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Insurance - September, 2018

229 articles

• Supreme Court Cheat Sheet: 8 Cases To Watch
• Claims Cut Back In Insurers' Asbestos Pipe Liability Spat
• Travelers Prevails In Hotel Data Breach Coverage Battle
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Liberty Can't Shift Slip-And-Fall Coverage To Selective
• Walgreens, Kroger Have No Right To Sue Over Remicade: J&J
• Underwriters Slam Quick Win Bid In $500M Chevron Rig Suit
• Defining Qualified Business Income In Life Settlement Industry
• Basketball Coach Software Co. Says Ex-Employees Stole IP
• OSF HealthCare Beats Church Plan Suit
• Legal Malpractice Insurers Looking Earlier To Sue Their Attys
• Insurer Needn't Defend Au Pair Agency In Class Suit
• Crane Heyman Can't Dodge Suit Over Layoff Advice
• Golf Club Sues Zurich Over Hurricane Irma Coverage
• Insurer Says It Needn't Defend Alleged Rape At NYC Nightclub
• Construction Co. Gets Army Facility Contract Suit Trimmed
• Travelers Short $8M After High-Rise Flood Damage, Co. Says
• United Collects Kickbacks On Trip Insurance, Customers Say
• Kemper's $141.7M Award OK'd In Software Contract Row
• Aetna Sells Medicare Biz Amid Review Of $69B CVS Deal
• 7th Circ. Pulls Defunct Co-Op's ACA Row Back To Fed. Court
• How Corporate Reputation Risk Is Exacerbating D&O Liability
• Triggering Civil Authority Coverage After A Natural Disaster
• 3rd Circ. Fee Fracas A Warning: Not All Billing Is Equal
• Insurer Asks Del. Justices To Reverse $16M Damages Ruling
• Principal Life Beats Class Action Over 401(k) Plan Funds
• Carnival Says Travel Insurance Row Must Be Arbitrated
• NY Ruling Undercuts SEC Disgorgement Coverage
• FCC Hits Telemarketers In $120M Spoofing Crackdown
• US Objects To Duro Dyne's Proposed Rep In Asbestos Trust
• Fla. Insurers Should Beware Expanded Bad Faith Standards
• Aegon Merges Units To Raise Capital, Offset US Tax Reform
• 5 More GC Tips For Succeeding As A New Associate
• Aetna, Benefit Seeker Both Denied Quick Win In Disability Row
• 11th Circ. Won't Revive Force-Placed-Insurance Coverage Row
• 2nd Circ. Flips Utica's $6.9M Asbestos Reinsurance Award
• Attys Misled Man Who Wanted No Prison For Fraud, Suit Says
• Aetna Can't Duck Orthopedic Surgeon's $209K Treatment Suit
• Contractor Can't Evade All Claims In D.C. Hotel Bond Suit
• New York Life Unit Lends $135M For NJ Apartment Complex
• 17 AGs Back Mass. In Trump Birth Control Rules Challenge
• Health Carrier Escapes Hearing Loss Coverage Denial Suit
• Judging A Book: Block Reviews 'Tough Cases'
• Sharing Economy Brings New Opportunities For Insurers
• Fla. High Court Bolsters Policyholders In Bad Faith Cases
• Insurer Says It Needn't Cover Suits Over Fla. Bridge Collapse
• Prudential Nabs Win In Ex-Worker's Disability Benefits Row
• PE Firm Can't Dodge Insurer's Fraud Suit Over $100M Deal
• Insurance Co.'s Noncompete Suit Off-Base, Ex-Employee Says
• Hampton Inn Not Covered For $1M Water Damage, Judge Says
• Humira Kickback Claims Spawn Investor Suit Against AbbVie
• Pa. Lacks Standing For ACA Birth Control Suit, 3rd Circ. Told
• Norwegian Cruise Co. Accused Of Travel Insurance Ruse
• Seafood Co., Insurer Settle Dock Collapse Coverage Fight
• The Insurance And Tax Consequences Of Settling FCA Cases
• 8 Innovative Ways To Empower Jurors
• Medidata And American Tooling Courts Misunderstood Tech
• Class Alleges Genworth Is Sinking Own Long-Term Care Unit
• High Court Case On ERISA Burden Ends In Settlement
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• QBE Gets 2nd Chance At Force-Placed-Insurance Coverage
• Employer, Insurer Can't Exit Ex-Worker's Trans Son's ACA Suit
• Calif. Insurance Law Applies To Single Violations, Panel Says
• Alaska Court Defers Ruling, Trims Claims In Dock Collapse
• GE Unit Wants Full 11th Circ. To Decide $45M Steel Plant Row
• Cloud Computing Clearly The Future For Small Firms
• Telemedicine — The Next Frontier For DOJ Scrutiny?
