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Insurance - October, 2019

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• Estefan Eatery Can't Revive $2.4M Coverage Bid At 11th Circ.
• Insurers Say REIT's Atty Fees Must Be Resolved In Arbitration
• Del. Justices Ax $48M Coverage For Verizon In Spinoff Fight
• Vague Insurance Test May Spur Erratic Green Card Decisions
• Selective Shirked Duty To Defend Contractor, Md. Court Says
• Blue Cross Parent Sued Over Strict Mental Health Care Vetting
• 6th Circ. Revives Benefits Bid From Nurse With Leukemia
• CrossFit Dropped From Insurer's Suit Over Athlete's Death
• Woman's Family Wants $3.6M From Insurer In Asbestos Case
• 5 Trends Influencing RFPs For Law Firms
• Private Equity Wants To Buy Your Asbestos Liabilities
• Insurer Beats Fraud Claim In NJ Roofer's Injury Suit
• Buckley Fires Back in $6M Insurance Suit Over Founder Exit
• Insurers Blast 'Improper' Additions To Ocwen ERISA Suit
• 4th Circ. Says Insurer Must Cover Worker's Crash Injury Claim
• Employment Pro Rejoins Seyfarth After In-House Stint
• Trump Hit With 1st Suit Over Ban On Uninsured Immigrants
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Safeco's $14M Win Over Army Project Loss
• Geico Needn't Cover Mobile Gym Injury, Fla. Court Says
• Arena Football League Slashing Operations Amid $2.4M Suit
• Insurer Says NJ School's $147K McCarter Fee Isn't Covered
• AIG Unit 'Contorted' Policy Language, Parking Tech Co. Says
• Fla. Condo Group, Insurer Settle $25M Sinkhole Loss Suit
• Cyberattack On Asia Ports Could Trigger $110B Losses
• Travelers Wins Appeal Against Implant Litigation Costs
• 6th Circ. Lets Mass. Transport Co. Out Of Road Rage Suit
• Mallinckrodt Defends Price Hike As Necessary To Save Drug
• Roofer Seeks $1.6M For Unpaid FBI Data Center Work
• Fiat Chrysler Unit Says It's Owed Coverage In Faulty Part Suit
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Being There For Families In Trouble
• Co-Pilot's Insufficient Training Nixes Plane Crash Coverage
• Hospital System Inks $20M Deal To End False Claims Act Suit
• Drugmakers Ink $242M Settlement In Ill. Medicaid Fraud Case
• Fla. Court Sends UHC Cancer Coverage Suit To Mass.
• $10M Harvey Claims Against Insurers To Stay In Fed. Court
• Insurer Urges Justices To Pass On ERISA Classification Case
• Travelers Hits Contractor With $3.7M Suit Over FBI Building
• Ex-Wells Fargo Workers Didn't Poach Clients, Pa. Panel Says
• McCarter & English Tries To Duck School's Malpractice Claim
• Insurer Says It Must Defend Pot Co. Board In Investor Revolt 
• 4 Firms Steer $1.5B Shakeup Between Apollo And Athene
• 11th Circ. Sides With Auto Insurer In $30M Bad Faith Battle
• Marijuana Insurance Thaw Hinges On 'Safe Harbor' Bills
• Geico Roped Back Into Coverage Row Over Woman's Injuries
• PBM Group Says ERISA Trumps New Okla. Insurance Law
• VA Proposes Tweaks To Third-Party Care Payment Rules
• Lactation Claims Too Varied For Class, UnitedHealth Says
