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Insurance - June, 2016

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• Insurer Ducks Pollution Coverage Citing 'Scrivener's Error'
• Ex-AXA Broker Tells Jury Underling Sent Unapproved Emails
• 2nd Circ. Ruling Doesn't Apply To Insurance Dispute: Judge
• Exclusions Apply To Insurer's Defense Duty, Wis. Justices Say
• Transamerica Settles ERISA Excessive-Fee Suit For $3.8M
• Dentons Names Gay Rights Pioneer As Senior Counsel In NY
• Hartford Can't Escape Crane Wreck Coverage, 5th Circ. Says
• Fed. Insurer Not Wrong To Deny Peanut Crop Claim: 11th Circ.
• Wis. Justices Shun Outside Evidence In Defense Coverage Row
• Travelers Exempt From Covering $5M Theft, 7th Circ. Hears
• NY Should Unify Standards For Atty Fees Against State Agency
• Commodities Co. Sues Insurer For $2.5M Bonds To Pay Award
• Lawyer Shouting Match Erupts At Ex-AXA Broker's $20M Trial
• DLA Piper Attys Lied Under Oath About Witness Calls: Judge
• Travelers Must Cover Civil Rights Dispute, Judge Says
• Jury Didn't Hear Defense In $9M Coverage Row, Insurer Says
• BDO Nabs BakerHostetler Cybersecurity, Insurance Pro
• Assurance On Hook Despite Dueling Coverage In Fire Case
• Nat'l Union Off Hook For Botched Container Defense Costs
• How To Manage Your Law School Debt After Graduation
• GE Capital Wins Removal From SIFI List
• Insurers Seek To Escape Coverage In Blender Defect Row
• Navigators Needn't Cover $4.8M Bank Fraud Loss, Court Says
• Fla. Wants More Claims In Insurer's Mismanagement Row
• How To Become The Firm Every GC Wants To Hire
• Hogan Lovells Partner Among 18 Named To Calif. Bench
• Exxon's $3.3M Coverage Win Ignores Deductible, Insurer Says
• The 24 Firms GCs Love The Most
• The 16 Firms GCs Love For Insurance Work
• Broker's $20M Contract Beef With AXA Goes Before NY Jury
• Fla. Businessman Gets 51 Months For 7 Years Of Tax Evasion
• DOI Yanked $20M Loan Guarantee, Hid Records, Insurer Says
• Landmark Says Fertility Co. On Its Own In Billing Fraud Suit
• Ill. Insurance Dept. Greenlights Aetna's $37B Humana Buy
• The Latest State To Regulate 3rd-Party Funding By Statute
• The Firms That Won Big At the Supreme Court
• The Top Supreme Court Dissents Of The Term
• The Supreme Court Term By The Numbers
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court's Term
• BlueCross Data Breach Suit Dismissal Appealed To 4th Circ.
• Damage To Builder's Own Work Not Covered, 11th Circ. Told
• Hueston Hennigan DQ Order Stands In Kickback Fraud Suit
• A Divided Court Finds New Ways To Be Unanimous
• 8 Wasn't Enough For Lawyers Seeking High Court Clarity
• Real Estate Rumors: Anbang, Ponte Gadea, Bauer Family
• Insurers Must Cover Faulty Window Settlement, 7th Circ. Told
• PNC Urges 8th Circ. To Toss $355.5M Funeral Scam Verdict
• Kansas Seeks To Toss Planned Parenthood Medicaid Suit
• Top DOJ Health Care Fraud Atty Joins Hogan Lovells
• Berkshire, Other Insurers Seek Toss Of Hacking Suit
• Ex-Hockey Players Say Chubb Should Pay Records Cost
• PF Chang's Appeals Data Breach Coverage Loss To 9th Circ.
