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Insurance - July, 2016

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• Excess Policy Terms Set Exhaustion Method, Ill. Judge Says
• 5th Circ. Says Forgery Not Theft In Petroleum Loss Suit
• Tony Stewart Loses Wrongful Death Suit Coverage Bid
• United Healthcare Sues Cephalon Over Provigil Pay-For-Delay
• Travelers Must Cover $5M Telecom Co. Theft, 7th Circ. Hears
• Insurance Regulation And Legislation: Midyear Report
• Anthem, DOJ Joust Over Trial Timing In $54B Merger Melee
• Coverage Spat Over Stolen Oil Rig Engines Ends In Dismissal
• Haynes & Boone Adds Insurance Pros From Anderson Kill
• Inside The HHS Guidance On Ransomware
• Property Owner Sanctioned In Insurance Fire Fight
• Prevent Litigation From Becoming A Threat To Data Security
• Rothstein Feeder Fund Settles With Insurers For $2.2M
• Nurse Asks High Court To Review Fla. Workers' Comp Law
• Millennium Fights $5M HIPAA Coverage Loss At 9th Circ.
• Colo. Baker Asks Justices For Relief From Gay Couple's Cake
• For-Profit College Owner Wins Coverage For Marketing Suits
• DLA Piper Atty Wants Sanction, Contempt Order Lifted
• John Steinbeck's Family Sues For Copyright Fight Coverage
• Specialty Insurer Kinsale's $106M IPO Prices Atop Range
• Wells Fargo Can't Delay Mortgage Class Action, Borrowers Say
• Starr Gave Up Right To Void Heinz Policy, 3rd Circ. Told
• Reps & Warranties Insurance From A Compliance Perspective
• OPINION: Our Juries Are Being Circumvented
• Ex-Kirkland Atty Faces Retrial In Insurance Disability Row
• Sedgwick Partner Sues Firm Over Gender Discrimination
• Receiver Fights Reduced Judgment In Funeral Scam Suit
• Firms Can Garnish Money From Ex-Co-Counsel In Fee Dispute
• Anthem's New Merger Defenses Won't Rattle DOJ
• Insurer Can't Blame Roofs For Hurricane Loss, 11th Circ. Told
• Mega-Merger Reviews Show DOJ Obstinance On Remedies
• NJ High Court Says Insurance Payback Law Isn't Retroactive
• Barnes & Thornburg Adds Insurance Trio From Anderson Kill
• Key UK Panel Rips Financial Conduct Authority After Audit
• Cigna To Expand ACA Marketplace Presence In Ill., NC, Va.
• Prior And Pending Clauses Don't Undercut Interrelated Claims
• Ex-NFLer Asks For Atty Fees After Disability Win
• Legal Aid, Meet Legal Tech
• 4 Traits Of The Top Litigation Firms
• 5 Small(er) But Mighty Litigation Shops
• State Farm, Others Should Face Antitrust Suit, 11th Circ. Told
• Law360 Names Top 50 Firms For Litigation
• Insurer Says Defective Concrete Suit Doesn't Trigger Policies
• Firm Wants $64M Dickstein Malpractice Row In State Court
• Insurer Asks Pa. Judge To Nix Building Collapse Coverage
• Allstate Sued Over Car Crash Victims' Unpaid Medical Bills
• Wyo. Law Doesn't Nullify Lexington Policies, 10th Circ. Says
• Birth Control Mandate Limited To Religious Groups, HHS Says
• Insurer Sues EBay, Amazon Over Fire Damage At Home
• DOL Blasts Insurer's Challenge To Fiduciary Rule Exemptions
• Testing The UBE: Portable But Inaccurate Bar Exam Scores
• Hartford, Liberty Must Cover Spyware Suit, 9th Circ. Told
• Defendant Seeks DQ Of Insurer's Counsel In $180M RICO Suit
• Insurer's Pollution Exclusion Not Enforceable, Judge Says
• The Biggest Fla. Court Decisions Of 2016: Midyear Report
• Cigna Liable For Home Health Co. In FCA Suit, Relator Says
• Blue Cross Seeks New Trial In $26M Contract Suit
• Ironshore Can't Escape 23andMe Test Accuracy Coverage Spat
• Lamorak Says Viking Order Warped In $87M Coverage Row
• Fed Gives More Time For Insurance Capital Comments
• Office Depot's Defend Claim Revived In $30M Fight With AIG
• NJ Lawmaker Proposes State Universal Health Care Plan
• Testing The UBE: Missouri Benefits From Uniform Bar Exam
