Defect Coverage Row Sent To Arbitration
• Q&A With Steptoe's Harry Lee
• Coventry Pays $10M To End Suit Over Medicare Plan Setbacks
• Travelers Unit Demands New Lawyer In Building Defect Suit
• NY Creates Tax Uncertainty For Unauthorized Life Insurers
• NJ Judge Says Hertz Fax Spam Coverage Suit Belongs In Wis.
• After Sandy, NY Insurers May Lose Favored Litigation Tool
• NFP Directors Sued Over $1.3B Madison Dearborn Deal
• HHS To Manage Ohio's Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan
• Ill. Pension Fund Slaps AIG With Securities Fraud Suit
• Highmark Says UPMC Can't Fight Sanctions In Antitrust Row
• Aetna Lost $10M In Surgical Center's Billing Scam, Suit Says
• 8th Circ. Frees Nautilus From Covering Demolition Blunder
• Insurers Dodge Coverage For Kardashian False Ad Suit
• GOP Sens. Hammer Lew On IRS Targeting Scandal
• Health Insurers Take Aim At ACA's 90-Day Waiting Period
• Insurers Dispute Liability For NYC Tower's Sandy Flood Losses
• Q&A With Hunton & Williams' Walter Andrews
• Calif.'s Subcontractor Defense Regime: Order Or Chaos?
• Plan B Ruling Shouldn't Be Stayed, 2nd Circ. Told
• Airlines May Launch 'Act Of War' Defense At 9/11 WTC Trial
• 11th Circ. Slashes Fla. Firm's Award In Condo Coverage Row
• Lew Likely To Face Flak Over IRS, Not Financial Rules
• Kasowitz Opens LA Office With 2 Ex-Jenner & Block Pros
• Insurers Dodge Coverage Of Libel Suits In 2nd Circ.
• Calif. Insurer Accused Of Bilking Policyholders
• HHS Adjusts Payments For Pre-Existing Condition Plan
• Squire Sanders Beats Hartford's Appeal Over $15M Legal Tab
• Q&A With Carlton Fields' Dave Leonard
• Ill.'s Unclear Endorsement For Asbestos-Injury Losses
• Winston & Strawn Faces DQ Bid In Calif. City Bankruptcies
• Penn. Insurance Exchange Leaders Want $300M Action Nixed
• ING Gave Morgan Stanley Kickbacks For 401(k) Biz, Suit Says
• Rise Of The Machines — Predictive Coding Goes Mainstream
• Iowa Court Blocks Insurer Caps On Unreimbursed Dental Care
• Hartford Sanctioned Again In Fight With Medical Center
• GSK Says Comcast Ruling Kills Avandia Injury Class Action
• Citibank Asks Judge To Toss Reinsurance Fraud Class Action
• Secure Energy Loses D&O Coverage For $4M Suit After Delay
• Highmark Says Policyholders Can't Seek Antitrust Damages
• Q&A With Lydecker Diaz's Mark Hendricks
• The Evolution Of Ohio's Statute On Employer Tort Claims
• Fla. Force-Placed Insurance Suits Can Proceed, Judge Says
• ACA's Benefits For Hospitals Hinge On HHS Outreach
• Bid To Reform Broke Texas Windstorm Insurer Shot Down
• Calif. Appeals Court Favors Claims Adjuster In OT Pay Suit
• GOP Bills Would Bar IRS From Implementing Health Law
• House GOP Votes For Third Time To Repeal ACA
• NRG Unit Owed Defense In Air Pollution Suit, 5th Circ. Says
• 4 Insurers Exit Priest Sex Abuse Case While 1 Remains
• Liberty Must Defend Four Loko Injury Suits, 7th Circ. Told
• AIG Docs In $46M SEC Case Stay Secret, Judge Rules
• ALI Insurance Principles May Fill In Blanks Left By States
• Judge Backs Class Cert. In PHH Reinsurance Kickback Suit
• Port Authority's Suit Over JFK Crash Coverage Tossed
• LandAmerica Trustee Sues To Erase PE Firm's $10M Claim
• BofA Wants To Keep $10.5B RMBS Suit In Federal Court
• Q&A With Much Shelist's Dan Struck
• Know Your Risks Before Going Green In Construction
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Overturn RSUI Win In Crane Collapse Suit
• Indian Harbor Wants No Part Of San Diego Gas Leak Suits
• US In Talks With Switzerland, Japan On Bank Wind-Down Plans
• Medicare Doesn't Trump State Workers' Comp Law: 5th Circ.
• NFL Goes To NY Appeals Court For Concussion Suit Coverage
• CMS Unveils $1B In ACA Grants For Innovative Care
• Q&A With Patton Boggs' Eridania Perez
• Avoiding Bad Faith Liability Just Got More Difficult
• Goldman Dodges Insurer's $63M MBS Suit In 2nd Circ.
• Fla.-Owned Insurer's Shutdown Of Ethics Office OK'd
• 9th Circ. OKs Revoking Medicare Part D Insurer's Contract
• Hospital's $350M Bond Issuance Suit Falls In 5th Circ.