• American Financial Boosts National Interstate Takeover Bid
• The Cloud And Ethical Considerations For Lawyers
• AIG Policy Covers Unfair Competition Suit, Farm Co. Says
• Tips For Executives To Maximize D&O Coverage
• A Few Important Decisions From The 'Inferior' Courts
• 5th Circ. Brings Consistency To Improper-Joinder Analysis
• Damage Analysis Is Key To Settling Complex Cases
• DOJ Assails Insurer's $5B Suit Over Withheld ACA Payments
• Insurer Says Gasoline, Debt Burn Strip Club Fire Claims
• Nationwide Gets Texas High Court OK To Push Case To Ohio
• Holland & Knight Paralegal Loses Workers' Comp Bid For Fall
• Insurer, CF Drop Clashing Suits Over TX Explosion Coverage
• Texas Justices Say Workers' Comp Deals Must Follow Formula
• Financial Regulators On Watch As Brexit Fallout Builds
• Brexit Will Lead Insurers To Restructure EU Operations
• REIT Chesapeake Lodging Scores $150M Loan From MetLife
• 49ers Insurer Slams Bid For Cost Sharing In Assault Row
• Insurers Say Judge Erred In Ordering Coverage Of Leak Suits
• Ex-Allstate Workers Win $27M Verdict In Defamation Row
• Milestone Apartments REIT Scores $46M Loan From Lincoln
• Calif. Court Protects Against Post-Litigation Discovery
• How Lawyers Can Harness The Power Of Social Media
• Dodd, Frank, Bernanke, Volcker Blast MetLife Oversight Ruling
• Suit Over Missed Arbitration Clause Tossed As Time-Barred
• Insurer Gets Win In Coverage Row, Lecture On Typography
• Horizon Can Redact Insurance Plan Docs, NJ Panel Rules
• 2nd Circ. Reverses $9M Judgment In Cleanup Coverage Row
• Calif. Official Urges DOJ To Block Aetna's $37B Humana Buy
• $8M Patent Malpractice Award Just Partly Covered, Judge Says
• Tressler Adds Insurance Partner From Lewis Brisbois
• NY Judge Nixes Employee's Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Claims
• Insurance Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2016
• Firm Partner Safe From Malpractice Suit, NJ Justices Say
• Dems Warn Treasury Of Anti-Inversion Regs' Ill Effects
• Law Firms Must Advise Clients About Available Insurance
• From The Partner's Desk: Tips For Recent Law Grads
• AIG Mishandled Imperial Sugar Blast Deals, 11th Circ. Hears
• Banks Face Stress Over Fed's Risk Management Review
• Wells Fargo Borrowers Win Cert. Over Mortgage Disclosures
• Engineering Firm Covered For Fatal Explosion, 6th Circ. Hears
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Ex-Vending Co. CEO's Coverage Suit
• Dem Senators Ask DOJ To Stop 2 Health Care Mergers
• NFL Retirement Plan Challenges Player's Disability Award
• Eli Lilly Insurer Denied New Trial In $60M Drug Heist Suit
• Dish Insists Copyright Suit Coverage Row Belongs In NY
• House Republicans Unveil Obamacare Alternative
• Chubb Says NHL Players Should Pay For Medical Files In Suit
• Insurer Must Defend Tessera In Patent Row, Court Says
• AIG Says Office Depot's Claims Can't Stand In Coverage Row
• Panama Canal Expansion Could Increase Freight Claims
• Health Republic's Curious Liquidation: Part 2
• 'Taking My Talents To South Beach': Law Firm Version
• Chartis Unit Gets A Win In Coverage Suit Over Ponzi Loss
• Ky. Clerk Tells 6th Circ. Marriage License Suit Is Moot
• US Regulators Flag Fintech Risks In Annual Review
• Insurer Seeks To Dodge $4.1M Hidden Condo Defect Verdict
• NJ Justices Won't Shake Defunct Firm's Malpractice Defeat
• Former Tressler Insurance Team Jumps Ship To Wilson Elser
• Florida Blue To Provide Costly Hep C Drug After Lawsuits
• Zurich Can't Pawn Off Asbestos Deal Coverage, Insurer Says
• Ultrasound Co. Owner Pleads Guilty In $29M Insurance Scam
• Your 401(k) Plan: A Ticking Time Bomb Of Liability?
