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Insurance - February, 2014

289 articles

• Prudential's MBS Racketeering Claims Too Late: Countrywide
• Judge Asked To OK Deal Over HSBC Force-Placed Policies
• Hospital's $79M Suit Against UnitedHealth Sent To Arbitration
• Steel Co. Sues Liberty Mutual For Defense In BP Defect Row
• Coinstar, Redbox Can't Collect Coverage For Privacy Suit
• Insurance Attys Take A Stab At Unscrambling Sandy Suits
• Republican Bill To Change ACA Would Cost $74B, CBO Says
• CMS Says State Glitches Won't Stop ACA Subsidy Eligibility
• NY Says Its Law Firm Fees Can't Trigger FCA Liability
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Covington's Christine Haskett
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holland & Knight's Anita Mosner
• IUOE Demands Coverage In Racketeering, Labor Suits
• NY Court Revives Damage Claims In $1.8B Credit Suisse Suit
• 7th Circ. Maintains Liquor Liability Exclusion
• 5 Reasons The Sony Data Breach Coverage Denial Is Wrong
• AvMed's $3M Data Breach Deal Gets Key Nod With Rare Terms
• NY Car Dealership Seeks Return Of $2M Sandy Deductible
• Tax Court Decision Underscores Captive Insurance Benefits
• $300M JPMorgan Force-Placed Deal Gets Judge's OK
• Why London Courts Are So Popular With Foreign Parties
• Telemarketer Tells 11th Circ. Injunction Killed Its Biz
• Insurer Can't Cap Defense Costs In Crane Collapse Suits
• PTAB Confirms Viability Of Priority-Based Challenges
• 5th Circ. Analyzes Additional-Insured Endorsement Scope
• FRCP Discovery Amendments Prove Highly Controversial
• Nightclub Insurer's Founder Blames Judge For 'Destruction'
• Shooter Of Fox Rothschild Atty's Son Wins Defense Coverage
• Shell To Pay $4M In FCA Suit Over Cleanup Double-Dipping
• Cigna Takes ERISA Coverage Row To Pa. Superior Court
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Buchalter's Shawn Christianson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Robins Kaplan's Hollis Salzman
• Preclusive Effect Of Arbitration Must Be Arbitrated: 1st Circ.
• Credit Suisse Says Insurer Spoke Up Too Late On $250M MBS
• 3 Nonprofits Ask To Join Fla. Gay Marriage Case
• NY Court Unveils Plan For Tackling 800 Sandy Coverage Suits
• 2nd Circ. Case Highlights CAFA Home State Exception Trend
• Siemens Asks Court To Toss $20M Faulty-Turbine Suit
• Travelers Bests Northrop Grumman In Cleanup Row
• Are Temp Nurses Hospital Employees For Insurance Policies?
• AIG Loses Bid To Shield Clausen Miller, Podvey Meanor Docs
• Crum Sues To Avoid Covering K. Hovnanian In Defects Row
• ING Gets Suit Claiming It Misled Seniors Trimmed
• D&O Insurers Move To Settle IndyMac Fight At 9th Circ.