• Texas Sens. Pass Bill Limiting Insurers' 3rd-Party Recovery
• Lloyd's Wants Out Of LA Firm's Malpractice Coverage Suit
• Sen. Wants $440M In IRS ACA Funding Suspended
• Goldman Dodges Insurer's $120M CDO Claims On Appeal
• Insurer Can Keep Premium For Sham $5M Policy: 1st Circ.
• Pain Patch Maker Wins Coverage Of False Ad Suit
• How The Fed's Stress Test Rules Mitigate Systemic Risk
• 10th Circ. Axes $1.2M Judgment In Lloyds Coverage Row
• Q&A With Gardere's Rob Hoffman
• Past Its Prime: Weedo V. Stone-E-Brick
• Docs' Prior Blue Cross Deal May Kill Bid To Join Antitrust Suit
• Texas Lawmakers Push Health-Data Modernization Bills
• Texas Judge Punts On Cement-Dust Coverage Suit
• Dewey Judge Delays $19M Deal Ruling Over Claims Dispute
• Fed Wants 1st Bank-Run Stress Test Results By July
• Judge Abused Authority With Plan B Order, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Pataki, Cuomo Tell NY To Leave Ex-AIG Chief Alone
• HHS OKs Unique Bifurcated ACA Exchange For Utah
• Wells Fargo, QBE Reach $19M Force-Placed Insurance Deal
• Quik Park Wants $2M For Sandy Coverage From Lexington
• Chase Says Force-Placed Policyholders Broke Contracts First
• Deals Rumor Mill: Partnership Assurance, UBS, Euronext
• Q&A With Carlton Fields' Steven Brodie
• Calif. To Draw The Lines In Disparagement Liability
• Oil Co. Sees Claims Trimmed In $15M Katrina Coverage Row
• Levy Phillips Atty Sanctioned For Confidentiality Breach
• Obama '110 Percent' Sure Health Exchanges Will Be Ready
• $9M Hurricane Isabel Coverage Row Sent Again To Arbitration
• Mass. Puts Boston Bombing Coverage Under Microscope
• ACA Financial Can't Quash Bond Dispute In Miss.
• State Farm Attacks Post-Katrina Gov't Fraud Verdict
• Atty Delays Sink Revival Bid In 2nd Circ. Flood Coverage Suit
• Nelson Mullins Adds 2 Insurance Regulation Vets In Tenn.
• Class Claims Pared From ANICO Life Insurance Suit
• Dem Wants 10 More Years Of Terrorism Reinsurance Program
• Q&A With Michelman & Robinson's Robert Berg
• Don't Underestimate The Power Of FIO
• Mutual Benefits Exec Loses Bid For New Trial On $837M Scam
• Crane Collapse Deals Should Be Unsealed, Appeals Court Says
• Policyholders See Gain In NY Diocese Loss Over Deductibles
• NJ Senate Panel Approves Medicaid Expansion
• HHS To Give $150M To Health Centers For ACA Enrollment
• Bryan Cave, AmEx Unit End Tax Shelter Class Action
• NYC's Bike-Share Program Could Spark Tour De Litigation
• Prudential Says UBS Fraud Doomed $208M MBS Purchase
• Sun Life Beats Suit Over Misreported Death Benefits
• Quinn Emanuel To Open 1st Aussie Office In June
• AXA Can't Seek Punitive Damages Over $1.5B ING Sale
• CMS Offers States $87M To Eye Insurer, Hospital Pricing
• Q&A With Phelps Dunbar's Matt Litsky
• Insights From An Under-The-Radar CDO Case
• E-Discovery In The Cloud: Who Can Get Your Data?