• French Insurer AXA Inks €620M Sale Of Belgian Bank
• 7th Circ. Ruling Reveals Broad-Exclusion Risks For Insurers
• 5th Circ. Rebuffs Energy Co.'s Indemnity Bid For Injury Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Hiscox Displays New Jersey Flood Risk With New Reality App
• Munich Re Can't Recoup $17.6M For Oil Rig Damages
• Ex-Wyndham Worker Not Covered For 'Experimental' Surgery
• 1st Circ. Judges Seek High Court Take On FSIA Benefits Suit
• Developer Demands Lloyd's Pay $650K For Trashed Pa. Rehab
• Fed. Court Tosses Remainder Of Health Plan Marketing Suit
• Examine Diversity Jurisdiction By Drilling Into Citizenship
• Davis Polk-Led Insurance Firm Prices $230M IPO At Low End
• Insurer Must Pay $50M Award In Pollution Case, 7th Circ. Told
• Mich. Order Muddles No-Fault Reform For Auto Insurers
• Glencore, AIG Face Suit Over Toxic Gas Release In Canada
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Nix Of $65M Stanford Ponzi Deal
• Willis Denied Quick Win In $31M Hurricane Coverage Row
• Korean Tire Co. Says It Doesn't Belong In Fatal Rollover Suit
• Trump's Insurance Policy Hurts Poor Immigrants, Sens. Say
• Trans Prof's Gender Surgery Suit Won't Wait For High Court
• La. Justices Apply 10-Year Limit To Driver's Bad Faith Claim
• Troutman Sanders Adds Insurance Partner In Chicago
• Feds Owe ACA Insurers $1.6B, Claims Court Rules
• Cigna Beats Suit Over Covering Special Liposuction Treatment
• Where Law Firm Partners Go When Changing Jobs
• Calif. Wage And Hour Ruling Weakens Insurer Exclusions
• Congress Chose To Block $12B In ACA Funds, Justices Told
• Flyer Says American Airlines Hid 50% Take On Trip Insurance
• Cannabis Co. Investors Sue Insurer To Block Board's Defense
• 9th Circ. Affirms Block Of Trump Admin.'s Birth Control Rules
• Herbert Smith Adds International Arbitration Partner
• Momenta, Sandoz Can't Pause Blood-Clot Drug Antitrust Suit
• Chicago Insurance Exec Sentenced To 4 Years For $13M Fraud
• Trans Librarian Says Surgery Suit Can't Wait For High Court
• 3 Ways To Leverage Vulnerability For Lawyer Well-Being
• Insurer Looks To Ax Ex-Jones Day Secretary's Disability Claim
• UnitedHealth Drops Push For High Court Input On Plan Offsets
• Genworth's $1.8B Brookfield Deal Faces Regulatory Pushback
• Insurer Tries To Avoid Covering Fatal Plane Crash Suit
• NJ High Court To Tackle City's Policy Deductible Query
• Insurance Customers To Try Again On Sutter Damages Class
• FTC Probes Clearances For Local Health Mergers
• Mental Health Center Not Covered In Bias Suit, 2nd Circ. Told
• Gun Group Fined $100K For Illegal Self-Defense Insurance
• 'Public Charge' Rule On Hold, But Employers Should Prepare
• Why SPACs Are Turning To Reps And Warranties Insurance
• Skadden Adds Mass Torts, Trials Partner From Weil In NY
• Fla. Class Actions Show Why Correct COBRA Notices Matter
• 2nd Circ. Revives Part Of EmblemHealth Execs' Benefits Suit
• Humana Slaps Generic-Drug Makers With New Price-Fix Suit
• Telecom Co. Seeks Wage And Hour Suit Coverage At 9th Circ.
