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Insurance - July, 2015

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• High Court Urged To Allow Collection Of $378M Terror Award
• Westfield Beats Trade Secret Misappropriation Claims
• NJ Judge Looks To Spur 'Silent' Sandy Flood Plaintiffs
• Yahoo Ducks Extra Discovery In $1B Bracket Row With Insurer
• Insurers Say Private Medicaid Rule Hurts Telemedicine
• Cigna Shareholder Sues To Halt $54B Anthem Acquisition
• 5th Circ. Upholds $25M Judgment In Katrina Coverage Row
• Clinic Covered For Post-Tornado Repairs, 8th Circ. Affirms
• Medicare Does Not Cover Lab's Cancer Test, Judge Rules
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Revive $26M Healthfirst Repayment Suit
• Aetna Says Sanction On Uncooperative Hospital Justified
• 7th Circ. Says FHL Can't Reopen Case Over Player's Eye Loss
• Pa. Justices Urged To Force UPMC To Honor Medicare Deals
• A Guide To Hartford's Cumis Fee Battle With Squire Patton
• 7 Keys To Improving Your Direct Examination
• The Interplay Between Indemnity And Insurance Clauses
• Life Partners Creditors Deride CEO's Call To Pull Trustee
• Fla. Firm Asks 11th Circ. Not To Link Ex-Client's Appeals
• Insurer Off Hook In StairMaster Injury Suit, 10th Circ. Says
• ACA Insurance Co-Ops Missed Goals, Watchdog Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: IHG, Starwood, Cigna, PartnerRe, Exor
• CVS Charges Insured Buyers More For Generics, Suit Claims
• Insurers Want To Curb Expert Testimony In Asbestos Suit
• 8th Circ. Backs Insurer In Indemnity Fight Over Junk-Fax Suit
• Insurer Must Defend Mayor, Not City In $11M Stadium Spat
• 5 Tips For Success In Cyberinsurance Litigation
• CORRECTION: Great American Hit With $10M Claim Over Computer Fraud
• Dickstein Team Brings Depth, Marquee Clients To Liner
• Ala. Chief Justice Is 'Unfit' For Office, Law Center Says
• 5th Circ. Backs Hospital Staffer's ERISA Suit
• Judge Retroactively Recognizes Common-Law Gay Marriage
• Feds Want AIG, Prudential, GE Capital To Improve Living Wills
• Insurer Must Defend FCRA Suits Despite Penalty Exclusion
• NJ Guaranty Group Says Workers' Comp Admin Cost It $2.8M
• Locke Lord Accused Of 'Twisting' Pleadings In Insurance Row
• Filed Rate Doctrine Axes Kickback Claims, Mortgage Cos. Say
• Atty Disbarred For Sports Memorabilia Insurance Scam
• Commercial Common Sense And Bad Bargains
• Expert Backs Denying E-Discovery In Heinz Coverage Row
• Insured Until Proven Guilty: An Insurer's Duty To Defend
• Calif. Appeals Court Rebuffs Claim Examiners' OT Cert. Bid
• 6th Circ. Restarts TRW Retiree Benefit Battle After Tackett
• Sedgwick Nabs Cybersecurity Pro From Wilson Elser
• A Guide To Fluor's Asbestos Coverage Fight With Hartford
• State Farm Asks 5th Circ. To Rehear Katrina FCA Row
• Insurer Can't Fill In For Policyholder, 3rd Circ. Says
• Screened Selection In Party-Appointed Arbitrations
• 'Wicked Tuna' Star Indicted On Federal Fraud Charges
• Pittsburgh Corning Insurers Renew Ch. 11 Plan Opposition
• Health Orgs Criticize Spending Cap For Private Medicaid Plans
• State Farm Takes Hospital Contract Row To Fla. High Court
• Texas Property Insurers Consider Changes To Hail Policies
• Insurer Can't Revive Negligence Claim For $11.5M Hotel Flood