• DirecTV Programming Not 'Data' Under Exclusion, Court Says
• Squire Patton Boggs Sued By Ex-Atty Over Disability Coverage
• Church-Linked Hospital Takes ERISA Rules To High Court
• Hanover Is Sued Over Costs From Dershowitz Defamation Case
• Iowa Justices Should Weigh Faulty-Work Coverage, Court Told
• Humana To Largely Drop Out Of ACA Marketplace
• Lawyer Denied Texas High Court Review Of Ex-Client Row
• 11th Circ. Urged To Get Fla. Court's Input On Insurance Row
• Bear Stearns Didn't Need Insurers' OK For Settlement: Judge
• Budget Customers Denied Cert. In Damage Insurance Row
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Atty Gets 6 Months For Insider Trading
• 5th Circ. Says Coverage Of University Building To Be Split
• State Law Claims Nixed In Auto Shops' Insurer Antitrust Suit
• Protostorm Takes Malpractice Coverage Row To 4th Circ.
• Pitt Project Architect's Insurance Notice Deficient, Judge Says
• Travelers, Trelleborg Battle Over Cleanup Cost Claims
• State Lawmaker Wins Suit Over ACA Contraceptive Mandate
• 5th Circ. Axes Insurers' Win In Botched Oil Well Dispute
• Liberty Mutual Unit Escapes Coverage Of Collapsed Home
• DOJ Leaves Little Room To Salvage Health Insurance Deals
• Saul Ewing Adds Insurance, Litigation Pro From Debevoise
• MF Global Inks $159M Deal To End Exec, Customer Rows
• Feds Want Input On ACA Birth Control Compromise
• Lehman Wants To Cross-Check Assured In $1.4B Fee Fracas
• Insurer Says It Needn't Cover $17M Hydrofracturing Claims
• Life Partners Seeks Nod On $10M In New Ch. 11 Financing
• Condo Co. Seeks $45M From AIG Subsidiary In Insurance Row
• Venture Investor Once Called 'Porn's New King' Cops To Fraud
• Contra Proferentem Doesn't Always Mean 'Against The Insurer'
• DOJ Challenges Health Insurance Megamergers
• MetLife Owes For Agents' Role In $216M Ponzi Scam, Jury Told
• Insurers Ask For Fresh Take On Cig Filter TM Coverage Row
• Nationstar Can't Duck Mortgage Insurance Class Claims
• 7th Circ. 'Pill Mill' Ruling Ushers In Nuisance Coverage
• United Healthcare Ad Suit Not Preempted, Calif. Court Told
• Penn State Insurer Says School Can't Do 180 On Evidence
• Ex-Manatt Partner Joins Reed Smith Insurance Recovery Team
• United Pet Foods Resolves Toxic Dog, Mink Feed Spat
• Docs Say Allergists Are Becoming Hostile In Antitrust Suit
• Ex-Allstate Workers Seek Punitive Damages After $27M Verdict
• NM Ski Resort Asks 10th Circ. To Certify Insurance Query
• Anthem Escapes Remainder Of Rate MDL Claims
• Consumer Says Insurance Broker Lacked OK To Record Calls
• Allstate Ducks Coverage In Drain Pipe Wrongful Death Suit
• Honeywell Loses NJ Fight For Asbestos Defense Insurance
• Insurer, Project Co. Battle Over JFK Sewage Leak Coverage
• NY High Court's Ambac Decision Causes Litigation Confusion
• Ex-NFL Player Sues Lloyd's Over Concussion Coverage Denial
• Geico Nets Sanctions From Firm, Body Shop In Antitrust Row
• Prof Urges 9th Circ. To Nix Ore. Immunity In Oracle IP Suit
• Omission Axes Doctor's Liability Coverage, 8th Circ. Says
• Insurer Says Competitor Is Trying To Steal Trade Secrets
• 3 Ways Firms Bring Out The Worst In Attorneys
• Ill. Treasurer Calls On Gov. To Sign Unclaimed Policy Bill
• Insurer Says Firm Moved Too Slow On Wrongful Death Defense
• Mass. High Court To Solve Whose Coverage Is On First
• Target Bid To DQ Attys Over Alleged Insurance Conflict Denied
• Exclusion Makes Bars' Ad Coverage 'Illusory,' Court Says
• Insurance Co. Must Defend 'Pill Mill' Suit, 7th Circ. Says
• Insurers Get Mixed Rulings In Wrongful Conviction Row
• Insurance, Stock Crook In 'Class By Himself' Gets 25 Years
• Law Firm Clients In Berkshire Hacking Suit Move For Cert.
