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Insurance - August, 2015

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• Judge Kicks Whistleblower's FCA Suit Against Scan Health
• Prudential Investors Win Cert. In Unpaid Policy Suit
• 7th Circ. Nixes Win For Voya Insurer In $300M Contract Row
• Hospital Urges 6th Circ. To Nix Insurer's Win In HIPAA Row
• Anti-Abortion Org Beats ACA Birth Control Mandate
• Insurer Says No Evidence For Bad Faith Claim By Sandal Co.
• Texas High Court Tackles Conflict On Damages Requirements
• High Court Snubs Ky. Clerk Protesting Same-Sex Marriage
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fiat, London City Airport, Carlyle Group
• Health First's Antitrust Woes Grow With New Hospital Suit
• Pa. Appeals Court Upends $3.3M Legal Malpractice Verdict
• Insurers Needn't Cover Defense In FCA Case, 5th Circ. Rules
• OneBeacon Fights $5.4M Olin Cleanup Award At 2nd Circ.
• Some Words Are More Equal Than Others: BancInsure V. FDIC
• 5 Insights From 3M General Counsel Ivan Fong
• Ageas To Sell HK Insurer For $1.4B To China's JD Capital
• Soy Farm Presses 8th Circ. To Overturn Coverage Ruling
• Carlyle In Talks To Buy UK Insurance Software Co. For $755M
• Insurer Beats Crash Victim's Bad Faith Claim At 11th Circ.
• HSBC Says Plaintiffs Risk No Recovery If $1.8M Deal Not OK'd
• Some AIG Docs Protected In MF Global Fight, Judge Rules
• Ex-AIG Exec Takes Stand In $2B Coventry Racketeering Trial
• Real Estate Rumors: AIG, O2R, Real Estate Capital Partners
• 6th. Circ. Didn't Spare Insurer From $8M Costs, Judge Says
• Deflategate, Reinsurance Disputes And Arbitrator Bias
• Fidelity Not Liable For $38M Mechanic's Lien Settlement
• 5th Circ. Urged To Consult Texas Court On Insurance Penalty
• Ill. Has 3 Weeks To Pay Medicaid Fees, Budget Crisis Or No
• 10 Years After Katrina, Legal Fallout Continues
• Sandal Maker Gets More Docs In Bad Faith Row With Insurer
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tesco, Nippon Life Insurance, Dalian Wanda
• Insurer Denied Quick Win In Rescission Fight After Fire
• Clerk's Appeal Can't Hold Up Marriage Licenses, 6th Circ. Says
• AIG Likens Coventry Trio To Mafia At $2B Racketeering Trial
• Insurer Sues Over Truck Crash That Killed 2 Teens
• Death V. Suicide In Event Cancellation Policies
• Charter Oak Off Hook For Software Co. IP Dispute
• Pipe Co. Gets Another $5.5M In Costs In AIG Coverage Fight
• Study Sees Little Private Medicare Competition As Deals Loom
• Jury Clears Sprinkler Co. In $11.5M Flood Coverage Suit
• Geico Says 11th Circ. Bad Faith Ruling Flouts Precedent
• 5th Circ. Revives Coverage Row Over $9M Injury Award
• Texas AG Seeks To Nix Contempt Hearing After Policy Change
• Steel Contractor Says It's Owed $400K Over Philly Courthouse
• 2nd Circ. Says Judge Must Pick Umpire In Reinsurance Row
• Fla. Gay Marriage Suits Moot After Obergefell, State Says
• Insurance Filed Rate Defense Wins Over The 2nd Circuit
• Builder Says Crum & Forster Must Defend $22M Condo Suit
• Travelers May Be On Hook For Asbestos Defense: Del. Court
• Lloyd's Knocks Bad Faith Claim In $132M Train Crash Row