• Horizon To Pay Chiropractors $33M In ERISA Settlement
• NY Court Backs ICC Ruling Against Brazilian Insurer
• Health Republic's Curious Liquidation: Part 1
• Insurer Loses Bid For Del. High Court Input On Sandy Battle
• Calif. Insurance Boss Dings Berkshire Hathaway Unit Policy
• Firms Must Plant Roots In These Cities To Compete Globally
• 4 Firms Lead The Pack In Global Expansion
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2016
• Supreme Court Refuses Insurance Investor Fraud Appeal
• Scottsdale Looks To Duck Coverage For TCPA Class Action
• Life Partners Trustee Secures Support For Ch. 11 Plan
• Insurer Blasts Dish For 'Forum Shopping' In Copyright Row
• NJ Mall Insurer Looks To Force Coverage Over Atty Shooting
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dell, Anthem, Deutsche Borse
• Alliant Hit With $20M Sandy Damage Verdict In Retrial
• Does 3rd-Party Funding Complement The Arbitral Process?
• Calif. Regulator Backs $37B Aetna-Humana Merger
• Liberty Argues Single-Policy Limit Applies In Asbestos Claims
• Miss. Law Poses No Imminent Harm For Gay Pair, Judge Says
• Trelleborg Auto Says Travelers Can't Evade Cleanup Costs
• Insurers, Get Ready For Increased Cybersecurity Scrutiny
• Insurer Tries To Save Suit Over 49ers Game Assault Coverage
• What To Do When An Insurer Denies Your Claim
• Accused Medical Alert TM Infringer Not Covered, Jury Finds
• U-Haul Asks 9th Circ. To Rehear $9M Legal Fee Coverage Suit
• Cosby Wants Insurance Case Halted Amid Defamation Suit
• Viking Pump Tops Biggest Insurance Rulings So Far In 2016
• Texas Justices Free Insurers From $72M Rig Death Payout
• FSOC Properly Labeled MetLife A SIFI, DC Circuit Told
• Block Anthem-Cigna Deal, Calif. Insurance Head Tells DOJ
• Insurer Smokes Suit Over Damage By Weed-Growing Tenant
• AmTrust Director Can't Escape Suit Over Dropped Acquisition
• Autism Care Coverage Row To Be Aired Before Pa. Justices
• Zelle Opens In Miami, Led By Ex-Cozen Insurance Partner
• Uber, Insurer Reach Settlement In Fatal Crash Coverage Row
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Firing Of Marsh Execs In Bid-Rig Case
• The Attack On Attorney-Client Privilege In Insurance Cases
• State Farm Looks To Duck Coverage For Golf Resort Death
• Theater Co. Sues Broker Over Botched Haunted Barge Policy
• Penn-America Looks To Escape Coverage In RV Club Suit
• Shakespeare Fest's Wildfire Loss Is Covered, Judge Says
• Data Breach Costs Rise To $7M Per Incident, Study Says
• Attys Fight Sanctions In USAA Class Settlement Suit
• Insurer Takes Condo Coverage Fight To 11th Circ.
• Texas Court Says BP Opinion Doesn't Apply In Pipeline Blast
• U. Of Pittsburgh Says Delayed Campus Project Is Covered
• Aetna Can't Recoup Medical Costs From Hanover: NY Justices
• 5 Tips To Strengthen Your Insurance Legal Writing
• Nickerson V. Stonebridge Could Mean Higher Damages Awards
• Insurers Fight Coverage For Petroterminal's Pier Damage
• Ex-NFLer's Claims Trimmed In Disability Benefits Suit
• For M&A Attys, A Warning On Inadvertent Disclosure
• Insurer Off Hook For Suit Against Financial Firm
• Continental Looks To Dodge Attys' Fees In Superfund Suit
• Insurer Wrong On Definition Of 'Collapse,' Building Co. Says
• 6th Circ. Denies Dealership Coverage For Repair History Suit
• Aveta Assails $1B Medicare Advantage FCA Suit
• Pa. High Court To Rule On Terminated Atty Contingency Fees
