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Insurance - February, 2016

294 articles

• 11th Circ. Revives Yacht Co.'s Bad Faith Claim Against Insurer
• AIG, Coventry Reach Post-Trial Deal In $2B Racketeering Row
• Allstate Can't Set 'Reasonable' Charge, MRI Provider Says
• CMS Finalizes Changes To 2017 ACA Marketplace
• Investment Firm Says Arent Fox Gave Bad Insurance Advice
• Insurer Should Win $63M Coverage Fight, Judge Says
• Public Storage, Customers Seal $5M Settlement In Fee Suit
• Justices Reject GOP Donor's ACA Tax Challenge
• Life Insurer Must Face Agent Fraud Claims, Court Says
• T-Mobile Settles Autism Suit With Coverage Promise, $676K
• Insurer Denies DQ Bid In Owen Gleaton Malpractice Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: China Vanke, Prudential, Kronos
• Millennium Loses $5M HIPAA Coverage On Reconsideration
• Drug Co. Not Covered For 'Pill Mill' Suit, 7th Circ. Told
• More States Join Fight Against Obamacare Tax On Medicaid
• Providers Must Show Blue Cross Caused Hospitals To Close
• Auto Body Shops Ask 11th Circ. To Revive Antitrust Claims
• Travelers, Broker Want Out Of Paraco's Fraud Suit
• Eli Lilly Insurer Says Brazilian Pollution Suits Not Covered
• Pa. Appeals Court Rejects Coverage Bid In Trade Secrets Row
• Tyco Can't Delay $60M Drug Heist Suit, Judge Rules
• MusclePharm Says Insurer Ignored Policy In Coverage Denial
• Assignability And Equitable Subrogation In Insurance
• Fla. High Court Says Pre-Bad Faith Damages Verdict Stays
• Insurer Fights Urban Outfitters Coverage Bid In Copyright Row
• House Republicans Press CMS On Future Of ACA Co-Ops
• Ace Asks Judge To Vacate Loss In Pipeline Blast Suit
• Allstate Says Urine Testing Scheme Conned It Out Of $1.3M
• EEOC To Take Wellness Program ADA Loss To 7th Circuit
• NYC Tower Owner Loses $19M Deductible Fight In Sandy Suit
• 5 Legal Writing Cliches Sure To Come Back And Bite You
• Templo Fugit: NJ Insureds Must Give Notice Promptly
• Dillard's Insurer Must Face Data Breach Claims
• 5 Tips For Founding A Successful Law Firm
• 3 Firms Guide $100M Loan For Indianapolis Industrial Buy
• Calif. Appeals Court Questions Ford's Costs In Wreck Suit
• Convenience Store Off $2M Hook In 17-Year Fight With Insurer
• Insurer Gets $1M In Alleged Claim Mishandling Trial
• US, EU Insurance Talks Could Undermine States' Authority
• Wells Fargo Facing DOJ Mortgage Probe After $1.2B Deal
• Feds Target ACA Enrollment Abuse After Insurer Outcry
• Insurers Hit Feds With $5B Suit Over Withheld ACA Money
• Insurer Can Treat 7 Real Estate Fraud Cases As One
• 5th Circ. Revives Insurer Challenge To Oil Rig Suit Coverage
• Finally, The 1st Real Test To Loss-Of-Value Insurance?
• Insurer Urges 5th Circ. To Undo Exxon Injury Suit Liability
• Nat'l Union Beats Anheuser Unit's Mold Claims In 8th Circ.
