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Insurance - October, 2018

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• Estate Seeks Retrial After Jury Clears Firm Of Malpractice
• Machine Maker Wants Insurance Suit Over $40M Row Revived
• 7th Circ. Vacates $27M Defamation Win Against Allstate
• Insurer Suit Against Doc Paused For 5th Amendment Concern
• DOL Seeks To Quash States' Association Health Plan Suit
• Club Shooting Decision Widens Coverage For 'Loss Of Use'
• WinCo Plan Dropped In-Network Dialysis Benefit, Suit Says
• 7th Circ. Is Asked To Free Financing Co. From Business Ties
• SEC Seeks To Simplify Variable Annuity Disclosures
• AIG Unit Needn't Cover Medical Service Co. Harassment Suits
• New BSA Order Brings Welcome Flexibility For Banks
• Insurance M&A Soars Under EU's Tough Capital Regime
• Insurers Sweat Gov't U-Turn On Medicare Advantage Audits
• Ex-Modi Executive Subpoena Dispute Inches Forward
• $1M Cap Applies To Postal Worker's Injury, Ind. Court Says
• Real Estate Rumors: TA Realty, Flip, Square Mile
• GE Says Power Business Is A Focus Of DOJ, SEC Probes
• Wildfire Is One Covered 'Occurrence,' Wis. Justices Say
• Prudential Agrees To $9M Deal To End ERISA Class Action
• Fla. Gov. Taps Carlton Fields Partner As County Court Judge
• Tenn. Co. Ex-Driver Wants Class Cert. In COBRA Notice Row
• Diligence Remains Key For Medicare Advantage Plans
• Ill. Courts Should Not Conflate Insurers And Defense Counsel
• Protecting Law Firm Talent At Both Ends
• The Uncertain Future Of Summary Judgment In California
• Insurer Wants Out Of Covering Pharma Co. In Opioid Suits
• 23andMe's Counterclaims Trimmed In Insurance Dispute
• BCBS Hid Air Ambulance Coverage, Patients Tell 8th Circ.
• Marriott Seeks Quick Win In Workers' COBRA Notice Suit
• Justices Won't Review Gov't Contractor Robocall Liability
• Insurers Blast Rival's Bid To Revive Asbestos Coverage Row
• Mnuchin Seeks D&O Coverage Of Relativity Legal Bills
• Insurer Says It's Owed $1.6M In UT Masonry Row
• Chicago Insurance Exec Pleads Guilty To $13.5M Fraud
• Wendy Olson Talks Twin Falls, Tribes, Private Practice
• Northrop's Older Policies Apply To ERISA Suit, Judge Says
• J&J Can't Arbitrate Distributor's Claims In Remicade Row
• Jury Blames Both Parties For Delays In Army Base Barracks
• Too Late To Stop Bargain Bin Health Plans, Judge Says
• Driver Challenges Fla. PIP Statute In Class Action
• ERISA Suit Over EpiPen Costs Remains Alive
• Med Mal Insurer Can't Get Hands On Atty-Client Documents
• Venue's Lost Value After Shooting Is Covered, Court Says
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Judging A Book: Brown Reviews 'Dangerous Leaders'
• Jersey Files Economic Substance Bill To Avoid EU Blacklist
• NY Court Nixes Allied Capital's $12M FCA Coverage Award
• Geico Doesn't Owe Coverage For ATV Crash, NJ Court Says
• Black & Decker, Widow Spar Over $4M In Life Insurance Suit
• NY Court Revives Med Mal Insurance Row Over $8.6M Award
• Katten Steers AIG On $201M Property Loan To Simon Baron
• Liberty Mutual, Contractor Must Show Docs In $36M Hotel Suit
• Liberty Needn't Cover Firing Range In Noise Suit
• Breaking The Rules: 3 Ways To 'Lead' A Direct Examination
• Prudential Seals $3.2B Deals As UK Insurers Move Risk
• Insurer Needn't Cover Elevator Injury Suit, 5th Circ. Rules
• Eastman Escapes Wrongful Death Suit In Factory Explosion
• Wrong Jury Instructions Nix Safeco's Win In Crash Row
• McDermott Scoops Up 2 ERISA Attys From Drinker Biddle
• Seed Co. Wants Local Counsel Removed In Insurance Dispute
• Unum, John Hancock Fight Bid To DQ Attys In Disability Suit
• Fatal Sex Act Warrants Accidental Death Pay, 7th Circ. Told
• Jury Awards $2.8M To Man Injured By Underinsured Driver
• Delta, JetBlue Want Out Of Consumer Trip Insurance Suits
• Ex-NY Senate Leader Gets 4 Years For 2nd Graft Conviction
• EU Reinsurers Pressure US Over Plans For Transatlantic Deal
• Mednax Can't Escape Aetna's $50M Overbilling Claims In Pa.