• 5th Circ. Burns Insured Vs. Insured Exclusion In Fire Row
• House Votes To Exempt Vets From ACA Employer Mandate
• Aetna's $120M RICO Suit Against Texas Hospital Stays Alive
• Military Hospitals Out $22M In 3rd-Party Insurance, DOD Says
• Consumers' Info Exposed In Health Care Fraud, Data Breach
• Anthem Sued Again Over Gilead Hep C Drug Coverage
• When Workers' Comp Board Rulings Affect Excess Insurance
• Law360's Trial Aces Make Winning Look Easy
• White & Case Flexes Its M&A Muscle With Anthem-Cigna Deal
• Anthem, Cigna Could Gain Pricing Power In Some Markets
• Equitable Subrogation Dispute Sent To Fla. Supreme Court
• Health Insurance Mergers To Face Tough Antitrust Road
• Health Providers Say Lack Of Market Power Axes Antitrust Suit
• Senate To Consider Ex-Im Bank Reauthorization, ACA Repeal
• 11th Circ. Takes Up PIP Overbilling Suit Against HCA
• Beach Club Says $3.5M Sandy Cabana Collapse Covered
• Superstorm Sandy Caused $23B Of Damage In NY, Study Finds
• 7th Circ. Won't Reopen Notre Dame's Birth Control Waiver Suit
• The Dewey Trial Report: Drama, Denial And 'The DiCarminator'
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Wachtell, Gibson Dunn
• NY Appeals Court Wrongly Denied Late-Notice Defense
• Identity Theft Victim Fights For Pharmacy Drug Fraud Claims
• Japan's Meiji Yasuda To Pay $5B For US Insurer StanCorp
• Watch What You Say To Your Insurance Broker
• REBUTTAL: The Problem With 3rd-Party Litigation Financing
• Anthem Inks $54B Deal For Cigna
• Dewey Bond Deal Cost Insurer Millions, Jurors Hear
• Engineering Co. Fights Coverage Exclusion In 5th Circ.
• Morgan Lewis Nabs Ex-McGuireWoods Product Liability Atty
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Allstate Win In Subway Flood Coverage Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: Anthem, Cigna, Darden, Airbus
• Insurer May Be Able To Bar Home-Showing Injury Coverage
• Pa. Justices Snub Pair's Bid To Challenge Highmark Profits
• United Pet Foods Too Slow To Slip Toxic Pet Food Suit
• Little Sisters Take ACA Birth Control Suit To High Court
• MetLife Lends $505M Against Universal Orlando Hotels
• Heinz, Starr Battle Over Law Choice In Baby Food Fight
• Humana Hit With Investor Class Action Over $37B Aetna Deal
• Davis Polk Can Screen Cahill Docs In GE's $660M Tax Row
• Another NJ Doc Gets Prison In Med Lab Bribe Scheme
• Surviving The 2nd Wave Of Cybersecurity Litigation
• Jury Awards Entertainment Co. $2.3M In Row With Navigators
• Insurers Denied Bid To Chop Black & Veatch's Claims By $44M
• SIFI Process Lacks Clarity, Sens. Tell FSOC Official
• Texas Attys Slam AG's Advice On Gay Marriage Licenses
• 2nd Circ. Accepts Force-Placed Insurance Rate Defense
• Insurer Slams Ky. Hospital's HIPAA Probe Coverage Appeal
• Texas Brine Fights Stay In Louisiana Sinkhole Suit
• Mid-Continent Escapes Gas Station's Pollution Coverage Bid
• Squire Patton Securities Litigator Joins Stroock & Stroock
• Insurers Could Face Inflated Settlements Under Pa. Ruling
• PNC Sanctioned For Hiding Policies In Funeral Scam Case
• Aetna Settles Kickback Suit With Pa. Surgery Center
• Yahoo Demands Sanctions In Row Over $1B NCAA Prize
• MetLife Continues SIFI Fight Alone 5 Years After Dodd-Frank
• How To Become The Highest-Paid Partner At Your Firm
• When Is An Employee A Seaman?