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sedgwick's Stephanie Sheridan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Pryor Cashman's Colleen Caden
• Sponsors Should Update ERISA Plans After High Court Ruling
• Sony Coverage Denial Could Be Boon For Cyber Insurers
• La. Blue Cross Will Temporarily Accept Federal HIV Funds
• Miami Hotel-Water Suit Should Be Covered, 11th Circ. Told
• Syncora, JPMorgan Bring RMBS Litigation To An End
• Insurer Ducks Quick Coverage Loss In NJ Pollution Row
• Insurance Implications From Unrest In Ukraine
• McGlinchey Stafford Lands Litigation Ace In Fort Lauderdale
• The Unstoppable Trailblazer: Judge Shira Scheindlin
• Auto Shops Hit State Farm With Antitrust Suit
• Morgan Stanley Dodges Class Action Over Insurer Kickbacks
• GOP Sens. Push HHS To Rescind Medicare Advantage Cuts
• Insurance Biz Lobbies Sens. To Extend Terrorism Backstop
• NY Justices Reopen Door For Lawsuit Against Broker
• Insurers Lose Bid To Revive $1.8B MBS Suit In Top NY Court
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dentons' Kara Baysinger
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Winston & Strawn's Joan Fife
• Holder Urges State AGs To Drop Gay Marriage Ban Defenses
• 2nd Circ. Ruling Bolsters Pa. 'Reasonable Expectation' Law
• Blue Cross Can't Ax Steward's Suit Over $40M Hospital Deal
• Crum & Forster Says No Coverage For Radon-Tainted Homes
• Latest Take On Flood Insurance In House Sets Off Criticism
• Calif. Appeals Court Sides With KB In Allstate Repair Row
• WellPoint Axes GC, Taps Morgan Lewis Atty As Replacement
• 2nd Circ. Securities Transfer Safe Harbor Ruling To Stand
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bingham's Debra Fischer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nossaman's Nancy Smith
• There Aren't As Many Cos. With Cyberinsurance As You Think
• Notre Dame Can't Escape ACA Waiver Requirement: 7th Circ.
• Neb. Justices Say Sex Assault Judgment Sunk By Bankruptcy
• Insurer Backs More Arbitration In $15M Lance Armstrong Row
• CMS Unveils Potential Cuts To Medicare Advantage Rates
• Embattled Judge's Defamation Suit Against Law Firms Tossed
• Utica Mutual Won't Bite Into Jimmy John's Alfalfa Sprouts Suit
• SD Legislature Joins Clamoring For TRIA Extension
• NJ Limits Insurer Cancellation Of Med Malpractice Coverage
• State-Backed Citizens Argues Immunity From Bad Faith Claims
• Kan. Court Upholds Coverage For Drilling Equipment Dealer
• FEMA Cautions Against Grouping Sandy Coverage Suits
• The Storm Has Passed For NY Insurance Law
• GSK Cleared To Appeal RICO Questions In Avandia Suits
• Sony Units Denied Coverage For Suits Tied To Cyberattack
• Everest, National Union Sued Over Defamation Row Coverage
• Ill. Justices Apply Repose Statute To Nonclient's Atty Suit
• Lewis Brisbois Grabs Nelson Levine Pros For Pa. Expansion
• 11th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Cigna ERISA Case
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ropes & Gray's Jane Goldstein
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Snell & Wilmer's Barb Dawson
• Law360 Insurance Editorial Advisory Board
• Nightclub Insurer's Founder Wants Role In Liquidation
• Fed's New Role At IAIS Escalates Jurisdictional Wrangling
• Fla. MRI Clinic Says Insurer Wrongly Denied PIP Benefits
• Obama Admin Finalizes ACA 90-Day Insurance Wait Limit
• Historic HIPAA Fine Will Push Feds To Get Tougher
• Insurers Don't Owe $11M For Gas Shortage, 4th Circ. Says
• Insurer Appeals Dealership's Sandy Business Interruption Win
• NJ Justices To Weigh Insurance Arbitration Remand Powers
• W.Va. High Court Finds 1 Occurrence In Carbon Monoxide Case
• Time Traps In 1st-Party Property Policies: Part 2
• Medicaid Subcontractor Pay Isn't Public Info, Pa. Court Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Choate's Melissa Tearney
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Littler's Lee Schreter
• ACA Doesn't Permit IRS Subsidies, DC Circ. Told
• Windsor Explicitly Allows State Gay Marriage Bans, Pa. Says
• Ex-Condo President Sues Doyle Raizner, Blog Over Settlement
• K2 Reversal Adds To Series Of Coverage Flip-Flops
• Law Firm Beats DQ Attempt In Bankrupt Nightclub Insurer Row
• Okla. AG Tells Court IRS Penalties Contradict ACA
• US Financial Panel Expert Gains Window Into IAIS Efforts
• CMS Urged To Abandon Medicare Part D Reform Proposal
• Evanston Must Defend Title Co. In Fraud Suit: 4th Circ.