• Mass. Court Flips Insurer's Win In Kids' Book Contract Spat
• Stranger-Originated Life Policy Is Invalid, 7th Circ. Hears
• Fired ING Worker Says SOX Change Voided Arbitration Clause
• Lloyd's Sued Over Ex-Dickstein Atty's $64M Malpractice Loss
• 6 Factors Every Law Firm's Gender Diversity Initiative Needs
• NY's Evolving Acceptance Of Policyholder Bad Faith Claims
• Insurer Says It Doesn't Owe Full $4M For Lead Exposure
• Foo Fighters Seek Coverage For Canceled Shows
• Insurer Seeks To Cut Claims After Fresenius' $250M Deal
• Seafood Co. Wants Coverage In Octopus Mislabeling Suit
• Property Loses Coverage When Vacant, Wash. Justices Say
• NJ Appeals Court Sides With Car Crash Victim's Estate
• Lender's Losses Based On Title Policy Date, Ariz. Justices Say
• Judge Won't Rehear Issue In Hole-In-One Coverage Dispute
• Blue Cross Units Want Out Of Alabama Antitrust MDL
• ACA Payment Formula Robs Insurers, Suit Says
• Recycler Says Judge Erred In Arson Coverage Dispute
• Employer Steps For ACA Nondiscrimination Compliance
• Insurer On Hook For Nonprofit Management Suit, Receiver Says
• News Outlets Win Access To Records In Sandusky Dispute
• 5 Questions To Watch As DOJ Targets Carolinas HealthCare
• NY Judge Censured For Talking To Judge In Personal Case
• Dish Copyright Suit Coverage Fight Belongs In NY, Court Told
• Getnick Adds Ex-NY AG Adviser To Its FCA Practice
• Dutch State Sells Stake In Insurer ASR Through $1.1B IPO
• Insurance Broker Can't Dump Workers From Unpaid OT Trial
• Subcontractor's Shoddy Work Is Covered, Iowa Justices Say
• Mass. High Court To Mull VisionAid Counterclaim Coverage
• Fla. High Court Axes 104-Week Workers' Comp Time Limit
• US Fire Fights $2.5M Asbestos Payments At 5th Circ.
• Insurance Challenges For Dietary Supplement Manufacturers
• Ch. 11 Ruling Curbs Policyholders' Use Of Excess Coverage
• In-House Teams Are Voting With Their Feet — And Then Some
• Paraplegic Wins Bid To Count Attys' Fees In Award Math
• Board Denies Insurer's Request For $20M Over Tribal Loan
• Top NY Court Won't Expand Attorney-Client Privilege
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rethink Suit Over Cigna Benefit Calculations
• Rental Car Insurer Levied Tax On Hidden Charges, Suit Says
• Urban Resists Adding Retailers To Trademark Coverage Suit
• Insurer Loses Dismissal Bid In Naval Shipyard Cleanup Row
• Pa. Judge Urged To Unseal Sandusky Coverage Records
• Federal Judge Permanently Blocks Alabama Marriage Laws
• DOJ, NC Sue Hospital Giant Over Patient Steering Restraints
• EU Resumes Upgrade On Regulating Financial Conglomerates
• ACA Risk Corridor Funding Falls Short, Litigation Ensues
• Insurer Wants Redo In Golf Tour Coverage Dispute
• Bad-Faith Claim Sticks In Office Depot's Row With AIG
• Fla. Homeowners Near Deal Over Force-Placed Insurance
• PF Chang's Loss Highlights Common Holes In Cyber Coverage
• NJ Panel Grills Hospitals Over Discovery In Horizon Row
• Settlement Reached In $111M Taylor Bean Coverage Dispute
• EEOC Can't Rely On Wellness Regs In Firing Suit, Orion Says
• Saudi Arabia Asks 2nd Circ. To Ditch 9/11 Liability Suit
• Energy Drink Co. Too Late To Claim Coverage, Hanover Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Yahoo, Acrisure, Schoen
• Banks Leery Of Int'l Costs For GOP Dodd-Frank Replacement
• Neb. Justices Asked If Labor Can Depreciate In Insurance Row
• Blue Cross Affiliate Beats $40M Antitrust Suit In Okla.