• Ex Ante Vs. Ex Post: Janis Joplin's Yearbook Revisited
• Pa. Justices Bless Disputed $80M Radiation Settlements
• Fed Gives No Clues On SIFI Off-Ramp In GE Capital Rule
• Dodd-Frank Foes Mark 5th Anniversary With Call To Undo Law
• Md. Health Exchange Creator To Pay $45M Over Site's Crash
• FSOC Says It Revealed Enough Info In MetLife SIFI Row
• Hatch Requests Audit Of ACA Tax Credit Subsidies
• 4 Cases To Watch In Florida In 2nd Half Of 2015
• Pa. Justices Give Regulators Sway In Insurer Liquidations
• Heinz Says E-Discovery Requests Unreasonable
• Aetna Hit With Suit Over Cap On Autism Benefits
• New Bill Clarifies Foreign Investment Insurance Exception
• Dickstein Atty Losses Hint At Merger In Works, Experts Say
• Judge Leaves $8M Grocery Vehicle Insurance Row Up To Jury
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Atty Pleads Not Guilty to Insider Trading
• The 6 Biggest Dodd-Frank Surprises
• Dodd And Frank Say Act Turned US Economy Around
• Kaiser Likely On Hook To Cover More Reconstructive Surgery
• 5 Years On And Dodd-Frank Act Still Faces Push-Back
• 8th Circ. Revives Lawmaker's ACA Birth Control Suit
• Wells Fargo Slams Clawback In $189M Mortgage Fraud Row
• CFPB's Boldness Opens It Up To Attacks
• GOP, White House Debate Merits Of ACA Subsidies Suit
• AmeriPlan Asks Judge To Be Let Go From Tax Liability Suit
• State Farm, Others Want Car Repair Conspiracy Suits Axed
• Stradley Ronon Nabs Ex-McCarter & English Litigation Pro
• Insurer's Failure To Mediate Kills Its $4M Data Breach Claims
• Texas Legislature Reins In Public Adjuster Conduct
• Dickstein Shapiro's LA Insurance Team To Leave For Liner
• Judge Cuts Attorneys' Fees In W.Va. Same-Sex Marriage Case
• Blue Cross Sues Mich. Hospital In Tribal Insurance Row
• OneBeacon Won't Get 'Do Over' in $34M Dish Network Suit
• 3rd Circ. Kills Appeal Of $300M Insurance Class Action
• Severance Policy Is A Plan Under ERISA, 2nd Circ. Rules
• Life Partners CEO Pushes To Remove Ch. 11 Trustee, Counsel
• Calif. Court Upholds Title Insurer's Win In Indemnity Fight
• Pa. Ruling Gives Insurers Breathing Room On Coverage Suits
• COUNTERPOINT: Reverse Bad Faith Is A Necessary Weapon
• Del. Ruling On Actionable TM Confusion Too Narrow: 3rd Circ.
• Calif. Justices To Decide Validity Of Repair Estimate Rule
• 9th Circ. Asks Wash. High Court To Resolve Title Co. Query
• NJ Court Revives Homeowner's Suit Over Late Sandy Check
• Deathbed Note Can't Switch Beneficiary, 8th Circ. Rules
• 5th Circ. Upholds Axis Victory In NetSpend Insurance Row
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Partner Charged With Insider Trading
• Ill. Appeals Court says Lloyd's Not Liable In Building Row
• Ex-Mutual Benefits Atty Disbarred In NY Over $837M Fraud
• Dollar Thrifty Plaintiffs Seek Guidance From Colo. High Court
• Soy Oil Co.'s Fire Suit Coverage Win Upheld By 8th Circ.
• NC Businessman Says Insurer Exploited Naivete In Tax Row
• NJ Court Backs Toss Of Atty's Malpractice Defense Suit
• Assurant, US Bank Force-Placed Suit Stayed For Discovery
• United, 5 Others Fined For Misleading Medicare Customers
• Bills Floated To Exempt Tribes From ACA Employer Mandate
• NJ Backs Right To Jury Trials In Private Insurance Fraud Suits
• Keep Your Eye On Exclusions When Buying Cyberinsurance
• Blue Cross, Blue Shield Dodging Taxes, Calif. Court Hears
• SC Justices Say Rivals Can't Team Up On Malpractice Claims
• Docs Suing Cigna Aren't Beneficiaries, 2nd Circ. Says
• Cigna's $20M Surgical Conspiracy Suit Gets Trimmed
• US Soccer CEO Says He Had No Evidence Of FIFA Corruption
• Ex-Oppenheimer Exec. Gets 21 Months For Loan Fraud Role
• Watchdog Says It Obtained ACA Funds For 11 Fake People
• OPINION: Litigation Finance Can Help Break The Glass Ceiling
• AHIP Taps Ex-CMS Chief Tavenner As Top Lobbyist
• Indians Fan's Widow Can't Sue Insurance Brokerage: 6th Circ.
• Travelers OKs $21M In Asbestos Damages, Preps For Appeal
• Pa. Appeals Court Urged To OK Class In Insurer Data Breach
• Fact Questions May Save Duty To Indemnify Claims In Mass.
