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Insurance - February, 2021

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• Dental Appliance Co. Wants 3rd Bite In Virus Coverage Suit
• Real Estate Management Co. Loses COVID-19 Coverage Fight
• Judge Trims False Claims Suit Over Undetailed Allegations
• ERISA Suit Says Princeton Illegally Took Parts Of Settlements
• 3rd Circ. Preview: AT&T Leads Packed March Schedule
• Insurer Says Brain Injury Coverage Suit Must Be Arbitrated
• Judge Denies Vegas Eatery Chain Virus Shutdown Coverage
• Wistful Trial Lawyers Miss The Jury Most Of All
• Holiday Inn Employees' BIPA Suit Not Covered, Insurer Says
• Gunster Adds Former Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate
• Consumer Protection Partner Joins Ahdoot & Wolfson In Philly
• Obtaining General Jurisdiction Over Out-Of-State Insurers
• Calif. Concert Promoter Loses Bid For COVID-19 Coverage
• What Biden's Ethics Pledge Means For Gov't Revolving Door
• 3 Insurance Appeals To Watch At State High Courts In March
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• NJ Apparel Biz Hits Chubb With COVID-19 Coverage Suit
• Fenwick-Led Crypto Exchange Coinbase Files Direct Listing
• DSW Parent Hits Insurer With $50M Suit For COVID-19 Losses
• Restaurant Trade Group Asks 11th Circ. To Revive Virus Suit
• 6th Circ. Won't Rethink Delphi Retirees' Loss In Pension Case
• Insurers Can't Be Charged For Medical Pot, Mass. Court Says
• Punishing Bar Exam Policies On Menstrual Products Must Go
• Insurer Needn't Cover Roofer's $2M Car Accident Settlement
• Cigna Wants Out Of NJ Radiology Lab's Virus Coverage Suit
• Insurers Escape Coverage For $6M Phishing Suit
• Hinshaw Adds Seasoned Insurance Partner In New Orleans
• Law Firm Not Covered In Malpractice Suit, Mont. Justices Say
• Fed. Circ. Shortchanged Insurers On ACA Pay, High Court Told
• Insurer Says River Transit Co. That Caused Crash Owes $2M
• Verizon Notches Win In $95M Settlement Coverage Fight
• Insurer Must Defend Prison Health Care Suits, Ill. Panel Says
• Insurer Says Plant's Chemical Spill Suits Aren't Covered
• Insurer Loses Bid For Immediate Appeal In Bad-Faith Case
• It's Time For Law Firms To Start Loving And Leveraging Data
• Insurer Seeks To Duck Covering $2.2M In Damage To NC Hotel
• Chancery Skeptical Of Tilton 'Mistake' In $6.5M Fee Settlement
• Fed. Circ. Backs Finding Of No Confusion In Insurer TM Row
• New York Life Lends $303M To Client For Mortgage
• 5th Circ. Refuses To Rule On Unfinished Hail Damage Claim
• Feds Want Args Canceled In Supreme Court Medicaid Case
• 11th Circ. Should Reconsider Remote Arbitration Subpoenas
• Keys To Protecting Clients During Law Firm Dissolution
• Society Insurance Must Face COVID-19 Loss Claims In MDL
• PBGC Hires Ex-AIG Atty For General Counsel Seat
• Atos Demands Excess Coverage For $854M Trade Secrets Suit
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Insurer Wants Out Of Pa. Hotel's COVID-19 Coverage Suit
• Virtual Meetings Creating New Compliance Gap, Report Warns
• Jackson Lewis Nabs Employee Benefits Partner In Atlanta
• Insurer Says Construction Co. Owes Over $3.8M In Premiums
• Trade Show Co. Says Insurer Owes $100M For Virus Impacts
• Allstate Wants Firm's Fraud Suit Over Expert Witnesses Axed
• VC-Backed Startups Roblox And Oscar Health Ready Listings
• Oscar Drops Florida Blue Cross Exclusivity Rules Fight
• Insurer Can't Ditch McDonald's Bid For Virus Suit Coverage
• Calamos Can't Tap Travelers Policy For Stockholder Suit Deal
• Biz Interruption Insurance Considerations After Texas Storms
• When Domestic Securities Fall Outside Scope Of Federal Law
• Liberty Mutual Says Town's Lead Water Battle Not Covered
• Insurer Owes Pa. Church For $1.2M Employee Theft, Suit Says
• High Court Won't Take Up Insurer Liability Suit From 9th Circ.