• FASB's Contract Reporting Decision Draws Praise From NAMIC
• Fla. Bill To Thwart Anti-Gun Insurance Bias Clears Panel
• Prudential Nears End In NJ Commercial Bribe Litigation
• Century To Pay $5.5M To Cover Electric Co.'s Cleanup Row
• Va. Court Latest To Allow ACA Tax Breaks For Opt-Out States
• Life Partners, SEC Spar Over Mixed Jury Verdict
• NJ High Court Will Hear Coverage Row In Sex Assault Case
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steptoe's Mimi Addy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Mary Mullany
• Triple-S Unit Faces $7M Fine Over Medicare Data Breach
• What We Learned About The Ill. Supreme Court In 2013
• How To Use Risk Analysis To Calculate Settlement Value
• Rothesay Life Picks Up MetLife Unit With $5B In Assets
• The Captain Of The Mother Court: Judge Loretta Preska
• Trumbull Beats Cert. Bid In Suit Over Workers' Comp
• 3rd Circ. Says ArcelorMittal's Coverage Claim Not Barred
• Calif. Judge Leans In Hartford's Favor In IP Coverage Row
• NY High Court Do-Over Preserves Power Of Policy Exclusions
• Validus Case Opens Door For Retrocession Tax Refunds
• Budget Car Rental Loses Consumer Info Coverage Dispute
• Time Traps In 1st-Party Property Policies: Part 1
• ACA Subsidies Backed By Health Groups, Dems In DC Circ.
• Insurer Seeks To Move $32M Reservoir Collapse Suit To NY
• BioChemics, D&O Insurer Battle Over SEC Subpoena Claim
• GOP Bill Would Delay ACA Individual Mandate Fees Till 2016
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kaye Scholer's Lori Leskin
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hirschler's Courtney Paulk
• Cameron Fights To Keep $50M Deepwater Coverage Suit Afloat
• Kirkland Guides Starr To Landmark MultiPlan Buy
• Insurer Disclaimer Delays OK In Some Cases: NY High Court
• Va.'s Gay-Marriage Ban Struck Down As Unconstitutional
• Class Counsel In $300M Forced-Place Deal Push For Approval
• 5th Circ. Adds New Wrinkle To Construction Defect Debate
• GE Says IRS Overtaxed By Disallowing $2B Restructuring Loss
• Hawaii High Court Guides 9th Circ. On State's Insurance Law
• Law Firm Isn't Owed Defense For RE Suit, 11th Circ. Says
• GAO Inquiry Sought For Troubled Ore. Health Exchange
• Declaratory Judgment OK For CAFA $5M Hurdle: 11th Circ.