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson, Hogan Lovells, Mayer
• 10 Best Practices For Due Diligence In AI Transactions
• Kaiser Unit Beats Part Of Ex-Worker's Bias Suit
• Kokesh Defeats JPMorgan's $286M Coverage Award: NY Court
• Fla. Justices Restore Bad Faith Finding Against Geico
• 2nd Circuit Balks At Bid To Lower No-Fault Fraud Sentence
• Aetna Plan Doesn't Cover Wilderness Therapy, Court Agrees
• Lloyd's Coverage Of 'Body Broker' Cases Capped At $2M
• Wis. Can't Bar Sex-Reassignment Coverage For State Workers
• Leveraging Today's Lateral Associate Market
• When Athlete's Name Is 'Advertising Idea' Without Trademark
• Data Regulator Plans GDPR 'Sandbox' To Test Compliance
• 11th Circ. Revives Suits Over Financed Life Insurance Policies
• Okla. Insurance Co. Sues Rival Over Alleged Poaching
• UnitedHealthcare Can't Take Back Cephalon Antitrust Deal
• Progressive Must Face Most Of Drivers' Car Value Claims
• 2nd Circ. Gives Church, Insurer Partial Wins In Abuse Row
• Insurer Says Hotel Can't Prove Alleged Conspiracy's Impact
• 3 Key Insurance Questions Lingering After Florence
• Contractor Says Insurer Can't Appeal Sports Complex Fight
• Timeshare Owners Fight Fla. County's Bid To Escape Suit
• NRA Atty's Admission Debacle Shows Need For Ethics Candor
• Back To School: Stanford's Jeff Fisher Talks Supreme Court
• Are GDPR Fines Insurable? UK Watchdog Won't Say
• Firms Vie For Lead Counsel Spot In AmTrust Chancery Suits
• Ban On Prescription Drug 'Gag Clauses' Clears Senate
• American To Settle Trip Insurance Row As Rivals Face Claims
• Houston Harbaugh Lures Insurance Atty From Burns White
• AbbVie Kickbacks Tainted $1.3B In Humira Claims, Calif. Says
• Texas Judge Skeptical Of Bid To Skirt Noncompete Arbitration
• Preparing For New Life Settlement Transactions Reporting
• Arent Fox Fights Early Win Bid In Malpractice Suit
• Butterball Says Insurer Blatantly Forum-Shopped In $4M Suit
• Marsh & McLennan Snaps Up UK's JLT In $6.4B Deal
• GDPR Fines May Be Uninsurable, Broker Warns
• Hershey Creamery Says Liberty Contract Covers IP Fight
• Insurer's Bid For Docs In Brain Damage Case Mostly Denied
• Liberty Mutual Hiding Docs In $36M Hotel Suit, Builder Says
• DOJ Clears $67B Cigna-Express Scripts Deal
• Mayer Brown, Sidley Guide $1.6B Gerber Insurance Deal
• UnitedHealth Customers Lose Cert. Bid In Prosthetics Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Pebb, Duff & Phelps, Lissette Calderon
• No Recouping Workers' Comp, Exxon Tells Texas Justices
• Anadarko, Insurer Clash On Terms In $100M Deepwater Row
• Insys Wants Out Of Off-Label Fentanyl Prescription Suit
• Hospitals Fight Blue Cross Blue Shield Bid To Nix ERISA Suit
• Homeland Wants Out Of HCSC's Antitrust MDL Costs
• Calif.'s New Rules For Lawyers Move Closer To ABA Model
• Anthem 401(k) Participants Win Partial Cert. In ERISA Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Fox Rothschild Adds GrayRobinson Real Estate Partner In Fla.