• Texas Firm Wins $4M In Fees In OneBeacon Malpractice Row
• JPMorgan, Assurant Settle Calif. Force-Placed Claims
• Sandal Maker Says Insurer Can't Sidestep Bad Faith Claim
• Beazley Says Ace Must Defend Nasdaq In Facebook IPO Suit
• Texas Court Upholds Home Appraisal In Fire Insurance Row
• AIG Reaches Settlement In $60M Fraud Suit
• Claims Trimmed In $1.9M Lincoln National Tax Shelter Row
• Tribal Court Cannot Hear Insurance Row, Okla. Judge Says
• Zurich Insurance Eyes $8.8B Bid For British Rival RSA
• Fluor Ruling Is Good News For Calif. Policyholders
• Confusion Over FCA's Seal Requirements Continues
• 9th Circ. Offers Hope For Proposed Title Kickback Class
• Rabbis, States Back Little Sisters' ACA Mandate Challenge
• Geico Pays $6M To Settle Rate-Quote Discrimination Row
• Allied Can't Recoup Part Of $31M Malpractice Settlement
• 3rd Circ. Punts On Santander Disability Benefits Appeal
• Sanctions Threatened Over Delays In Sandy Insurance Suits
• Humana Must Fight Hospital's Payment Suit In State Court
• Calif. AG Seeks Death Knell For Scan Health FCA Suit
• Insurer Rips Beach Club's 'Collapse' Claim In Sandy Suit
• Atty Feud Escalates To Ethics Claims Against Mazie Slater
• Travelers Says Anchorage Port Claims Aren't Covered
• Multicause Loss Standard Takes Spotlight In Fla. High Court
• Ill. Court Clears Cigna In Wellness Plan Trade Secrets Row
• Fed. Circ. Upholds PTAB's Invalidation Of Progressive's IP
• Solera Tried To Undermine Car Data Contract, Suit Says
• OIG Says Certain Free Drug Starter Programs May Be OK
• Reps And Warranties Insurance Boom Reshaping PE Deals
• UnitedHealth Asks 8th Circ. To Revive $350M Insurance Feud
• Media Co. Seeks $280K In Sanctions From Navigators
• 7th Circ. Revives Claims Against RBS In Securities Row
• Veolia Says Lloyd's Can't Duck $132M Crash Payout Coverage
• Law360 Pro Bono All Stars Show Dedication To Helping Others
• Storm Clouds Still Ahead As NJ Winds Down Sandy Suits
• ACA Birth Control Opt-Out Not Religious Burden: 6th Circ.
• 20 Firms Show How To Win Big And Do Good
• A Guide To Liberty's Texas CGL Coverage Showdown
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tesco, Novo Banco, Indian Oil Corp.
• State Farm, Others Duck Car Repair Antitrust Suits
• Little Sisters Receive Stay From ACA Birth Control Mandate
• Noble Energy Asks Texas Justices To Mull Conoco Indemnity
• Simon, Opry Mills Awarded $204M In Flood Damage Suit
• Insurers Are The Real Winners In Pa. Babcock Decision
• 3 Ethical Traps For 'Gladiator' Litigators
• Calif. Policy Transfer Ruling Ends Insurer 'Windfall'
• Arrowood Owes Select Comfort $1.5M In Coverage Row
• 2nd Circ. Guts UnitedHealth Win In Psychiatry Benefits Ruling
• Feds Fight Wells Fargo Bid For Docs In $189M Mortgage Suit
• Odyssey Can't Block Reinsurance Breach Claim In $2.7M Spat
• 9th Circ. Orders Anthem Worker Suits Back To State Court
• 1st TARP Fraud Defendant Gets 30 Months
• 1st Circ. Says Railway Creditor Can't Grab Policy Payout
• Calif. Justices Lift Policy Transfer Barrier In Landmark Ruling
• FDIC Sues Citi, US Bank Over $695M Mortgage Security Loss