• Horizon Settles With Last Hospital In Tiered Plan Suit
• Fund's $1M ACA Payment Is Not A Tax, 4th Circ. Rules
• Penn-Star Wants Out Of $5M Hotel Shooting Coverage Row
• DOL Rule Encourages Workers To Buy Own Health Insurance
• Insurers Are Well-Positioned To Address Opioid Epidemic
• 2nd Circ. Revives Chocolatier's $49M Sandy Coverage Claim
• BCBS Mass. Looks To Drop Wilderness Therapy Coverage Suit
• Regulators Focusing On Big Data In Life Insurance
• DOL Proposes Easing Retirement Plan Regulations
• Trump Invites ACA Suits By Giving States New Leeway
• Car Insurance Ruling Will 'Wreak Havoc,' NJ Justices Told
• Agents Get Upper Hand In Negligence Suits With Ill. Ruling
• Labs Say UnitedHealth Can't Sue On State Fraud Claims
• Home Insurer Turns Tables On HOA's Coverage Suit
• Florida Supreme Court Aims To Expand Bad Faith Standards
• Liberty Mutual Loses Rebuttal Bid Against Texas Contractor
• 2 Insurers Exit $1.3M Construction Defect Coverage Row
• Insurer Must Pay For Defense In School Assault Suit: 9th Circ.
• Beware Laws Intersecting Benefit Concierge Services
• SEC Opens Probe In Honeywell's Asbestos Accounting
• O'Quinn Not Covered For Part Of $46M Overbill, 5th Circ. Says
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Pet Insurer Founders Ask Chancery To Veto Underwriter Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Swiss Re, CPPIB, Nestle
• Gov't Asks 9th Circ. To Revive New Birth Control Rules
• Motorola Says AIG Unit Must Cover Birth Defect Settlement
• Need Litigation Finance? Don't Skip These 5 Steps
• Oklahoma's Insurance Business Transfer Act: Objections Overruled?
• Asbestos Trusts Facing Heat As DOJ Ramps Up Oversight
• EBSA Regulatory Agenda Tackles Fiduciary Rule, Birth Control
• Freight Co., DOL Ink $2.5 Deal In Stock Transaction Suit
• Wachtell, Simpson Lead $5.7B Invesco-MassMutual Deal
• Ill. Justices Find Homeowners' Faulty Insurance Suit Untimely
• $1M In Hotel Damage Wasn't Due To Hurricane, Insurer Says
• Settlement Up To $41M Approved In Aviva Annuity Suit
• Horizon, Hospital Settle Claims In NJ Suit Over Tiered Plan
• Insurer Not Off Hook For $8.7M Car Crash Injury Award
• BCBS Shielded By Old Deals In Antitrust MDL, Judge Rules
• Marine Surveyor Can't Escape $500M Chevron Rig Suit
• United Healthcare Sued For 'Arbitrary' Therapy Payment Policy
• Calif. Firm Accused Of Cornering Landowner Into Bad Deal
• A High Court Milestone Stirs Hope Of Gender Parity
• $1M Condo Insurance Row Must Be Arbitrated, Court Hears
• Creditors Say Fla. Insurance Co. Fraudulently Dumped Assets
• 7th Circ. Upholds Conviction For Doc Who Ripped Off Insurers
• Pa. Rehab Sues Insurer Over Third-Party Drug Test Payments
• FSOC Pulls SIFI Tag From Prudential, Last Nonbank To Have It
• Lieff Cabraser, Others Want $90M In State Farm Judge Case
• Assignment Of Benefits Faces A New Hurdle In Florida
• Asbestos Trust Rep Beats DOJ Objection In Duro Dyne Ch. 11
• Strip Club Covered For $8M Fatal Crash Award, 6th Circ. Says
• Insurer Owes Hotel After Carbon Monoxide Leak: 10th Circ.