• Humana To Fork Over $4.5M For Insurance Tying
• Calif. Lawmaker Backs Measure Urging TRIA Extension
• Texas Justices Pass On $72M Rig Worker Insurance Suit
• Texas High Court To Hear $7.5M Post-Hurricane Award Appeal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Murphy Oil, Lone Star, Cinven
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hughes Hubbard's Bassey
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mitchell Silberberg's Coyoca
• Fla. Pharmacy Chain On Its Own In TCPA Suit, Insurer Says
• Lloyd's Targets Tiffany Exec Over $5.4M Theft
• Shipman Snags 8-Atty Insurance Team From Drinker Biddle
• 6 Tips For Creating Effective Trial Graphics
• NY High Court Denies Atty Fees For Accounting Firm
• Hartford Wants Out Of Firm's Wrongful Conviction Defense
• NY Says Cut To Judges' Health Benefits Is Constitutional
• Orange County Retirees Can't Pool Benefits, 9th Circ. Says
• House To Address Modified Flood Insurance Bill After Recess
• Ex-Clyde & Co. Atty Must Arbitrate Firing Suit, Judge Says
• NY High Court Says Deadline Unenforceable In Coverage Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Sharton
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Levenfeld's Patti O'Connor
• GOP Reps. Demand Details On ACA Employer Mandate Delay
• OECD Targets Banks, Brokers In New Tax Info-Sharing Plan
• CMS Proposal Leaves Part D Protected Class Unprotected
• Pa. Justices To Mull Providers' Insurance Dept. Billing Row
• State Oilfield Anti-Indemnity Statutes May Null Contracts
• 10th Circ. Sends Insurance Rule Quandary To Colo. Justices
• Notre Dame Asks 7th Circ. For Birth Control Waiver
• USPTO Nixes Another Progressive Patent In AIA Review
• Youth Participation In ACA Rises Slightly In January
• Condo Builder Sues Insurer For Coverage Of $23M In Repairs
• Vinci To Sell 75% Of $2.7B Parking Lot Biz
• Fla. Appeals Court Nixes Atty Fees For Zurich In Caustic Fight
• Cuomo Open To Tougher Standard For Scaffold Injury Liability
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Emilie Ninan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steptoe's Lucinda Low
• 5 Tips For Reviewing And Buying Cyberinsurance
• Cleary Gottlieb Says Flood Exclusion Void In $3M Sandy Claim
• Fla. Supreme Court Untangles Self-Insured Retentions
• NJ Officials Can't Shake Medical Day Care's Fraud Claim
• Delay Of ACA Employer Mandate Won't Satisfy Big Biz
• MBC Exec Gets 15 Years For $837M Insurance Scam
• USAA Cleared In Probe Of Death Benefit Search Practices
• Hogan Lovells Hires Ex-O'Melveny Health Pro For LA Office
• Insurer Pushes To Exit Zurich's Suit Over Sony PSN Breach
• How Litigation Funding Helped Knock Down State Farm
• Oil Co. Can Seek Coverage For Claims Over Workers' Deaths
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ropes & Gray's Laurel FitzPatrick
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Baker Donelson's Donna Fraiche
• DC Circ. Mulls Coverage Of Temp Nurse In Malpractice Row
• New ACA Tweaks Let Consumers Alter Marketplace Plans
• 11th Circ. Says Flood Insurance Regs Set Minimum Amount
• Starr Wins Access To Morgan Stanley Docs In $55.5B AIG Suit
• Hobby Lobby Urges High Court To Block Contraception Rule
• 2nd Circ. Says NJ Law Applies To $5M Insurance Suit
• Treasury Allows 1-Year Delay Of ACA Employer Mandate
• 4th Circ. Revives $13M Liberty Mutual Bad-Faith Verdict
• Pa. Court Quashes Insurer's Appeal In Lowe's Row
• When Show Dogs Attack: No Bright Lines In Dog-Bite Cases
• Urban Outfitters Says OneBeacon Must Cover Privacy Row
• Medicare Wrongly Paid $12M For Prisoners' Drugs, HHS Says
• Syracuse, Insurer Settle Over Coverage For Sex Abuse Probe
• Nationwide Mutual Defeats Data-Breach Class Actions
• FTC Signs Off On $2.4B KKR-Sedgwick Deal
• 5 Cybersecurity Considerations For Public Companies
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: FordHarrison's Tracey Jaensch
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McManis' Neda Mansoorian
• AIG Escapes Insurer's Suit Over Asbestos Claims Coverage
• St. Paul Fails To Dump $24M Katrina Insurance Claim