• Justices Skip Dad's Retaliation Suit Over Daughter's Bias Row
• How Case Management Orders Can Support New Attorneys
• High Court Knocks Out PBM Group's 8th Circ. Preemption Win
• Supreme Court Passes On $106M Oil Well Insurance Dispute
• Zurich Beats Ohio Eatery's COVID-19 Insurance Coverage Suit
• Cherokee Cos. May Be Immune To ND's Workers' Comp Suit
• Insurer Wants 7th Circ. To Review Punitive Damages Recovery
• High Court Ruling May Be A Boon For Benefits Access
• Companies Beef Up Risk Disclosures As Biden Era Begins
• Dentists Want Wash. Justices To Weigh In On Virus Coverage
• Cleaning Co. Must Arbitrate $5.3M Fire Damage Insurance Suit
• 5th Circ. Asked To Rethink $100K Award In $1M Fraud Case
• Hartford Escapes Dentist's COVID-19 Coverage Suit, For Now
• Fired Capitol Riot Atty Splits With Election Challenge Team
• Insurer Owes $2.6M For Remediation At Ore. Mall, Suit Says
• Ohio Judges Disagree Over COVID-19 And Property Coverage
• Real Estate Rumors: Kissaki Sushi, GL Homes, Apollo
• Chubb Sued For Denying Coverage Without Virus Exclusion
• An In-House Counsel's Guide To Better Work Management
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• NJ Insurance Exec Pleads Guilty To First State Bank Fraud
• AIG Says HK Tribunal Freed It From $66M Zip Line Fall Award
• Theft Insurer Must Face $5M Suit By Gambling Site Backer
• Texas' Winter Storm To Bring Avalanche Of Insurance Claims
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Ind. Gov. Signs Law Shielding Businesses From Virus Liability
• Condo Owner Asks 7th Circ. To Revisit Travelers Fight
• When Mergers Create D&O Insurance Complications
• A Changing Health Insurance Antitrust Landscape
• Avoiding Materially Adverse Conflicts After New ABA Opinion
• Australia Raises Antitrust Fears Over Aon's $30B Willis Merger
• Boy Scouts Insurers Say Ch. 11 Claim Process Needs Probe
• Continental Casualty Beats Hotel, Eatery Co.'s Virus Suit
• Davis Polk, Willkie Steer $150M States Title Financing
• Ga. Judges Nix Sanctions In $6M Home Depot Insurance Row
• Owners Insurance Co. Must Face Retailer's Trimmed Virus Suit
• Insurer Must Defend Bad Faith Claims At Trial, Judge Says
• New ERISA Ruling May Cut Claimants' Timeliness Guesswork
• Ariz. Justices Set Test For U. Of Phoenix's $13M Row With AIG
• Split Pa. Justices Say Intent Not Critical To Deception
• Attys Want $3.7M For Work On Insurance Co. Investor Suit
• 3 Key Environmental Takeaways From Biden's First 30 Days
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• W.Va. Worker Looks To Keep Fighting Plan's Trans Care Ban
• SAG-AFTRA Health Plan Fights Asner-Led Age Bias Claims
• Insurance Investigators Seek Class Cert. For Assurant OT Suit
• NFL Retirement Plan Tries To Dodge Suit Over Disability Cuts
• NY Regulator Warns Of 'Widespread' Data Breach Campaign
• 3rd Circ. Rejects NJ Hotel's Challenge To Labor Violations
• 2 Ways Insurance Regulation Will Change Under Biden Admin.