• Policyholder's UCL Claims Barred, Calif. Justices Hear
• Travelers Wants Money Back For Honeywell Asbestos Defense
• NY Ruling Against Goldman Pokes Hole In Diligence Defense
• MBIA Strikes $350M Deal To End Societe Generale MBS Suit
• Group Skeptical Of Terrorism Reinsurance Program Renewal
• Calif. Ruling Offers Wide Path To Criminal Defense Coverage
• HHS Data Shows Wildly Varying Hospital Charges
• Dewey Trustee Accuses Ex-CFO Of Holding Up $19M Deal
• ING Plans IPO For European Insurance Unit
• GOP Donor's Suit Says ACA Breached Origination Clause
• EEOC Vows To Clarify Wellness Program Standards
• 9th Circ. Chubb Ruling Bars Insurer's Superfund Suit, US Says
• Policyholders Can Exit $5M Highmark Antitrust Settlement
• Q&A With Nossaman's Joan Cotkin
• Cyber Risk Insurance May Cost More Than You Think
• Calif. To Shelve Coordinated Care Program Until 2014
• Lack Of Clarity On Wellness Programs Puts Employers At Risk
• Marsh, Kroll Dodge Ex-Veep's Malicious Prosecution Suit
• Chartis Avoids Covering $150M Health Plan Settlement
• Top NY Court Rebuffs Appeal Of AXA's $42M Art Swindle Win
• Ala. High Court Finds No Coverage For Faulty Work
• Cigna Beats Class Action Over ACA Rebate Dodging
• BofA Can't Shake AIG's $10.5B Countrywide RMBS Suit
• FTC Warns Data Brokers To Heed Consumer Privacy Law
• NY High Court Backs Insurer In Priest Sex Abuse Case
• CIFG Gets Fraud Claims Restored In $275M Goldman Suit
• Senator Urges Fla. Gov. To Act On Health Care Expansion
• Kaufman Dolowich Picks Up Partner In NJ From Wilson Elser
• Chartis Partly Escapes Suit Over Losses On $103M Hotel Loan
• Hospital Trade Group Wants Clarity On ACA Navigator Plan
• Q&A With Ober Kaler's Stephen Palley
• Be Proactive To Avoid Institutional Bad Faith Claims
• Texas Plant's $1M Policy Leaves Blast Victims In The Lurch
• Prudential's $200M Barclays MBS Suit Returns To State Court
• Repurchase Is Ambac's Only Out In $856M MBS Case: Merrill
• MBIA, BofA Strike Major $1.7B MBS Settlement
• Mercury Insurance Dealt Setback In Fight With Calif. Regulator
• Prudential Asset Account Service Is Lawful, 7th Circ. Says
• Q&A With Hodgson Russ' Patrick Tomovic
• Explosives Co. Must Face Insurers' Coverage Suit Over Blast
• NJ Appeals Court Upholds Suit Over Plaintiffs' Attys' Fees
• Syncora Didn't Investigate Toll-Road Bonds, Macquarie Says
• UBS Pays $358M To Settle Assured's RMBS Suit
• Girardi Keese Owes $1.4M For Stiffed Fees, LA Firm Says
• Horses Are Off The Shelves, But Litigation Will Continue
• Insurer Sued Over O'Melveny's Role In Crane Collapse Cases
• Fla. Legislators OK $75B Budget, Can't Agree On Health Care
• In Wash., Pro-Policyholder Rulings Push Insurers To Adapt
• Starbucks, HP Sued By Patent Adviser Over Workflow Software
• Insurer Sues To Duck $1M Patient Data Breach Settlement
• 3rd Circ. Shuts Down Agent's Nationwide Benefits Suit
• Arch Insurance Gets Coverage Ruling Tossed In Appeals Court
• A Translation Of IRS Policy On Health Insurance Issuers
• Nelson Levine Nabs Reinsurance Dispute Pro From Wollmuth
• Insurers To Disclose Anti-Concurrent Clauses Under New Law
• NY Judge Ships BofA's Fontainebleau Project Doc Spat To Fla.
• CORRECTED: Judge Pads Stryker's $4.5M Interest Award In Knee Suit
• $4.2M Legal Malpractice Suit Not A Federal Issue, Judge Rules
• Lehman Sues To Slash Syncora's $1.3B Mortgage Note Claim
• AIG Unit Can't Dodge Defense Duty In Coal Worker Injury Suits
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Scott Sveslosky
• IRS Closes Loophole On ACA's Employer Mandate
• Flagstar Agrees To Pay $110M To Settle MBIA's MBS Suit
• Dewey Execs Say $20M Settlement Leaves Firm Vulnerable
• 8th Circ. Finds Coverage For Worker Injury Under Minn. Law
• Mich. High Court Won't Hear AG's Beef Over Same-Sex Benefits
• For CFPB Targets, Insurance Coverage Could Be A Headache
• Ex-Van Gilder Insurance CEO Cops To Insider Trading
• Wells Fargo Says Mortgages Allow For Force-Placed Coverage
• Wellness Programs Won't Help Cos. Avoid ACA Penalties: IRS
• Greenberg Traurig Gets SEC Subpoena In Insider Probe
• Pickens Drops $33M Insurance Row Over Divisive OSU Plans
• Insurers Can't Deny Coverage To Abuse Victims: Pa. Court
• Insurer Can't Escape Mental Health Parity Suit
• IRS Accused Of Overreach On ACA Exchange Subsidies
• Steward Accuses Blue Cross Of Blocking $40M Hospital Deal
• Jury Sides With Insurers In Fight Over Sunken Barge
• Q&A With Phelps Dunbar's Peri Alkas
• Deals Rumor Mill: IBM, Unipol, Cerberus
• How To Run Team Meetings In Complex Cases — Part 2
• Bear Stearns' Intent Key In Coverage Row At NY High Court
• Insurer Denied Exit From Military Supplier's Recall Suit
• Doctor Owed Defense For Transplant Charges: Calif. Court
• Texas Can't Offer Benefits To Same-Sex Partners, AG Says
• No More Guidance To Come On Federal Health Exchange
• Fla. House Dems Stand Firm In Health Care Filibuster
• Fla. Court Rejects Stricter Standard For Voiding Insurance
• Insurer Wants Out Of Mining Cos.' Trade Secrets Fight
• How To Run Team Meetings In Complex Cases — Part 1
• Experian Must Drop LFG Suit As Judge Mulls Sanctions
• Q&A With Nossaman's Kurt Melchior
• Goldman Sachs Pays $820M For Insurance Software Co.
• How HIPAA Marketing And Sale Provisions May Apply To You