• Ohio Life Insurance Co. Wins Bid To Void Fraudulent Policies
• 2nd Circ. Narrows Injunction In UnitedHealth Doctors Suit
• Quest Can't Dodge Calif. Law Claims In Antitrust Suit
• As Concussion Cases Grow, Insurance Is In Doubt
• General Star Won't Have to Defend FCA Suit, Judge Says
• Schools Join Ind. In Challenge To ACA Employer Mandate
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McAndrews' Nabeela Rasheed
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Crowell's Ellen Dwyer
• CMS Issues ACA Plan Certification Requirements For 2015
• QBE Says AIG Affiliates Must Cover Kickback Case Defense
• Texas' Securities Fraud Suit Against Life Partners Revived
• 10th Circ. Says Lender Can Transfer $3.5M Property Claim
• Ebix Pays $6.5M To End Securities-Misconduct Class Action
• House GOP Thwarts Vote On Flood Insurance Rate Hikes
• Fla. High Court Takes Flexible View Of Self-Insured Retentions
• Steele Insurance Loses Bid To Nix Rivals' Conspiracy Claims
• GOP Reps. Want Details On Health Exchange Appeals Process
• Chinese Toilet-Part Maker Escapes Insurers' Defect Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wendel Rosen's Pamela Mintzer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hodgson Russ' Yalamanchili
• Litigation Costs Are In Your Control, So Take Control
• The CFPB Targets Mortgage Reinsurance — Again
• 4th Circ. Ruling Exposes Insurers To Expanded Damages
• Citibank To Pay $110M In Force-Placed Insurance Settlement
• 7th Circ. Frees Hospitals From Refunding Mistaken Payments
• Conspiracy Claims Against Quest, Insurers Face Dismissal
• ACA Doesn't Authorize 'Risk Corridors' For Insurers: Report
• 'Faulty Workmanship' Exclusion May Result In Coverage
• IRS Can't Double-Tax Retrocessions, Judge Says
• Fla. Appeals Court Backs Insurer In Rare Late-Notice Case
• Chase Knocks Objections To $300M Force-Placed Settlement
• Insurance Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling
• Citibank, Others Can't Dodge Reinsurance Kickback Suits
• M&A Insurance Helps Bidders Stand Out In Packed Market
• AIG Rallies Against BofA's $8.5B Deal With MBS Investors
• Class Cert. Granted In TCPA Junk Fax Suit Against MetLife
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Taft's Margaret Lawson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Frankfurt's Barbara Shiers
• JPMorgan Strikes $614M Deal In Mortgage-Loan FCA Suit
• Insurance Group Of The Year: Steptoe & Johnson
• Insurer Dodges Cop Coverage Due To Paperwork Error
• CBO Lowers Enrollment Estimate For ACA Exchanges
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Vt. Win In ERISA Preemption Battle
• Life Partners Cleared Of Insider Trading In Mixed Verdict
• NY Court Snuffs Claims Of Judge Bias In Ex-AIG Execs Suit
• US House Republicans Grill FIO On Slow Progress
• CORRECTED: KFN Hit With Shareholder Suit Over $2.6B Deal
• Tale Of The Texas Appraisal Provision
• Insurer Challenges $2M Oil Rig Damage Claim
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Michelman's Mona Hanna
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Baker Donelson's Linda Klein
• IRS' ACA Outreach Could Be Challenging, TIGTA Says
• Edwards Wildman $23M Malpractice Suit Goes To Mass.
• Insurance Group of the Year: Simpson Thacher
• Mich. Pharm Resold Drugs In $60M Fraud Scheme, DOJ Says
• In-House Counsel Name Client-Friendly Litigators
• Ch. 7 Trustee For Nightclub Insurer's Units Can Access Docs
• GCs Name Best-Of-The-Best Attys
• Calif. Court Won't Expand Last-Resort Insurer's Coverage
• ACA Still Under Assault After Premium Tax Credits Upheld
• Insurer Off Hook For Junk Fax Settlement, Ill. Court Rules
• Pa. Court Clerk Wants Gay Marriage Ban Challenge Heard
• Akerman Opens Chicago Office With Ulmer & Berne Team
• NJ Justices Say 'Step-Down' Restrictions Aren't Retroactive
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holwell Shuster's Dorit Black
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibbons' Christine Amalfe
• Don't Apply Risk Analysis To Discounted Settlement Value