• Bank of China Unit Buys Controlling Stake In Life Insurer
• A Rose By Any Other Name: EPA Demand Is A Suit In Texas
• Insurers Say They Won't Cover $143M Tunnel Machine Fix
• Allstate Can Use Criminal Statement In Fraud Suit: NJ Court
• BNY Mellon Failed As Trustee Of $2B In MBS, FDIC Suit Says
• Calif. Appeals Court Says Settlement Transfer Violates Law
• AHAC Owes Interest To US In Crawfish, Mushroom Duties Row
• Arch Dismissed In $25M Contract Suit Over Sandy Damage
• 11th Circ. Grants Geico New Trial In $5M Bad Faith Suit
• Ironshore Wants Out Of Defending Atty In 'Sex Slave' Suit
• Indicted Ex-Fox Rothschild Atty Says Merger Info Was Public
• Deals Rumor Mill: Solera, Coca-Cola, OAS Investimentos
• Ex-Park Avenue Bank Exec Gets A Year And A Day In Prison
• Allstate's PIP Policy 'Unclear,' Fla. Appeals Court Says
• Top 5 Ways To Help A Law Professional Land A Job
• NY Appellate Court Upholds ACA's $120M Goldman Fraud Suit
• 5th Circ Revives Hotel's Counterclaims In Coverage Suit
• The Future Of Securities Class Action Litigation
• Pittsburgh Corning Ch. 11 Puts Insurers In Bind, 3rd Circ. Told
• Geico Sues Medical Providers Over $5.7M In False Claims
• Ala. Can't Dictate Reliance Claim Status, Pa. Justices Say
• Insurer Needn't Defend Payroll Fraud Claims, 9th Circ. Says
• Former R-G Premier Brass Lose Bid To Tap Excess Coverage
• 4th Circ. Revives FDIC's Claims Against Failed Bank's Execs
• Tax Court Calls Annuity Withdrawal Income Despite Loss
• Aetna Gives DOJ More Time To Look Into Humana Merger
• Landlord Owed Defense In Bias Row, Ohio High Court Says
• Homeowners Seek Cert. In Suit Over Window Defects
• Ga. Bank Not Covered For Ponzi Clawback Suit: 11th Circ.
• What Matters Most In EEOC's Wellness Program Rules
• 11th Circ. Partially Revives HIPAA Data Theft Coverage Suit
• Texas County Pays Attys' Fees To Gay Couple Denied License
• AIG Says Pimco's Calif. Suit Is Time-Barred Under IndyMac
• Atty Sanctioned But Not Removed For Menopause Comment
• Lexington Shorted Racetrack On Sandy Coverage, Suit Says
• Fidelity Can Move $10M Judgment Again And Again: 9th Circ.
• Cigna Units, Health Cos. Settle Texas False Claims Case
• Health Insurance Merger Frenzy: Why DOJ Must Just Say 'No'
• How Much Money Does It Take To Make A Lawyer Happy?
• Lloyd's Needn't Cover Fatal Crash Deal, Ill. Court Says
• Sports Photogs Win Memorabilia Sales Injunction In IP Row
• State Farm To Ask High Court To Overturn Katrina FCA Ruling
• The Wild West Of Improper Joinder In North Texas
• Insurers Must Cover US Bank's Overdraft Deal, 8th Circ. Told
• Hacking Policy Doesn't Cover $4.8M Fraud, Insurer Says
• Ford Accused Of 'Smokescreen' To Dodge Harassment Suit
• Cigna Moves To Consolidate 13 Fraud Cases In Md.
• Calif. Nabs $13.9M In Interest From Insurer In Stringfellow Fight
• White House Presses High Court On Birth Control Opt-Out
• No IPOs Ahead As August Slump Mixes With Market Volatility
• 5 Texas Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Term
• Liberty Owed Apartment Owner Defense In Asbestos Suit
• NJ High Court Refuses To Expand Nuisance, Trespass Law
• Mediation — Panacea Or Placebo?