• 7 Tips For Writing An Effective Amicus Brief
• The 25 Law Firms GCs Recommend To Their Friends
• Thelen Estate To Get Cut Of $200M Artemis Settlement
• JPMorgan Has To Face MBIA's Claims Over $168M Failed MBS
• Are You Covered? Insured V. Insured Exclusion In Ch. 11
• Machine-Learning Algorithms Can Help Health Care Litigation
• 5 Insights From Garden City Group GC Scott Nader
• Pros And Cons Of Wage-And-Hour Insurance Policies
• Insurer Wins Bid To Cancel Policy On Ex-Ponzi Execs
• Heinz Tells 3rd Circ. Judge Wrongfully Voided $25M Policy
• Excess Insurers Off Hook In Asbestos Row, Ch. 11 Judge Says
• State Farm Needn't Pay For Paintball Injury, Del. Court Says
• 6th Circ. Vacates $30M Blue Cross Antitrust Settlement
• NJ Rightly OK'd Horizon Tiered Health Plan, Court Says
• The Mysterious Alford Plea Raises Evidentiary Challenges
• Fla. Justices Could Chill Doc Malpractice Suits, Attys Fear
• Insurer Wants $5M Warehouse Fire Verdict Extinguished
• Insurers Must Be Prepared For Cybercrime Coverage Battles
• U-Haul Not Insured For Derivative Action, 9th Circ. Says
• Insurers Can't Nix Pollution Suit Coverage, Judge Says
• ACLU Targets Dignity Health Over Transgender Surgery Denial
• Tax Court Says Insurance Distributions Count As Income
• Cigna Wants Home Care False Claims Suit Tossed
• PF Chang's Can't Get More Coverage For Data Breach Fees
• US Presses China On Insurance Cybersecurity Rules At WTO
• Global Regulators Lay Out Insurer Living Will Principles
• Broker's Cross-Claims Tossed In PGA Prize Coverage Dispute
• NY Doc Tied To $100M No-Fault Racket Appeals Conviction
• Media Gets OK To Pursue Decades-Old Sandusky Allegations
• Real Estate Rumors: BlackRock, KingSett Capital, Zurich
• Employer Wellness Programs: A Look At The New Rules
• 5 Steps To An Anti-Corruption 'Culture Of Compliance'
• Pros And Cons Of Controlled Insurance Programs
• Utility's Claims Trimmed In Liberty Mutual Contract Fight
• Biz Groups Defend Wellness Tests, Blast EEOC In 7th Circ.
• Norfolk Units Win Coverage For Ga. Car-Train Collision
• Judge Denies Discovery Request In Humana FCA Row
• Travelers Tells 2nd Circ. Northrop Must Clean Up Its Own Mess
• NJ's Largest Health Insurer Dropped By Hospital Chain
• Sedgwick So. Cal. Office Gains Ex-Bonne Bridges Team
• Mich. Tribe Says Judge Misunderstood ERISA Claims
• 1 Lawyer Handles Year's Top 2 Real Estate Deals So Far
• Fla. On Hook For Legal Fees In Same-Sex Marriage Cases
• Aetna Prices $13B Jumbo Bond To Help Fund Humana Deal
• Pa. Asbestos Coverage Suit Axed In Favor Of Illinois Case
• 4 Tips For Aspiring Insurance Attorneys
• Fed Unveils Capital Rules For Insurance Cos.
• Travelers Asks 9th Circ. To Rehear NFL Workers' Comp Row
• Is Your Insurance Ready For Blockchain Technology?
• Vitamin Cottage Says Insurer Owes Coverage For Data Breach
• AT&T 'Scheme' With Insurer Violates ERISA, Hospital Says
• Ex-NFLer To Mediate Denied Care Row With Retire Plans
• Builders Can Add To Hurricane Coverage Case, 11th Circ. Told
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Sues Over $147M Owed Under ACA
• Hotel Seeks Halt To NFL Robbery Case As It Tackles Insurer
• Liberty Unit Says AIG Carrier Can't Ditch Excess Coverage
• A Brief History Of Law Firm Cyberattacks
• Former AIG Chief Hank Greenberg Forced To Face Fraud Trial
• To Boldly Go Where No UK Insurance Law Has Gone Before
• Cigna Ordered To Pay $13M For Refusal To Cover Claims
• AXA Investors Lay 'Excessive' Fees At Feet Of Fund Managers
• AIG Fights $8.6M Award In Magma Coverage Spat At 9th Circ.
• Sigma's Bad-Faith Claim Can't Survive Alone, Gotham Says
• AIG Can't Nix Pimco's Calif. Mortgage Securities Fraud Suit
• 9th Circ. Sends Insurer Liability Query To Nev. Justices
• China Told Cybersecurity Regs Will Hobble Foreign Insurers
• Insurers On Hook For Telemarketing Suits, 2nd Circ. Says
• MTA Tells 2nd Circ. $20M Sandy Coverage Row Belongs In UK
• Defining Proportionality: Amended Rule 26's First 6 Months
• Zubik V. Burwell: The Supreme Court As Mediator?