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Wachtell, Simpson
• Day Pitney Guides MassMutual On $110M Queens Loan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Thor Industries, Covea, Volkswagen
• Lawmaker Takes Aim At Trump Admin. Over Insurance Rule
• NJ Doc's Med Mal Win Nixed Over Conflict Of Atty On Jury
• Trump Admin. Sued For Extending ACA-Skirting Insurance
• Insurer Says Whitney Museum Subcontractor Owes $12.8M
• Post-Florence Insurance Considerations For The Carolinas
• Know The Limits To Atty Public Statements During A Trial
• Anadarko's $100M Coverage Showdown Rattles Energy Cos.
• Clarifying The Scope Of Bankruptcy Code 3rd-Party Injunction
• Insurer On Hook For $3M Cleanup Of Laundromat Suds Spills
• Fla. Condo Wants Insurer to Dig It Out Of $25M Sinkhole Loss
• Maryland Launches Counterattack On Latest ACA Challenge
• Intoxication Exclusion Applies To Snowmobile In Benefit Suit
• Sidley, Debevoise Guide $950M Insurance Co. Acquisition
• NY Panel Axes MBIA Fraud Claim In Suit Against Credit Suisse
• NRA Atty Booted From Va. Case For Not Disclosing Sanction
• Centene Seeks To Avoid Class Action Over Provider Network
• CNA Need Not Cover Atty's $1.5M Award In Funds Theft Row
• In Calif., Questions Remain On Law Firm Conflict Waivers
• A Chat With Faegre Client Development Chief Melanie Green
• A Breakdown Of Title Insurance For Mezzanine Financing
• Platinum Partners D&O Insurer Can't Slip $5M Liability
• AIG Seeks $2.4M For Apt. Damages From Broken Sprinkler
• Law Schools Struggle To Find Themselves In Post-Recession Market
• 3rd Circ. Joins Harsh Critique Of $900K Fee Request
• Mass. Justices Put Insurers On Hook For Shoe Co.'s TM Fight
• Insurer Gets Edge In Ex-Dickstein Shapiro Atty's Benefits Suit
• Insurer Hits Boeing With Trade Secrets Suit Over Guarantees
• Texas Hospital Aims To Nix Aetna Claims In Billing Suit
• Teacher Can't Fight Trump Birth Control Rules, Judge Says
• Atty-Client Ruling A Threat To Discovery, Texas Justices Hear
• 1st Circ. Questions BioChemics Strategy In SEC Probe Case
• North Cypress V. Cigna Shows Perils Of Fee-Forgiving
• Wachtell, Simpson Thacher Pilot Carlyle's $6.7B Sedgwick Buy
• MEPs Propose Undercover Investigation Powers For EIOPA
• How A 'Lost Generation' Of Associates Bounced Back
• Anthem Unit To Face Fiduciary Claims In Benefits Denial Suit
• Insurer Keeps Hidden-Camera Pic Coverage Suit In Fed. Court
• No Quick Win For Insurer In Coverage Suit Over Contract Row
• ERISA Industry Group Wants Delay Of ACA 'Cadillac Tax'
• Akerman Adds Ex-Federal Prosecutor In Fort Lauderdale
• 3rd Circ. Creates Title Insurance Defense Duty Limits
• CNA Looks To End Long-Term Care Denial Suit With $5M Deal
• Acquainted With Crash Victims, Judge Bows Out Of Case
• Insurer Owes $1.2M Atty Fees In Construction Suit: 11th Circ.
• $250M State Farm Deal Could Spur More Campaign Cash Suits
• 7th Circ. Says Insurer Doesn't Owe Plastics Co. $6.2M
• Travelers Flips $5M Award In Evidence Tampering Case
• Report Highlights Challenges Of Partial Vehicle Automation
• Marriott Fights Workers' Info Bid In COBRA Suit
• Setting A Framework For Disgorgement Insurance Disputes
• EU Watchdogs Warn Regulators To Plan For Brexit Contagion
• Insurer Must Cover Plane Crash Death Suit, Judge Says
• Liberty Beats $2.3M Verdict In Battle Over Soured Merger
• No Health Plan Injury Means Consol Can Ditch Miners' Suit
• Can BigLaw Avoid Another Associate Purge?