• 6th Circ. Upholds State Farm's Setback In Labor Costs Row
• Fairfax Scores $11M In Jury Verdicts In NJ Stock Scheme Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: Uber, Lyft, Tribune
• Class Cert. Push Renewed In UnitedHealth ERISA Battle
• Florida Policy Won't Cover NJ Car Crash, Court Says
• A Holistic Approach To Client Retention
• Pa. High Court To Mull Insurer-Ordered Medical Exams
• Attys Get $4.3M In Fees In $17M HIV Disclosure Settlement
• The Path To Becoming A Supreme Court Advocate
• Holding Co. Wants $437K Fees Cemented In Arbitration Row
• A Chat With Allens Pricing Chief Pier D'Angelo
• 6th Circ. Ruling Highlights Dangers Of Insured's Admissions
• Anthem To Settle Health Care Data Breach For Record $16M
• Ill. Health Insurance Nonprofits Sue Over Opioid Crisis
• Gender Disparity At The High Court: How Top Law Firms Measure Up
• Pipeline Co. Wants $1.5M In Atty Fees For Frivolous Suit
• 2nd Circ. Seems Skeptical Of Tilton Bid For D&O Insurance
• DOJ Charges Florida Men with $1B Telemedicine Fraud Scam
• Hartford's $2B Navigators Buy Draws Del. Disclosure Suit
• Insurers Say No Coverage For Dispute Over Highway Work
• Excess Policies Don't Cover $28M False Murder Charge Award
• Ohio Top Court Nixes Easy Path On Building Defect Coverage
• High Court Won't Take Up Policy-For-Profit Case
• Allstate Hit With Pa. Suit Over Car Loss Tax Exclusion
• Will The Future Of The Supreme Court Bar Be Female?
• Supreme Court Women: A Vet & 1st-Timer Talk Gender Disparity
• Ex-NY Senate Boss Asks For Light Sentence After Conviction
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Norton Rose, Sidley Austin Guide $134M Underwriter Buy
• SEC Suspends Three Ex-BDO Auditors Over Backdated Docs
• Insurer Can't Duck Yahoo's $4M Email Suit Coverage Row
• What Construction Attys Must Know To Avoid Software Pitfalls
• Zurich Needn't Defend Ocwen In TCPA Suits, Judge Says
• NJ Surgical Center Says Horizon Low-Balled Reimbursements
• State Farm Inks $18.5M Deal In Policyholder Class Suit
• Federal Courts Favor Insurers On Coverage, Bad Faith Fights
• Liberty Mutual Shirking Painkiller Coverage, Pa. Suit Says
• Insurer Loses Appeal Bid Over Firefighter Hearing Coverage
• The ABA Was Dead Wrong About Model Rule 8.4(g)
• Insurance Co. Fights Coverage Over Malibu Home Defects
• US Sanctions No Bar To Insurers Paying For Theft In Iran
• Aetna Settles State AGs' Claims Over Health Info Breaches
• 3 Takeaways From The $69B CVS-Aetna Deal
• Hanover Insurance Loses Bid To Block Contractor From Spending $2.3M
• Trans University Staffers Win $780K Over Bias About Surgery
• Pa. Atty Wants Insurer's 'Extortion' Claim Thrown Out
• Chiropractor, Insurer End Row Over Injections Coverage
• Grassley Seeks FTC Probe Of Hospital, Insurer Contracts
• The Supreme Court Should Become Boring
• 4 Important Insurance Decisions You May Have Missed
• Apollo Global Affiliates Commit $700M To Catalina Holdings
• AIG Unit Owes $24M For TVA Plant Work, Subcontractor Says
• Back To School: BC's Kent Greenfield Talks Corporate Law
• Blue Cross Insurer, LabCorp Beat STD-Testing Antitrust Suit
• Grant & Eisenhofer, Labaton Tapped To Lead AmTrust Cases
• Trump Approves Prohibition On Pharmacy 'Gag Clauses'
• Senate Dems Fail To Derail Short-Term Health Insurance Plans
• Real Estate Rumors: Alexandria, Atlantic Pacific, Fidelity
• Day Pitney, Morrison Cohen Steer $85M NYC Loan