• 5 Law Office Design Tips Before Moving To Latin America
• Aetna Scored Discount Through Shady Deal, Clinic Claims
• 8th Circ. Asked To Revisit Valspar's Benzene Suit Costs
• Shriners Facility Loses $1.7M Flood Coverage Bid
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Cos. Face Antitrust Class Action
• Watchdog Dissects HealthCare.gov Collapse, Revival
• Insurers' Win Upheld In Lowe's Defect Suit Coverage Fight
• Gibbons Beats DQ Bid In Cigna Employee Plan Suit
• PTAB Kills 3 Audatex Insurance Patents Under Alice
• Doctor Loses Bid For DQ Of Judge In UnitedHealth Suit
• Insurers Owe $1.2M For Army Corps Project, Contractor Says
• Selective Off Hook For Flood Vent IP Fight, Court Says
• Farmers Class Deal Gets OK Despite 'Troubling' Atty Fees
• Fluor Insurers Sue To Avoid Covering Post-Trial Asbestos Deal
• Ex-Bryan Cave Atty Too Late To DQ Judge, Anthem Says
• Genworth Slams Investors' Class Cert. Bid In IPO Suit
• US, EU Forge Ahead With Insurance Talks
• Answers To Common Franchise System Insurance Questions
• ConAgra Says ERISA Class Action For Autism Aid Is Dud
• EagleMed, Insurer Seek $2M For Deadly Chopper Crash
• 9th Circ. Won't Rethink Travelers' Win In KFx Patent Row
• Malpractice Trial Ruling Against Defunct NJ Firm Upheld
• 3M Not Covered For Ponzi Losses, Insurers Tell 8th Circ.
• Doc Seeks To Cut Hueston Hennigan From Calif. Fraud Case
• Insurers Escape Congo Airplane Crash Coverage Dispute
• Allstate's Escrow Cash Doesn't Kill Suit, 9th Circ. Told
• Barnes Thornburg, Kelley Drye Guide $71M Mixed-Use Loan
• Insurer Must Cover Health Care Co.'s Defense In $30M Suit
• Amtrak Gets Insurer Docs In Environmental Cleanup Suit
• Westchester Wants To Duck $22M Claim Tied To Truck Blast
• NY Justices' AIG Ruling Gives Insurers Edge On Arbitration
• AXA Exec Testifies Investor Fees Are Fair, Reasonable
• Jury Must Decide Geico Bad Faith Suit In Road Rage Row
• Ala. Justices Revive Coverage Fight Over Supermarket Fall
• Records Show US Atty Knows Recusal Rules, Court Told
• Verizon Denies Circuit Split In Pension Case
• Texas Retailer Says Insurer Bailed On Data Hack Coverage
• UPMC Says Insurer Must Cover $12.5M Antitrust Settlement
• HSBC To Pay Mass. $4M To Settle Force-Placed Claims
• Small Pay Boost Floated For Medicare Advantage
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Homeowner Suit Against M&T Bank
• Fla. Hits Humana With Penalty Over HIV Drugs Pricing
• OPINION: Big Law's Perverse Incentive System
• Aetna Beats Hospitals' Late-Pay Suit At 5th Circ.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dell, MBK Partners, Mayborn Group
• Amtrak Tells 2nd Circ. Insurers Are Shirking Post-Sandy Duty
• Insurer Denies Issuing Policy In Blinded Hockey Player's Suit
• Pa. Insurance Dept. Won $185M In Restitution In 2015
• USDA Expands Insurance Options For Organic Crops
• Insurer Loses Bid To Avoid Tainted Heparin Defense Coverage
• Landowner, Insurers Found Not Liable In Derailment Row
• Blue Shield Class Wins Cert. In Hidden Deductibles Row
• UPMC Can't Dodge Workers' Comp Market Antitrust Claims
• NY Justices Say Fed Law Lets AIG Unit Arbitrate Calif. Policies
• ACA Birth Control Mandate Challengers Lose At 11th Circ.
• Fire That Scorched Lewis Brisbois Office Sparks $20M LA Suit
• Insurer Disputes Judge's Ruling In Skanska Coverage Dispute
• Texas Court Says Allstate Owed Tax Refund For Vendor Work
• Deals Rumor Mill: Zhong An, Starboard, Affinity Equity
• KKR Buys 10% Stake In India's 4th-Largest Life Insurance Co.