• La. Insurer Sues Pharma Cos. Over Opioid Crisis
• AIG Wants Out Of Covering Clinic's $9M Abuse Settlement
• High Court Urged To Skip ERISA Case Over Great-West Profits
• New Data Shows BigLaw's True Profitability
• NY Courts Vary In Allowing Bad Faith Claims Against Insurers
• Honda Insurer's $4.2M Suit Over Derailment Damage Tossed
• In Most Court Battles, States Win And Trump Loses
• National Union Sues AFL Over Unpaid Workers' Comp
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Creditors Slam $11B PG&E Proposal Over Calif. Wildfires
• Chubb Owes Excess Carrier $8M In Row Over Fatal Crash Deal
• Lloyd's Gas Well Insurance Row Returned To Pa. State Court
• Liberty Mutual Won't Cover HR Co. Embroiled In $70M Fraud
• Liberty Mutual Seeks $30M In Sewer System Contract Spat
• Insys Exec Trial Fair Despite Alleged Weil Conflict, Judge Says
• Alaska Air Duped Consumers On Trip Insurance, Suit Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Global Infrastructure Partners, Apollo
• Ex-JPMorgan Worker's COBRA Suit Kicked To Arbitration
• Texas Judge Tosses ACA's Transgender, Abortion Bias Rule
• Insurer Must Face Trial Over Duty To Defend Environmentalist
• FirstEnergy's Toxic Gas Suit Not Their Problem, Insurers Say
• Liberty Mutual Overcharges For Workers' Comp, Suit Says
• Exceptions To '8 Corners Rule' Are Invalid, Texas Justices Told
• Real Estate Rumors: Beacon, Sapir, Command Financial Press
• Insys Judge Unsure If Execs' Bribes Equal Drug Dealing
• German Real Estate Investor Domicil Postpones $166M IPO
• Calif. Law Offers New Hope For Child Sexual Abuse Victims
• Ex-Cop Not Covered For High-Speed Chase Death, Court Says
• Insurer Won't Cover Spa For Hammer Attack Against Worker
• True Health Set To Begin Soliciting Votes On Ch. 11 Plan
• College Party Triggered Insurer's Duty To Cover Collapse
• Trump Org Seeks To Limit Cohen's Subpoena Of His Attys
• Insurer Can't Ditch $1M Herbicide Suit, Texas Justices Hear
• Cushman Wants Insurer Held To $15M Policy In Philly RE Suit
• Courts Keep Rejecting Litigation Funding Discovery Campaign
• Teva, Mylan, Other Generic Makers Hit With Price-Fixing Suit
• Buckley Pressed Ex-Founder In Bid For $6M Insurance Claim
• Collision Victim Doesn't Need Expert In Brain Injury Case
• How Emotionally Intelligent AI Could Assist With E-Discovery
• Hill Wallack Builds Condo Group With 4 Attys, New Office
• Davis Polk, Skadden Steer Insurer's Potential $246M IPO
• Calif. 'Grace Period' For Policy Termination Not Retroactive
• Tour Buses 'Thumbed Nose' At Health Care Law, SF Says
• States May Slow Spread Of Vehicle Subscription Services
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Buckley Co-Founder Retired Amid Misconduct Probe: Suit
• Texas Justices Focus 'Push Poll' Sanction Args On Bad Faith
• Target Can't Pass Buck On Antibiotic Labeling Suit Costs
• Wash. Justices Side With T-Mobile In 9th Circ. Coverage Row
• UBiome's Ch. 7 Case Conversion Approved In Del.
• UnitedHealthcare Can't Dodge Mental Health Treatment Suit
• Insurers Say $34M Ala. Pipeline Explosion Suit Not Covered
• Suit Claiming NFL Cheated Illinois Clinic Moved To Texas
• $9M Award Nixed After Jury Shown Unredacted Insurance Doc
• 1st Circ. Says F-Squared's $7.7M Fee Claim May Hinge On SEC
• J&J Beats Class Action Over Opioid Health Insurance Costs
• Preventable Risks Your Law Firm May Be Overlooking
• Genetic Testing Co., 3 Others To Pay $42.6M Over FCA Claims
• What Your Practice Needs To Know About Telehealth
• Insurer Says Derailment Damaged $4.2M Of Honda Auto Parts
• Del. Justices Deny Review Of Geico Class PIP Suit
• Aetna Won't Cover Needed Physical Therapy, Suit Says
• Insurance Cases Illuminate Business Interruption Disputes
• NJ School Wants Insurer To Pay $147K In McCarter Legal Bills
• 6 Ethics Tips For Attorneys Making Lateral Transfers
• PE Firm Teams With Tech Co. To Invest $500M In Insurers
• NJ Panel Questions 'Flood' And 'Storm' Insurance Distinction
• 2 Overlooked Areas Of DHS' New 'Public Charge' Rule
• Third Insurer Pulled Into Pa. Grocer's Opioid Defense Suit
• Junk Faxes? More Like 'Good Customer Service,' Judge Says
• Gender Surgery Suit Should Wait For High Court, Judge Says
• A Developing Split Over Online Marketplace Product Liability
• UK Specialist Insurer Acquires Texas Cyber Response Co.