• Insurer Asks 5th Circ. To Rethink Katrina Coverage Ruling
• AIG's Contradictions Help Pillsbury Win $55M Jury Verdict
• Texas Justices Urged To Rethink Coverage For EPA Action
• 6th Circ. Says Insurer Must Cover Abercrombie Gift Card Row
• Insurer Must Honor Voided Policy's Claims, NJ Justices Say
• Ky. Clerk Wants To Continue Denying All Marriage Licenses
• Pa.'s Babcock Decision Is Damaging To The Rule Of Law
• Thelen Trustee Angles For Slice Of Artemis Fraud Settlement
• 6th Circ. Clears Insurer In Botched Theater Dome Suit
• Fla. Sued Over Failure To Recognize Same-Sex Parents
• Bakery Can't Refuse Gay Couple, Colo. Appeals Court Rules
• Mass Mutual, Deutsche Unit Settle RMBS Suit
• Judge OKs Quest Deal In Test Pricing Antitrust Suit
• Insurers, Foreign Firms Hit With UK Exec Liability Rules
• Northrop Grumman Hit With $4.6M Suit Over Boat Collision
• State Farm, Policyholders Both Denied Quick Win In Class Suit
• Construction Co. Owed Defense In Injury Suit, 1st Circ. Says
• Texas Issues Vital Docs Guidelines After Contempt Threat
• Aetna Hit With Counterclaims In $120M Kickbacks Suit
• UnitedHealth, Employee Strike Deal In Arbitration Fight
• Givaudan Can Seek $500M In Coverage For Pollution Claims
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear FCA Katrina Ruling Against State Farm
• Construction Defect Notice Is A 'Proceeding,' 11th Circ. Told
• No Kickback Penalty For Free Drugs, Inspector General Says
• US Seeks Appeal Of Greenberg's AIG Bailout Win
• Insurer Ducks $36M Claims In Mining Plant Damages Case
• Miss. Same-Sex Adoption Ban An 'Outdated Relic,' Suit Says
• Kutak Rock Moves To Exit Trustee's $10M Malpractice Suit
• Insurer Can't Duck Defense Of Atty's Sanctions Row
• The Interplay Between Advertising Injury Insurance And IP
• Highmark Changing Its Take On Medicare Deal, UPMC Says
• Blue Cross Can't Hide Surgery Review Docs Under Pa. Law
• 5th Circ. Upholds Insurer's Win In Tropical Storm Damage Row
• Ex-DLA Piper Atty To Head Fox Rothschild's Chicago Office
• Insurer Must Cover Fatal ATV Crash, 8th Circ. Says
• 5th Circ. Nixes Texas Insurer's ERISA Preemption Win
• NYC Transit Authority Covered In Subway Worker's Injury Suit
• Insurer Off Hook In Vinyl Defects Suit, 8th Circ. Affirms
• NY Court Won't Rehear Dealership's Plea For Sandy Coverage
• The Limits Of Insurance In Managing Hotel Cyberrisk
• Sumitomo Life To Buy Symetra For $3.8B In Insurance Merger
• 8th Circ. Says ERISA Bars Benefit Plan's Coverage Fight
• German Insurer Rips Bid To Triple Value Of Bad Blood Case
• A Flood Of Changes: The Growing Risk Of Flood Loss
• Squire's Setback In Hartford Case Shows Cumis Counsel Trap
• 16 States Urge Justices To Take Up ACA Birth Control Appeal
• Texas AG Avoids Contempt Bid Over Same-Sex Death Papers
• 3rd Circ. Axes Travelers' $22M Cephalon Drug Marketing Beef
• Genworth Hit With Derivative Suit Amid Deception Claims
• Pa. Secures $70M In Life Insurance Payouts To Start 2015
• NY Atty Loses NJ License For A Year Over Misused Funds
• HHS Watchdog Calls For Stricter Health Exchange Controls
• NJ Utility On Hook For Power Line Blaze, Court Affirms
• Squire Patton Can Be Sued As Hartford's Independent Atty
• Graber V. State Farm Is A Texas Prompt Payment Outlier
• Wyo. Girds For $411M Fight With Bankrupt Miner
• Aetna Ordered To Allow Man's Cancer Treatment
• Insurer Off The Hook For Bookmobile Fire, Mass. Court Says
• CareFirst Slapped With Class Action Over Data Breach
• Texas AG Rips Contempt Fight As Gay Marriage Law Evolves
• Insurer Not Liable in $25M Yacht Fall, 7th Circ. Says
• Insurer Must Cover NRG's $34M Cleanup Costs In CAA Row
• DC Circ. Won't Rehear Tax Challenge To Obamacare
• Deals Rumor Mill: Capital One, Annabel Insurance, Dalian
• NY Insurer Fined For Violating Sanctions On Iran, Others
• Birth Control Waiver Doesn't Flout Religious Rights: 2nd Circ.