• Insurers Off The Hook For Donald Sterling Discrimination Suit
• A Closer Look At The Anthem-Cigna Merger
• Insurance Co. Still On The Hook For Train Derailment Damages
• How Scalia's Death Tilts Cases On Abortion, Birth Control
• Samsung Escapes Suit Over Laptop Battery Fire
• UPMC Accuses Highmark Of Trying To Stall $12.5M Settlement
• AIG Unit Policy Must Pay Prejudgment Interest, 9th Circ. Told
• Crash Victim's Family Can't Sue Attys Over Insurance Payout
• Arch Wants Eli Lilly's Contamination Coverage Suit Tossed
• Insurer Launches $6M Suit Over Sandy-Ruined Coffee
• Insurer Must Defend Garage Co. In Injury Suit, 3rd Circ. Says
• Genworth Says Witness Recantations Ruin Investors' IPO Suit
• Pa. High Court OKs State Farm's Med Payment Formula
• Insurer Pushes For Interest In Owen Gleaton Malpractice Row
• Eli Lilly, Liberty Mutual Settle Contamination Coverage Suit
• Insurer Seeks Win In Coverage Row Over Models' Privacy Suit
• Allstate Tells 9th Circ. Tendered Offer Moots TCPA Suit
• Battling Revenue Doom And Gloom With Litigation Finance
• $4.2M T-Mobile Class Deal OK'd After Objector No-Show
• Apache's $1.5M Bank Fraud Loss Not Covered, 5th Circ. Told
• Fla. Insurance Regulator OKs Aetna-Humana Deal
• Fraud Policy Not Triggered By $1.7M Transfer, Insurer Says
• Anthem Data Breach MDL Gets Trimmed By Calif. Judge
• Kaufman Dolowich Adds Ex-Becker & Poliakoff Litigation Pro
• Ocwen Urges 11th Circ. To Uphold $140M Force-Placed Deal
• Reed Smith Wants End To Pa. Mansion Fire Malpractice Suit
• Using Classification Limits To Deny Coverage In NY
• Scalia's Rapid-Fire Questioning Transformed Oral Arguments
• Justice Scalia Leaves His Mark In Biting, Clever Dissents
• Death Of Scalia Leaves High Court Docket In Limbo
• Scalia Leaves Mighty Legacy At High Court
• GOP Attys Would Likely Back Srinivasan To Replace Scalia
• Scalia's Originalism Shifted The Constitutional Debate
• Scalia Took On Gun Control, Class Actions In Top Opinions
• Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Dies At 79
• Allstate Workers Ask Judge To Rethink His Release Ruling
• Dickstein Deal May Leave Ex-Partners With Lighter Wallets
• Phone Reseller Says Insurer Must Cover It In Sprint Suit
• Texas AG's Gay Marriage Ethics Row Breaks New Ground
• CoreLogic, Morgan Stanley End Trade Secrets Release Feud
• NJ Doc Accused Of Bogus Insurance Claims Settles For $5M
• DC Court Revives Carlyle's Coverage Bid For Investor Suits
• Metal Co. Wants Superfund Cleanup Coverage Denial Revisited
• Plane Leasing Co. Wins Nod For $4M Crash Settlement
• Insurer Continues Push For Bench Trial In Ponzi Scheme Row
• Wrong Law Used In Tax Collection Coverage Spat, Court Says
• Data 'Privacy Shield' Spurs Need For Cybersecurity Coverage
• Lessons Learned From A $1.4M Legal Malpractice Verdict
• Defining 'Securities Claims' In D&O Policies
• Amended Rule 26's Proportionality Standard: The First 60 Days
• Texas AG Under Investigation For Response To Obergefell
• Allstate Beats Horse Trainer's Coverage Suit At Trial
• Kleinbard, Fox Rothschild Beat Sanctions In $13M Trust Row
• Fla. Pharmacies, Docs Settle Tricare Billing Row For $10M
• Lack Of New Info Dooms Travelers' Billing Suit, Judge Told
• NJ Justices Send 'Warning Call' To Insureds On Late Notice
• Poultry Co. Wins $2.7M In Cockroach Shutdown Coverage Trial
• ACA, Zika, Opioids Hot Topics In HHS Budget
• Illinois Investment Fund Says $50M Fraud Loss Is Covered
• Recycler Says Brokers' Advice Led To Sandy Coverage Gap
• Jurors Can Use Labor Costs In Finding Loss: Minn. Justices
• Colo. Tavern Seeks Clarity On Insurance Cancellation Law
• Yellen Catches Heat For Fed's Handling Of Living Wills
• Insurer Rips $12M Claim Over Botched Oil Well In 5th Circ.