• Direct General Class Settlement Over PIP Claims OK'd
• Filter Co. Asks 6th Circ. To Uphold Coverage Of Defect Suit
• Insurance Investment Funds Case Remanded To NJ Court
• Dresser-Rand Can't Yet Seek Defense For Fertilizer Plant Fire
• Clyde & Co Grabs Gowlings Insurance Partner In Toronto
• Locke Lord Wants Firm Sanctioned In $3M Insurance Row
• Class Wins Cert. In ERISA Suit Over Blue Shield Coverage
• Lawmakers Train Sights On Part D Insurers Over Billing Fraud
• Gruber Hurst Picks Up Ex-Bracewell Bankruptcy Duo In Dallas
• 5th Circ. Allows More Discovery In Katrina FCA Row
• Catholic Orgs Tell 6th Circ. Hobby Lobby Boosts ACA Claims
• Top Dems Say FHA Changes Are Wall Street Giveaway
• Clinton Open To Revising 'Cadillac' Tax On Health Plans
• Wilentz Goldman Wants Attys' Whistleblower Suit Arbitrated
• 10th Circ. Backs ACA Contraception Mandate Opt-Out
• Tips For An Efficient And Effective Fraud Investigation
• A Primer On Insurance Dispute Resolution In China
• 11th Circ. Asked To Review Firm's Immunity In Malpractice Suit
• Title Co. Loses 2 Experts In Resort Lender's Coverage Beef
• 4 Insurance Takeaways From Lloyd's Cyberattack Report
• Texas County Clerk Resigns Over Gay Marriage Ruling
• Nationwide Says Builder's Workmanship Judgment Excluded
• Malpractice Insurer Says Georgia Firm Made Defective Claim
• Tax Court Says Benefit Plan Is 'Split-Dollar' Tax Shelter
• Select Comfort Says Arrowood Owes $1M More In Legal Fees
• Conn. High Court Nixes Body Shop's $35M Win In Rate Case
• Businesses Tell 6th Circ. $30M Blue Cross Deal Isn't Enough
• Conn. Courts Should Not Follow Comind
• Insurer's Consent Provision For Enviro Cleanup Upheld
• Blame ID Thief, Not CVS Or Giant For Drug Fraud: Magistrate
• Liberty U. Not Owed Defense In Kidnapping Suit: 4th Circ.
• NJ Sandy Flood Litigation Stay Extended In Settlement Push
• How Legal Ops Saved AIG $200M
• Victims Want Iran's 9/11 Liability To Apply To Entire MDL
• T-Mobile Class Urges 9th Circ. To Scrap Arbitration Demand
• Fired Contractor Cries Conspiracy Over NY Canal Project
• Feds Finalize Opt-Out For ACA Birth Control Mandate
• New Poll Shows Large Dip In Uninsured 1 Year After ACA
• Mich. Doc Gets 45 Years For Giving Healthy Patients Chemo
• Aetna Secures $16.2B Bridge Loan For Humana Acquisition
• Towers Watson Investors Challenge $18B Merger With Willis
• Aetna Defends Suit Over Pa. Surgery Clinic Kickback Scheme
• Are You Ready For ACA's 2016 Reporting Requirements?
• Essex Must Defend Contractor In Defect Suit, Judge Says
• NJ Appeals Court Upholds Atty Win In Forged Signature Case
• Top Texas Supreme Court Cases Of 2015: Midyear Report
• Assurant Unit Says Recent Ruling Blunts Force-Placed Suit
• Calif., Artemis Reach $200M Deal Over Insurance Co. Scheme
• Cost Of Major Cyberattack Could Top $1T, Report Says
• Former Employee Slams HCA's Bid To Toss FCA Suit
• Allstate Sues Electrolux, Home Depot Over Appliance Fire
• Insurer Can't Revive Late-Notice Defense In Estee Lauder Row
• Estate Law Generates Most Malpractice Claims, Survey Says
• 5 Lessons Health Care Cos. Should Learn From Cyberattacks
• When Marine Insurance Laws Don't Protect Policyholders
• Insurer Can Recover $5M Payment In Magma Investor Deal
• HUD Rule Aims To Combat Inequality In Housing Opportunities
• Chartis Doesn't Have To Defend JSW In Antitrust Row
• NJ High Court Won't Hear Asbestos Insurance Row
• Gay Marriage Ruling Didn't End Common-Law Case: Texas
• Judge Sends $10M Kutak Malpractice Row To Mediation
• BMW Wins Jury Verdict In Engine Fire Dispute With Insurer
• 9th Circ. Told Contractor's $35M Coverage Suit Is Late
• NJ High Court Won't Shake State's New Auto PIP Rules