• NJ Justices To Decide If Insurance Agents Always Contractors
• US Legal System Can Benefit From Nonlawyer Ownership
• Kroger Insurer's Trial Gamble Blamed For 'Runaway' Verdict
• Chase Settles Federal Housing Program Whistleblower Suit
• Ala. Gov. Signs Law Shielding Businesses From Virus Liability
• 11th Circ. Doubts Fla. Law Firm's Right To $1M Damages
• Regulators Are Homing In On Perils Of Ransomware Payouts
• Sports Data Co. Says Insurers Must Cover COVID-19 Losses
• Philly Federal Judges Split On Virus Insurance Suits
• Credit Suisse Pays $600M To Settle Toxic RMBS Case
• Kaufman Dolowich Adds Cybersecurity Chair From Severson
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 5th Circ. Asked To Reconsider Liberty $1M Recoup Judgment
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Ga. Judge Rejects Sanctions Bid Over Deleted Text Messages
• HHS Faces Hurdles Revising Medicare Interpretive Rules
• Building A Law Firm Knowledge Bank For Thought Leadership
• Blue Cross Units, CVS Want Drug Pricing Suits Combined
• Insurer, Brokers Prevail In Cinema's COVID-19 Coverage Suit
• Stalled NJ Bill Can't Save Car Dealers' Virus Coverage Suit
• Fla. Court Orders New Trial After Counsel's Sexist Remarks
• Weber Gallagher Chief On Remote Work, Virus Suit Trends
• Cannabis Co. Insurer Says Faulty Pump Caused $1.5M Fire
• 7th Circ. Asked To Revive Safeway Drug Price Suit
• Driving Forces Shaping The Life Settlements Market
• Travelers Tells 9th Circ. Virus Suit Was Rightly Tossed
• What Airports Need To Know About PFAS Risks
• Zurich Asks To Toss In-N-Out COVID-19 Coverage Suit
• Let's Emerge From The Pandemic As Legal Innovators
• What New Corporate Disclosures Mean For Real Estate
• Biden's DOJ Drops Support For ACA Challenge At High Court
• 3 Tips On Complying With The New Mental Health Parity Law
• Minor Leaguers Ask 9th Circ. For Extra Innings In Virus Suit
• NY Guidelines May Boost Cyber Insurance Market's Resilience
• How Biden's Administration Will Affect The Insurance Industry
• Insurer Sues NYC Luxury Hotelier To Duck Covering COVID-19
• Boy Scouts' Insurer Wants Sidley Austin Off Ch. 11 Case
• Abbott Labs Ducks Ex-Worker's ERISA Suit Over Stolen $245K
• Pa. Caterer Attacks Insurer's Virus Exclusion Amid Pandemic
• Pa. Judge Tosses Shuttered Restaurant's Virus Coverage Suit
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Insurer Ducks Virus Coverage Claims From NJ Eye Practice
• Anticipating Predictive Analytics' Potential Uses In Litigation
• Union Loses Contempt Bid Against Pittsburgh Newspaper
• Hospital Whistleblower's $1M Fees Award Falls Short Of Goal
• Appeal Of PG&E Ch. 11 Plan Tossed Over Stay Failure
• Chubb Beats Target's Data Hack Coverage Bid
• Texas Judge OKs Insurer's Hurricane Harvey Coverage Suit
• LA Eatery Asks 9th Circ. To Revive COVID-19 Coverage Fight
• Insurer Issued Memo On How To Deny Virus Claims, Suit Says
• Whistleblower Gets $3.6M In FCA Deal With Roche, Humana
• This Black History Month, Law Firms Should Challenge Norms
• Del. Urges Court To Quash Microcaptive Probe Summons
• Insurer Gets Win In Defective Cookie Machine Coverage Suit
• MPs To Probe £530M LV Takeover Amid Competition Concerns
• ITT Says Factory Mutual Must Cover Its COVID-19 Losses
• USAA Accused Of Discrimination Against Enlisted Personnel
• 5 Insurers Off Hook For City's $5M Flood Damage Costs
• Insurer Says It Lost $3M Because RSM Audit Missed Fraud
• Acthar Claimants Hit Skadden For Mallinckrodt Ch. 11 Role
• Victims Decry Insurers' 'Ugly Games' In Boy Scouts Ch. 11
• Judge Says Mich. Salon's Virus Coverage Suit Can Proceed