• Insurer Stuck With $4.7M Verdict Over Faulty Mobile Homes
• Sheet Metal Co. Hits Ch. 11 In Wake Of Asbestos Suits
• SEC Backs $7M In Fines For Ex-Life Partners Atty, CEO
• Olin Settles Enviro Cleanup Coverage Feud For $120M
• Don't Stamp Out Innovation, Insurers Urge Global Regulators
• Measuring The Recession's Toll On The Legal Industry
• Has BigLaw Recovered From The Financial Crisis?
• 7 Texas Supreme Court Oil And Gas Cases To Watch
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Insurer Won't Defend Firm Sued Over Slow Bankruptcy Filing
• Power Co. Owed Defense Of $35M Fraud Suit, Judge Rules
• State Farm Deal Takes Spotlight Off Judicial 'Dark Money'
• Brazilian Bank Can't Revive $50M Claim Against Insurers
• 2nd Circ. OKs Nix Of Disability Benefits For Mental Illness
• NextEra Insurer Sues To Recover $2.4M In Fraud Scheme
• Allstate Hit With Another Suit Over Underwriting Practices
• Glassmaker Says Insurer Flubbed Tornado Policy
• 1st Circ. Revives Suit Over Harvard Pilgrim's ERISA Denial
• Why The 3rd Circ. Allowed Removal In Encompass
• New York Life Unit Lends $75M For Manhattan Office Tower
• The Courts' Take On Obama-Era Regs: You Are Erased
• UnitedHealth Wins Challenge To Medicare Overpayment Rule
• Suit Over Coverage For Bee Kill-Off To Move Forward
• Lloyd's Insurers Seek To Nix Carlyle's $400M Oil Loss Claim
• Lloyd's, BMS Sued Over Hurricane Coverage In Virgin Islands
• Hartford Says $1.2M Degree Claims Not 'Property Damage'
• NuWave Denied Defense Of W.Va.'s Deceptive Marketing Suit
• F-Squared Trustee Can't Reap $7.7M Legal Insurance Payout
• SEC Action Brings Lessons For Quantitative Fund Managers
• Insurance In The Age Of Vehicle Autonomy And Ride-Sharing
• 5th Circ. Won't Extend Deadline For Adjuster Negligence Suit
• Fla. Ruling Could 'Nix' Homeowner Assignments Of Benefits
• Rite Aid Can't Escape Calif. Whistleblower's FCA Suit
• ERISA Doesn't Bump Providers' State Law Suit, 9th Circ. Says
• Ice Miller Welcomes Ex-Robinson Brog Partner In New York
• Texas Judge Promises Quick Decision On ACA's Fate
• Solera Pursues $51M Coverage For Del. Appraisal Action
• ERISA Claims Against UnitedHealthcare Faulty, Judge Says
• ACA Cost-Sharing Payments Mandatory, Claims Court Rules
• Katten Guides AIG Unit On $275M NYC Loan To JEMB Realty
• Insurance Co. Says Ex-VPs Violating Worker Agreements
• Late Patriot's Ex Meets Skeptical 1st Circ. In Benefits Suit
• Morgan Keegan To Pay Fairfax $20M Over Stock Price Claims
• ACA Funding Case Doesn't Need Full Fed. Circ., DOJ Says
• Withers Lands Ex-Bryan Cave Arbitration Pro In NY
• Judge Skeptical Of Platinum Partners D&O Insurer In $5M Suit
• Hanover Must Face Suit Over Construction Delay Coverage
• American Airlines Says Fliers Can't Win Travel Insurance Case
• Back To School: Widener's Rod Smolla Talks Free Speech
• State Farm To Pay $250M To Settle Rigged-Judge Trial
• Ex-Duane Morris Exec's Benefits Bid Too Old, Insurer Says
• Calif. Public Disclosure Rule May Mean Trouble For Insurtech
• The Potential Reach Of High Court's AmEx Antitrust Analysis