• REBUTTAL: NY Joins Everyone Else On Insurance Allocation
• Church Sex Abuse Victims Seek 6th Circ. Rehearing Over Fees
• Vestor Capital Beats Insurer Over $5M Policy For Late Exec
• Alliant Seeks To Ax $26M Sandy Damage Judgment
• Jury Convicts Fla. Man For Issuing Phony Contract Bonds
• Insurance, Tech Cos. Tweak IPOs Worth $150M Total
• Land Of Lincoln Latest Co-Op Casualty As ACA Funds Stall
• AIG Needn't Cover Unfair Competition Suit, Court Told
• Eli Lilly Says Brazil Entity Covered In Contamination Row
• 9th Circ. Won't Revisit $9M U-Haul Coverage Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: Temasek, Khazanah Nasional, Ferro
• Dignity Health Tries To Dodge Transgender Surgery Denial Suit
• Petroterminal, Insurers Spar Over $5M Pier Damage Coverage
• Zip Line Injury Coverage Row Won't Wait For Liability Suit
• AmTrust Drops Arbitrator-Bribery Suit Against Italian Broker
• Estate Escapes $4M Tax Bill Over Life Insurance Policies
• How Law Firms Can Create Next-Generation Office Spaces
• Va. District Court Shelters Insurers From Attys' Prior Acts
• Travelers, Water Co. Escape Liability In Slope Collapse Row
• Co. Urges Justices To Allow State Law Claims Despite ERISA
• AXIS, Federal Must Pay In Oil Explosion Suit, Liberty Says
• Insurer Seeks To Escape Coverage Of $11M Cyberattack
• Stunted-Chicken Ruling Hatches Fight Over Defect Exclusions
• Judge Will Rethink Part Of Coverage Ruling On Leak Suits
• Colo. Court Revives Gas Co.'s Leak Coverage Claim
• NJ Firm Loses Bid For Quick Win Over Stolen Funds Coverage
• Wildfire Ruling 'Eviscerates' Policy Distinctions, Insurer Says
• Blue Cross Can't Shake Data Breach Claims, Customers Say
• CORRECTED: 26 Companies Ask To Intervene In Blue Cross Antitrust Suit
• As Science Evolves, So Must Political Risk Insurance
• AXA Equitable Loans $295M For NYC Office Tower
• Insurer Muddying Building-Delay Fight, Pitt Says
• Kaiser Can't Shake Class Action Over 'Patient Dumping'
• Court Properly Voided Heinz's $25M Policy, 3rd Circ. Hears
• Insurers Back Reconsideration Bid In Chemical Coverage Spat
• Wash. Justices Side With Title Insurer In Lien Spat
• Aetna, UnitedHealthcare See Conspiracy Claims Dialed Back
• Blue Shield Sues Public Health Plan For Patient Shifting
• NJ Court Axes Insurer Win In Stunted-Chicken Coverage Fight
• Fla. Firm Fights For Cut Of Fee From $12M Insurance Award
• Exxon Not Off the Hook In Texas Workers' Comp Suit
• Chubb Must Give Up Records In NHL Head Injury MDL
• AXA Beats Broker's $20M Contract Beef With Quick Verdict
• 4th Circ. Affirms Reinsurer's Win In Row Over $7M Judgment
• Insurer Says Octopus Coverage Spat Needs To Reach Further
• FDIC Will Tighten Security Policies After Data Breaches
• Insurer Can't Duck $6M Payout To Stranger, 7th Circ. Told
• Geico Underpays For Windshield Replacement, Suit Says
• Office Depot Restating Old Arguments In FCA Row, AIG Says
• Military Health Insurance Co. Wants Out Of Denied Claim Suit
• ACA Marketplace Leader Struggles To Soothe Co-Op Fears