• NJ Justices Back National Union In Late-Notice Battle
• When Policyholders Aren't Entitled To Preaward Interest
• 3rd Circ. Ruling Backs RICO Claims Against Glaxo, Court Told
• Insurer Says It Won't Cover BNSF In $10M Wrongful-Death Suit
• Engineering Firm Appeals Explosion Coverage Denial
• ACA Birth Control Opt-Out Respects Faith, High Court Hears
• Insurer Says It Fulfilled Wrongful Death Verdict Coverage
• Toys 'R' Us Settles Insurance Row Over $25M Verdict
• Ky. Clerk Not Obstructing Marriage Licenses, Judge Finds
• Insurer Ordered To Pay Miami-Dade's Party Injury Settlement
• LeClairRyan Hit With Malpractice Suit By Defunct Hotel
• Axed Fraud Charge Is Haunting Surgeon, 7th Circ. Told
• GOP Senators Introduce Another Bill To Repeal Obamacare
• Excess Insurers Join Lumber Liquidators MDL Coverage Battle
• Suit Against Nationwide Should Stay In Texas, Court Hears
• Judge Says FSOC Wasn't Neutral In MetLife SIFI Labeling
• Texas Appeals Court Axes Atty Fees In Real Estate Blog Row
• Yellen Says Insurance Capital Rules Likely Coming Soon
• Ace Says Exclusion Applies In Facebook IPO Coverage Row
• Investing In The Marijuana Industry: Where We Stand
• How Does Skadden Stay No. 1?
• Subrogation Claims Aren't 'Consumer Debts' Under Fla. Law
• BofA To Pay $3M To Settle Homeowners' Insurance Suit
• Geico Settles Fraud Suit Over Roadside X-Ray Vans
• Fishing Co. Sues Chubb Over Denial Of Collapse Coverage
• Life Partners Investors Say Trustee Derailing Ch. 11 Plan
• 'Uber Bill' Passes 2nd Fla. Senate Committee Stop
• T-Mobile, Class Action Lead Slam Protest To $4.2M Deal
• Calif. Court Axes Insurance Broker's Win In Negligence Case
• Mom Allowed To Join Mental Health ERISA Suit Against UHC
• Beazley Says Ace Owes For Nasdaq's Facebook Settlement
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Atty Felled By Firm Policy Violations
• Texas Court Revives Workers' Comp Bid In 'Imbecility' Case
• Dave & Buster's Can't Duck Obamacare ERISA Class Action
• Investors Rip Genworth's 'Recantation' Claims In IPO Suit
• AIG Unit Can't Escape Valspar Benzene Defense At 8th Circ.
• UnitedHealth Out Of Ammo To Fight Judge DQ Bid, Court Told
• OPINION: The Road To Partnership Must Keep Evolving
• MusclePharm Says Liberty Unquestionably Owes For SEC Probe
• An Uphill Battle For Providers Contesting Network Exclusion
• Insurer Needn't Front Impac Defense In MBS Suits, 9th Circ.
• Allied Tells 9th Circ. Hospital Owes $8M In FTC Defense Costs
• Supreme Court Urged To Review AIG Equity Unit Class Action
• MetLife, Regulators Square Off Over SIFI Designation
• UPMC To Pay $12.5M To Settle Price Conspiracy Suit
• NY Atty Sanctioned For Bringing Insubstantial FCA Suit
• Insurers Say Policy Wasn't Triggered By Power Plant Defects
• 3 Firms Steer $280M NYC Office Purchase, $180M Loan
• Three Firms Guide $1.9B NY Skyscraper Deal
• Insurer Tells 5th Circ. Botched Oil Well Wasn't 'Damage'
• Iowa Appeals Court Finds No Extra Duty For Insurance Agent
• Has Gene By Gene Unzipped TCPA Insurance Exclusions?
• 6 Insurance Attorneys Earn Top Marks From GCs
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• 8 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• UnitedHealth Accused Of Deceiving Court In Lap-Band Suit
• Policyholder Can Assign Benefits Without Consent, Court Says
• DC Circ. Won't Decide TCPA Coverage Appeals
• Illinois ACA Co-Op Hit With Class Action For Cutting Provider
• Cigna Hid Compliance Failures From Investors, Suit Says
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Atty Convicted Of Insider Trading
• Lewis Brisbois Expands With 7-Lawyer Team In Raleigh
• Pro Hockey Player Says Agency Oversold League's Insurance
• Amtrak Can Only Recover $125M For Sandy, 2nd Circ. Told
• Judge Pauses AIG Unit's Suit Over Dish TCPA Row Coverage
• 5th Circ. Releases National From Truck Co. Accident Coverage
• New Insights For ERISA Standards On Benefit Determinations
• Title Insurer Must Face Bad Faith Claim, Hawaii Justices Say
• AbbVie, Others Escape Some Testosterone Therapy Claims
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Atty Knew Of Pre-Merger Trading, Jury Told
• ACA Sign-Ups Near 13M As Annual Enrollment Ends
• Liberty Says MusclePharm's $3M Indemnity Suit Won't Fly
• Anda Pushes For W.Va. 'Pill Mill' Coverage In 11th Circ.