• AbbVie Faces 2nd Investor Suit Over Humira Kickbacks
• Kavanaugh Cannot Be Compelled To Recuse Himself
• CVS To Sell Medicare Plan To Win $69B Aetna Deal Clearance
• Insurer Must Pay $1.2M In Tainted Milk Row, 2nd Circ. Told
• Sports Medicine Doctors Get Wider Protection Under New Law
• Allstate Says Performance, Not Fraud, Caused Stock Drop
• Knowledge Management: An Unsung Hero Of Legal Innovation
• Ohio Justices Say Bad Subcontractor Work Not An 'Accident'
• Establishing Waiver Of The Right To Appraisal In Texas
• Lloyd's Promises To Pay 'All Valid Claims' After Brexit
• CORRECTED: Ex-Exec Of Modi Jewelry Co. Seeks Access To D&O Coverage
• Calif. Malpractice Coverage Mandate Would Be No Easy Leap
• Asbestos Trusts Come Under DOJ Civil Investigation
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Asbestos Firm, Insurers Reach Deal In Payback Suit
• Insurer Says Firm's Bad Advice Cost It Millions
• Ky. Judge Finds Poetry In Refinery Explosion Coverage Case
• Texas Doc Pleads Guilty In $40M Med Center Bribery Scam
• Arbitration, Mediation Can Solve Cyber Insurance Disputes
• Autonomous Ships: Coming Soon To A Port Near You
• HealthNow Wants Out Of Hospitals' Benefits Payment Suit
• Insurer Owed Nobilis Defense Of Stock Drop Suits: Judge
• State Farm Made Robocalls, Ignored No-Call List: Suit
• Chocolatier, Insurer Spar On $53M Storm Claim In 2nd Circ.
• Nationwide Insists Contract Lets It Cut Agent Benefits Anytime
• Transamerica To Settle Insurance Rate Class Action For $195M
• 11th Circ. Affirms Ex-Mutual Benefits Atty's 10-Year Sentence
• Plumbing Co. Sues Allstate Over Asbestos Suit Coverage
• 11 New Insurance Laws After California Wildfires
• Global Standards Body Mulls Major Accounting Reform Delay
• Cigna Names GC To Guide Co. Post-Express Scripts Merger
• Merrimack Loan Fraud Coverage Dispute Sent To Arbitration
• Insurer Must Defend Salvage Co. In Fire Suits, Pa. Court Says
• Claims Co. Can't Duck Row Over Lowball Offer, 1st Circ. Told
• Skip The New 'Civility Courses' And Think Like A Lawyer
• Greenwich Hit With $15M Bad Faith Award In Trespass Row
• Insurers Slammed At Trial Over Iran Sanctions Argument
• UK Product Liability Law In The Autonomous Vehicle Era
• Why Law Firms Should Monitor The Dark Web
• EU Insurers Demand Delay On Tough Global Accounting Rules
• Wells Fargo Auto Insurance Cleanup Not There Yet, Sens. Told
• Firm Beats $5M Malpractice Claim, Wins $150K For Fees
• 5th Circ. Won't Rethink Insurer's Win On $21M Assault Award
• Baker Donelson DQ'd In BCBS Antitrust Row Against Ex-Client
• Does Rule 45 Protect Nonparties From Undue Burden?
• EU Tweaks Sales Tax On Cross-Border Value Chains
• Zurich Creates Cyber Insurance To Help Meet GDPR Demands
• Weinstein Not Covered For Sex Abuse Suits, Travelers Says
• Proposed Asbestos Trust Rep Faces Depo In Duro Dyne Ch. 11
• Insurer Need Not Cover Pa. Law Firm's Malpractice Suit
• Grain Co. Must Pay BNSF's Defense Of Fatal Train Crash Suit
• Health Care Advocates Ask For Block Of ACA-Skirting Plans
• Ex-Life Partners Atty, CEO Ordered To Pay $7M In Fines
• DaVita Pays $270M For Inflating Medicare Advantage Bills
• Supreme Court Won't Take Up Medicare Advantage Fight
• 15 Minutes With Voya Financial's Chief Legal Officer
• NY Tax Minutes: September
• 6th Circ. Encourages Insureds To Be Open With Insurers
• The Ins And Outs Of ERISA Fiduciary Insurance