• Allergist Groups Want Sanctions In Insurance Antitrust Spat
• Hanover Says Clinic Isn't Covered For Medicare Fraud Claims
• Texas AG Says Pharmacy Choice Rule Not Yet Enforceable
• Aetna-Humana Divestitures May Not Be Enough For DOJ
• Asbestos Claims Recast To Gut Coverage, Del. JusticesTold
• Cigna Says Transfer 'Gambits' Not Funny In $17M Claims Row
• Allstate Wins Policy Language Row In Fla. Appeals Court
• Travelers Denied Reconsideration Bid In $167M Coverage Row
• Pa. Judge Must Protect Tax Docs In Atty Row, Panel Rules
• Ill. Insurance Co-Op To Shutter Amid Cash Crisis
• DC Crash Coverage Law Faces Overhaul After Council Vote
• Obama Taps Mo. Insurance Chief For Licensing Board
• 6th Circ. Ends Kim Davis' Marriage License Fight
• 11th Circ. Says A Settlement Can Vacate Prior Rulings
• FDIC Reviewing New Bank Application Process
• Insurer's Coverage For Tower's Sandy Damage Capped At $20M
• NY's Latest Position On Unauthorized Insurance Co. Taxation
• UK FCA Fines Towergate £2.6M For Client Money Rules Breach
• Can Courts Review The Sandy Claims Review Process?
• Anda Asks 11th Circ. To Return Coverage In 'Pill Mill' Case
• Ace Owes No Coverage In Facebook IPO Row, Rakoff Rules
• Insurer Says Broker Stole Trade Secrets, Poached Clients
• Obama Backs 'Public Option' To Compete With ACA Plans
• Broker's $20M Trial Against AXA Appears On Brink Of Collapse
• Pigeon Poop Not My Problem, Insurer Says
• Another NJ Hospital Exits Horizon Tiered Plan Challenge
• House Torn Over Bill To Protect Gay Marriage Opponents
• NJ High Court Won't Hear Gravel Co.'s Cleanup Tab Dispute
• Paterno Knew Of Sandusky Abuse In '76, Court Docs Show
• Clyde & Co. Nabs 5 From Noerr For New Office In Germany
• Office Depot, AIG Spar Over Fate Of Coverage Dispute
• 3 Ways To Make Reinsurance Arbitrations Faster And Cheaper
• Insurer Must Face Chicago Hospital Construction Injury Suit
• Insurance Co. Says Testosterone Marketing Suit Must Stand
• Pa. Attys Escape $1.3M Insurance Conspiracy Claim
• 11th Circ. Urged To Affirm $2.5M Hurricane Coverage Denial
• NJ High Court To Hear Sandy Insurance Policy Limits Row
• AXA Stayed Out Of Brokers' Commission Fights, Jury Hears
• Payroll Co. Not Covered For $1M Theft, 6th Circ. Affirms
• A Primer On Anda's 'Pill Mill' Coverage Battle With Travelers
• $900K Bill Is Death Blow To Oregon Health Co-Op
• Lexington Argues U. Pitt Not Covered In Construction Suit
• Insurance Benefits Should Be Part Of Damages Review
• Borrowers Say BofA Reinsurance Kickback Suit Is Timely
• How To Close A Law Firm — Practically And Ethically
• Anthem Slams Express Scripts Claims In $13B Pricing Row
• Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Should Face FCA Suit, 9th Circ. Told
• Becton Says New Evidence Justifies $167M Travelers Row
• New States Fight Obama Transgender Policy, Big Biz Supports
• Tuna Co. Wants Win Against Hanover Expanded
• 2nd Circ. Created Split On Cleanup Coverage, Electric Co. Says
• Fla. Law Favors Insured In Defense Row, 11th Circ. Told