• Insurers Owe $15M For Sandy Damages, Property Owners Say
• Zipline Injury Happened Out Of Covered Area, Insurer Says
• Charney, Ex-Workers Target American Apparel Ch. 11 Stay
• Patent Reform And The New Insurance Market That May Follow
• California Supreme Court In 2015: A Year In Transition
• Texas High Court Is Asked To Review Free Speech Exemption
• State Farm Keeps Alive $2.8M Personal Injury Coverage Row
• 9th Circ. Says Still-Standing Condos Didn't Collapse In '98
• Insurer Off Hook For Coverage Of Superfund Cleanup
• NJ Cardiologist Indicted For Double-Billing Insurers
• Calif. Judge's Brother No Bother, UnitedHealth Says
• Texas Justices Asked To Mull Exxon's $4M Blast Coverage Win
• Insurer To Settle $2M Policy Row Over Cig Suit Malpractice
• Agency-Set Rates Bar Force-Placed Insurance Claims: Judge
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Atty Overheard Merger Chat, Jury Hears
• Aetna, Health Co. Can Seek Document Privacy In Merger Suit
• Miss. Makes More Trouble For Reservation Of Rights
• Blue Cross Hit With $40M Suit Alleging Okla. Antitrust Scheme
• Wells Fargo Reaches $1.2B FHA Mortgage Settlement
• McKool Snags 7 Ex-Kasowitz Insurance Trial Attorneys
• Insurer Off Hook For $4M Of Claims Manager's Settlement
• Horizon Says Pulled Ads May Alter Tiered Coverage Suit
• Alston & Bird Adds Dallas Corporate Team From Bracewell
• Insurer Left Out Of $55M Pollution Settlement Needn't Pay
• MTA Takes Sandy Damages Arbitration Fight To 2nd Circ.
• Home Demolition Sinks Insurer's Claim Against Electric Co.
• Loeb & Loeb Nabs 3 Partners For LA, DC Offices
• House Falls Short On Veto Override For ACA Repeal Bill
• Nationwide Says Judge Had 'Tantrum' In $21M Bad Faith Row
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Atty's Insider Trading Trial Kicks Off
• Dinsmore & Shohl Nabs 5 Partners In Chicago, San Diego
• Ch. 11 Purchase Conferred Cleanup Coverage, NJ Court Told
• AIG Unit Must Face Animal Group's $2.5M RICO Coverage Bid
• Goldberg Segalla Opens New Offices In Fla., Md. And NJ
• Is Your Company Insured Through The London Market?
• Heinz Ruling Boosts Insurers That Skip The 'Scavenger Hunt'
• Ex-Doc Wants Gov't Attys DQ'd In UnitedHealth Lap-Band Suit
• Ackerman Link Adds South Fla. Property Insurance Group
• UnitedHealthcare Targets Medicare Advantage Overpay Policy
• Fla. Boater Asks 11th Circ. To Rehear Insurance Fraud Row
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Atty's Trading Trial Hangs On Deal Reports
• 3rd Circ. Frees Margolis Edelstein From Insurers' $2M Suit
• Patent Holder Seeks NJ Justices' OK To Sue Ex-Atty's Partner
• Cameron Can't Sue Liberty For Unfairness, Texas Court Told
• Sports Memorabilia IP Claims Aren't Covered, Insurers Say
• Genworth Investors Seek Class Cert. In Suit Over Unit IPO
• Real Estate Rumors: Occidental Petroleum, Ruben, Prologis
• Beazley Slams Insurers' Bid To Duck Nasdaq's Facebook Deal
• Starr Can Void $25M Heinz Policy As Judge Nixes Jury Verdict
• Pa. Embraces Alternative Automobile Insurance Coverage