• Insurer Owes Olin $25M In Cleanup Fight's 'Last Chapter'
• Fla. Judge Signs Off On $79M Settlement In Geico Tax Row
• 4 Ways To Strengthen Deal-Related R&W Insurance Claims
• Judges On Race
• High Court ERISA Ruling Frees States To Tackle Health Costs
• Law Firm Penalties On Departing Partners Just Got Riskier
• Cohen Ziffer Adds Ex-Hoguet Partner To Insurance Practice
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Pubs Prevail Against Insurer In Irish Biz Interruption Case
• Glass Co.'s Parent Asks Out Of Tornado Insurance Dispute
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Sidley Adds Ex-Skadden Insurance, Reinsurance Atty In NY
• NY Regulator Wants Insurers To Clamp Down On Cyber Risk
• Silicon Co. Can't Tap $1M Coverage For Transfer Fraud
• New York Life Loans $66M For Colorado Apartment Complex
• Automakers' Insurance Offerings Will Have Broad Impact
• State COVID-19 Liability Shields Create Insurance Challenges
• Zurich Ducks Virus Coverage Suit For Chain's 400 Restaurants
• 7 Takeaways From Recent Del. Statutory Appraisal Litigation
• Deals Rumor Mill: WeWork, Nestle, Kraft Heinz
• NJ Case Has Lessons On Arbitration Clauses In Atty Retainers
• SEC Sues Giuliani Associates Over 'Fraud Guarantee' Scheme
• Hanover Beats Calif. Cafe's COVID-19 Coverage Suit
• Utah Asks Insurer To Pay $1.8M Atty Fee In Trade Secrets Suit
• Insurers Allege Issues With Abuse Claims In Scouts' Ch. 11
• Fla. Eatery Asks 11th Circ. To Revive COVID-19 Coverage Fight
• Ga. Justices Dubious Of Geico's Bid To Ax $2.8M Award
• Cooley-Led Security Deposit Biz Closes On $52M Financing
• Farmers Policy Renewal Fight Overblown, Texas Justices Hear
• AIG Unit Tells 9th Circ. Yahoo's Atty Fee Award Is Excessive 
• Tips For Protecting Privilege When Working With Outside PR
• 3 Procurement Priorities For Law Firms In Uncertain Times
• Insurance Software Co. Valued At $7B In Go-Public Deal
• Northrop Unit Beats Bids To Toss 'Sprawling' Coverage Suit
• Businesses Ask 3rd Circ. To Combine Virus Coverage Appeals
• Insurer Fights Coverage After Deadly Hay Baling Accident
• Anderson Kill Promotes 3 Insurance Attys To Shareholders
• LuLaRoe Will Shell Out $4.8M To End Pyramid Scheme Suit
• Investors Seek Class Cert. In Humira Marketing Suit
• 'Shameless' Crimes In Giuliani-Linked Case Merit Jail, US Says
• Senate Bankruptcy Bill Takes Aim At Medical Debt
• An OFAC Compliance Checklist For Ransomware Payments
• Robbins Geller Seeks $23M Cut Of $84M MetLife Investor Deal
• Icahn Cos. Sue Insurers To Cover Refinery Buyout Suit
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Chancery Hikes Interest Award In $5.8B Contract Breach Suit
• UK Is Proof Nonlawyer Ownership Threatens Legal Profession
• Ga. Justices Set To Tackle Geico's $2.8M Bad Faith Battle
• Health Experts Urge 9th Circ. To Undo Trump Green Card Rule
• Consol Can't Appeal Retirees' Bankruptcy Deal, 6th Circ. Says
• State Auto Says Food Distributor's Pizza TM Suit Isn't Covered
• GE Investors Can't Revive Trimmed Claims After 6th Attempt
• CareFirst Policyholders Win Revival Of Data Breach Claims
• Insurer Says Ralph Lauren Can't Claim $700M Virus Coverage
• Insurer Freed From Covering Tattoo Supply Co.'s Injury Suit
• 8th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Ag Co.'s ERISA Health Plan Suit
• Fla. Health Insurance Customers Get Cert. In $150M Fraud Suit
• Reed Smith Adds Health Care Pro To Chicago Office
• Purdue Sues In Ch. 11 To Access $3.3B Insurance Funds
• NY Merger Ruling Offers Costly Lesson On Vague R&W Terms
• Travelers Prevails In Ind. Condo Damage Coverage Fight
• Remote Bar Exams Pose New Learning Disability Challenges