• Judge Urged Not To Rethink Coverage Ruling On Leak Suits
• When Oil Prices Drop, Make Sure Your Insurance Tank Is Full
• Essar Steel's US Unit Hits Ch. 11 With $1B Debt
• Inherent Risk Ends Insurers' Libyan Terror Attacks Suit
• P.F. Chang's Objects To Atty Fees In Data Breach Suit
• Building That Didn't 'Collapse' Not Covered, Judge Says
• Pa. Hazing Wrongful Death Suit Leads To Insurance Impasse
• Blank Rome Adds Morgan Lewis Insurance Lawyer In NY
• 2nd Circ. Poses Insurance Query To Calif. Supreme Court
• Goldman Says It's Not Liable For Fraud In $325M CDO Spat
• $13.4M ACA Payment Kills Connecticut Co-Op Insurer
• Insurer, Navy Contractor Settle Tech-Theft Coverage Row
• Evolving Insurance Coverage For Nanotechnology Risks
• The Smart Money Is Not Following Traditional Law Firms
• GOP-Led Hearing On ACA Cost-Sharing A Sham, Dems Say
• Prudential Policy Bars Claim By Soldier's Widow: 5th Circ.
• Insurers Can't Slip Cigarette Co.'s Bid For TM Suit Coverage
• Bikram Choudhury's Atty Exits Sex-Suit Coverage Row
• Ex-AXA Broker's Colleagues Poached Clients, Jury Hears
• Illinois Shields Struggling Insurer From $32M ACA Tab
• Insurers Off Hook For $9.6M In Well-Blowout Coverage Row
• IRS Floats Rule For Health Insurance Exchange Info Sharing
• Nagel Rice Knew Malpractice Suit Possible, Says Insurer
• RMBS Investors Can Pursue BNY Mellon, Appeals Court Rules
• Big Data: Courts Put Regulators In The Driver's Seat
• RFP Lessons: 5 Ways Law Firms Can Beat Frustration
• Chicago Agency Loses Bid For Construction Injury Coverage
• Anthem Doubles Down On Attempt To Dismiss Rates Claims
• AXA Boss Calls Ex-Broker A Squeaky Wheel At $20M Trial
• Reinsurer Says Recent Ruling Doesn't Apply In Utica Spat
• MassMutual Gets Nod For $30.9M ERISA Suit Settlement
• ACLU Urges 6th Circ. To Dismiss Ky. Clerk's Appeal
• $4M Church Sex Abuse Award Not Covered, 6th Circ. Affirms
• Office Depot Calls AIG Bid To Nix Coverage 'Opportunistic'
• Noble Energy Sells Stake In Israeli Gas Field In $369M Deal
• Texas Holding Co. Says Insurer Must Cover President's Theft
• Truck Policy Only Covers Interstate Transit, Conn. Justices Say
• RFP Lessons: 7 Tips To Improve Your Responses
• Nagel Rice Says Allied Must Cover It For Malpractice Suit
• Tyco Wants Attys' Fees After Win In $60M Drug Heist Suit
• City Of Lansing Sues For Coverage Of Sewage Overflow
• Busy June Shows Dodd-Frank's Benefits And Costs
• W. Va. Not Harmed By ACA Tweaks, DC Circ. Rules
• Ill. Court Upholds Insurer's Suit Over Roof Collapse
• Penn State Denied Quick Appeal In Sandusky Coverage Row
• 4 Signs You're Poorly Suited To Be An Insurance Lawyer
• Energy Drink Co. Says Policy Reading Violates Ariz. Law
• Broker's Damages Theories To Be Tested In $20M AXA Trial
• Insurance Agents — Help Your Client, But Protect Yourself
• Judge Blocks Miss. Law Protecting Gay Marriage Objectors
• Insurer Says Policy Doesn't Cover Insured Vs. Insured Suit
• RFP Lessons: A General Counsel's List Of Law Firm Mistakes