• Christian Orgs Take ACA Birth Control Suit To High Court
• UPMC Tells Pa. Court It Can End Medicare Deal With Highmark
• Lawmakers Float Bill Authorizing Medicaid Abortion Coverage
• Fla. Firm Sues Hartford For Coverage Of Murder Claims Row
• Farmers Unit Faces Class Action Over Contractor Fee Denials
• REBUTTAL: Reverse Bad Faith Does Not Exist
• Insurer Knew Of Suit Years Before It Claims It Did, Court Told
• SCA Calls Yahoo Claims Baseless In $1B NCAA Bracket Fight
• Pa. Court Says Worker Death Coverage Suit Not Time-Barred
• Foreign Investment In US Hotels May Accelerate In 2nd Half
• Hospital Group Pushes For Dismissal Of Cyberinsurance Suit
• $5M Zurich Flood Cap Applies To Sandy Delay Loss: NY Court
• Firm Can't Dodge Botched Visa Coverage Fight, Insurer Says
• Cigna Says It's Owed Millions In Ind. Fee-Forgiveness Scheme
• Allstate Sues HP Over Laptop Battery Fire
• A Compromise On Indexed Universal Life Insurance Visuals
• 9th Circ. Sends Auto Insurance Query To Calif. High Court
• Contractor Improperly Refused Travelers' Counsel, Jury Finds
• Texas Couple Sues Over County's Marriage License Delay
• Davis Polk Steers Aetna In $37B Deal For Humana
• Torre Lentz Survives DQ Bid In Travelers' Bond Dispute
• Amtrak Settles With Primary Insurers In Sandy Coverage Row
• Alaska Native Health Group Denied Quick Win In Billing Row
• Judge Tosses NYU Insurer's Suit Over 9/11 Cleanup Coverage
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Reject Horizon Blue Cross Settlement
• Twin City On Hook For Workers' Comp Award: Neb. High Court
• 5 Firms Top $300B In Deals During 1st Half Of 2015 M&A Boom
• Fla. Judge Tells High Court Her Removal Thwarts Voters' Will
• Wyo. Tribe's Suit Over ACA Mandate Tossed
• W.Va. AG, Nationwide Reach $5.75M Deal In Discount Suit
• Travelers Asks Judge To Toss Rest Of Cyber Liability Suit
• The Changing Role Of A Reinsurance Contracts Specialist
• Skadden Guides Centene In $6.8B Deal For Health Net
• Cushman Again Seeks To Nix Contract Claim in Sandy Fight
• Amtrak Denied Bid To Keep Insurers In Sandy Damage Suit
• Texas Judge Gives Nod To $84M Farmers Policy Refund Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Weil, Cooley
• CoreLogic Says Zurich's Bond Renewal Snafu Cost It $14M
• The Biggest Pa. Court Decisions Of 2015: Midyear Report
• Lewis Brisbois Opens In Oregon With Williams Kastner Attys
• Travelers Gets Claim Axed In U. Of Iowa Project Fight
• Deals Rumor Mill: Anthem, Cigna, Yelp, Tesco
• 4 Cyberinsurance Battlegrounds To Watch
• 5th Circ. Hands Victories To Texas, Miss. Same-Sex Couples
• M&A Boom Soars To Highest First-Half Clip In 8 Years
• The CFPB's Real Message In Its 1st Administrative Appeal
• Could Chief Justice Roberts Have Concurred In Obergefell?
• Collateral Interests In Insurance: Confusing Territory
• 7th Circ. Rebuffs Wheaton's Bid To Block ACA Birth Control
• Duane Morris Adds McKenna Trio With RE, Trial Focus In SF
• Benefits Extended To Texas State Workers' Same-Sex Spouses
• Aetna Gets Claims Trimmed From Reimbursement Row
• Bankers Life Wins Decertification In $16.9M OT Row
• NY High Court Sides With State Farm In Cop Coverage Suit
• Insurers' Suit Over Rival Claims To $6M Coverage Stays Alive
• JPMorgan, Insurers Duke It Out Over Ponzi Loss Coverage
• Don't Discount Disparate Impact After High Court Case
• Policyholders Get EPA Coverage Clarity From Texas Justices
• $31M Insurance Row Erupts Over Nasdaq's Facebook IPO Deal
• Texas Clerk Flips Decision To Deny Gay Marriage Licenses
• Did 'America's Sexiest Man' Almost Doom The ACA?
• Contractor Says Insurers Owe For Construction Suit Defense
• Navigating Calif. Insurance Defense Settlements
• Sullivan Guides Insurer ACE In $28.3B Deal For Chubb