• 5 Cos. Set Sights On $552M As IPO Market Wavers
• Sworn Proof Of Loss Needed For Isaac Claim, 5th Circ. Says
• Taxation With Representation: Ropes, Davis, Shearman
• ADA Suit Against Marshall Dennehey Booted To Arbitration
• NC Blue Cross To Raise Rates Following ACA Losses
• Babcock And Beyond: Pa.'s Consent To Settlement Standard
• A Common Exclusion That Puts Your D&O Coverage At Risk
• DC Circ. Won't Rehear $2B Suit By Injured War-Zone Workers
• 10th Circ. Upholds Insurer's Win In FDIC D&O Coverage Beef
• US Trustee Says Cache Kept Workers' Health Care Deductions
• Gardere Nabs Ex-Locke Lord Litigator Who Served Gov. Perry
• Calif. Jury Hands Pipe Co. $55M In AIG Coverage Suit
• Auto Case A 'Warning' For Nondefending Insurers: 7th Circ.
• NJ Court Says Rehab Clinic Can't Duck $4M Injury Award
• The Insured Value Of A Bankruptcy Claim: A New Variation
• Flambeau, EEOC Seek Win In Wellness Program ADA Suit
• AHA Urges Skepticism In $54B Anthem-Cigna Merger Review
• NJ Justices Reject Nuisance Suit Over Migrated Pollution
• Credit Suisse Must Face Insurer's $250M RMBS Suit
• Geico Bad Faith Suit Can't Rely On $30M Award, 11th Circ. Told
• 11th Circ. Says Fees In Chicken Eatery IP Row Up To District
• NJ Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2015
• Zurich Can't Stay Bad Faith Claim In $37M Sandy Battle
• Insurers Must Shell Out $27M For Uranium Mine Cleanup
• Locke Lord Blasts Bid To Duck Sanctions In $3M Policy Spat
• Understanding Mediation's 'Apex Conversation'
• 9th Circ. Turns To Wash. High Court In Farm Labor Row
• Texas AG Faces Contempt Over Gay Man's Death Certificate
• Insurer Must Defend In Roofer Injury Row, Ill. Court Says
• Allstate Accuses Radiology Practices' Owners Of $2.5M Fraud
• Day Care Driver's Personal Policy Doesn't Cover Baby's Death
• Liberty Mutual Unit Sued For Snubbing Settlement
• Progressive Blasts PTAB Process In Fed. Circ. Appeal
• Chartis Owes $29M More To Restore Pa. Mansion, Judge Told
• Genova Burns Launches Insurance Practice Group
• 6th Circ. Won't Allow Coverage For Tax Shelter Lawsuits
• Insurer Blasts Naivete Excuse In $1.9M Tax Shelter Row
• Insurance Showdown In Texas: Seger V. Yorkshire Insurance
• Reverse Bad Faith Claims: Should They Exist?
• Pa. Judge Rips Nationwide's Appeal Of $18M Bad Faith Award
• Northrop Wins Toss Of Expert Testimony In Asbestos Row
• Emcasco Didn't Breach Defense Duty In $7M Injury Suit
• Scarinci Hollenbeck, Ballon Stoll Share NYC Space
• Evanston Says It Needn't Cover Fat-Burning Supplement Suit
• CMS Suspends Torchmark Part D Plans For 'Systemic' Flaws
• NJ Finally Joins Trend: Consequential Damage Is Covered
• Farmers Agent Axed To Pay Debt Loses Appeal To 8th Circ.
• Firm Can't Get Ky. High Court Input On Notice-Prejudice Rule
• Oles Morrison Adds Construction, Insurance Pro In Oakland
• PHH Wins Stay Of $109M Penalty During DC Circ. Appeal
• Insurers Want Out Of Suit Over Nasdaq's Facebook IPO Deal
• Fla. Gov. Orders Audits Of Hospitals' Reimbursement Pacts
• Anthem Worker Row Belongs In State Court, 9th Circ. Hears
• Broker Can't Escape $4M Life Insurance Fraud Suit
• Complying With ACA's 90-Day Waiting Period Limit
• PartnerRe Agrees To Exor's $6.9B Takeover, Spurns Axis Offer