• AIG Says Settlement In Spoofing Scam Suit Isn't Covered
• 4 Ways Conn. Justices Set Precedent On Asbestos Coverage
• Trump Admin. Asks High Court To End ACA Birth Control Saga
• Insurer Marsh Seeks 'Final' Asbestos Ruling In 2nd Circ.
• Blank Rome Slammed Over Dismissal Bid In Severed Leg Row
• Justices Pass On BCBS' Challenge To $9.5M Encompass Win
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Trust Insurer's Jurisdiction Row
• Can Insureds Recover Atty Fees From Public-Private Insurers?
• Calif. Law Firm Loses Defamation Suit Over Online Reviews
• Trump Blocks Uninsured Immigrants From Entering US
• Mortality Table Ruling Needs Redo, Cigna Workers Say
• Talc Co. Needn't Fill Asbestos Insurance Gap: Conn. Justices
• Insurer Tells 7th Circ. It's Not Liable For $50M Pollution Award
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive $220M Cobalt Insurer Fight In Fed Court
• 5 Health Care Battles To Watch In Supreme Court's New Term
• Feds, States Won't Join Allergan Glaucoma Drug FCA Suit
• 3 Key Changes In New Insurance Arbitration Rules
• Calif. Funds Wildfire Liabilities Without Punishing Ratepayers
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Fried Frank, Milbank
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• FCA Unveils Plans To Curb High Car, Home Insurance Prices
• Nightclub Isn't Covered For Beach Ball Injury
• Insurer Not On Hook For $5M In Air Ambulance Bills
• Insurer Wants Out Of Covering 'Team Building' Drowning
• Trump Orders HHS To Bolster Medicare Advantage
• Wash. Justices Ax Bad Faith Suit Against Allstate Adjuster
• Insurer Wins Coverage Case Over Parking Lot Shooting
• Real Estate Rumors: Nightingale, Xenia, Meridian
• Momenta, Sandoz Try To Pause Blood-Clot Drug Antitrust Suit
• Insurer Must Pony Up Sanctions For 'Vexatious' Policy Denial
• 4 Plead Not Guilty To $99M Health Care Fraud In NJ
• Vaping Crisis Raises New Liability And Insurance Issues
• Consider The Power Of Tactical Empathy
• BCBS Minnesota Beats Texas Hospital's Underpayment Suit
• Sullivan & Cromwell, Skadden Drive $3.1B Insurance Deal
• Insurer Seeks Win On Last Claims Over DOI $20M Tribal Loan
• Former Clyde & Co Partners Launch 35-Atty Atheria Law
• Mercury Insurance Inks $41M Deal To End Illegal Fee Claims
• 5th Circ. Denies Coverage For Russian Roulette Death
• Nuns Urge Supreme Court Action On ACA Birth Control Rule
• Landry's Asks 5th Circ. To Revive $20M Hack Coverage Row
• Atty Says She Has No Part In McCarter Malpractice Fight
• The Problem — And Opportunity — Of Implicit Bias In The Bar
• $40M Puerto Rico Insurance Spat Belongs In Mass., Co. Says
• Home Improvement Chain Should Have Settled, Insurer Says
• German Real Estate Investor Domicil Seeks $164M IPO
• UBiome Seeks Liquidation As Creditors Balk On DIP Loan
• USC Insurer Fights Arbitration Over $215M Sex Abuse Deal
• Insurer Breached Duty To Defend Driver Who Struck Family
• PG&E Says It Has Enacted Enhanced Wildfire Protection
• Pa. Pharmacy Still Can't Shed Horizon's $10M Fraud Suit
• Geico Urges 7th Circ. Not To Revive Class Action Over Tax
• Judging A Book: Thapar Reviews Gorsuch's 'A Republic'
• Lloyd's Of London Underwriters Win Concert Stabbing Suit
• Aetna, AARP Beat Ex-Worker's Disability Benefits Suit