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Insurance - June, 2021

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• Travelers Off The Hook For Homeowners' Meth Cleanup Costs
• Cigna Beats Virus Coverage Suit From NJ Provider, For Now
• Florida's DeSantis Vetoes Repeal Of 'No-Fault' Auto Insurance
• Judge Shucks Fla. Oyster Bar's COVID-19 Coverage Suit
• Top Personal Injury, Med Mal News & Rulings: Midyear Report
• Continental Says COVID Mods Are Improvement, Not Damage
• Major League Soccer Team Sues Insurer For COVID-19 Losses
• Thermo Fisher's Bad Faith Claim Split From AIG Pollution Row
• Calif. Man Indicted In $12M Swiss Annuity Ponzi Scheme
• Cyberattack Class Suits Have Unpredictable Insurance Impact
• Insurer To Reveal Underwriting Info In Cinemark's COVID Suit
• Carolina Casualty Ordered To Pay $17M Arbitration Award
• State Courts' Stark Lack Of Diversity Demands Action
• Insurers Seek Out Of Covering Gas Station Co.'s BIPA Suit
• 10th Circ. Clears Insurer Of Coverage For Dumbbell Assault
• 7th Circ. Nixes EMTALA Malpractice Suit Over Hospital Death
• Ex-Kaiser Worker's ADA Class Claims Should Go, Judge Says
• Education Firm's COVID-19 Losses Barred By Virus Exclusion
• PPG Defeats Ex-Workers' Life Insurance Eligibility Suit
• Novant Fights Insurer's Bid To Toss COVID Coverage Suit
• Ill. Dental Practice Loses Second COVID Coverage Bid
• Insurer Says It Owes No Coverage In Cannabis Explosion Suit
• Okla. Judges Side With Insurers In COVID Coverage Suits
• Farm Co. Fights Insurer's $2M Suit Over Collapsed Pig Facility
• Eateries Owed Virus Coverage, Industry Group Tells 1st Circ.
• Latham Attorney DQ'd From Upcoming Fluor-Zurich Trial
• Travelers Owes Defense In Cisco TM Suit, Tech Shop Says
• Ill. Farm Secures Insurer's Defense Of Golf Cart Accident Suit
• Exxon Unit Wants Another Shot At Bad Faith Claims
• Mall Says Lloyd's Owes $6M For July 4th Fire Damage
• Eagles' Insurer Says Pa. Rulings Back COVID Coverage Denial
• Insurer Doesn't Owe Firm Fees In Loan Suit, 11th Circ. Says
• Tocaya Restaurants' COVID Coverage Suit Tossed, For Now
• Giuliani Suspension Highlights Ethical Pitfalls For All Lawyers
• Mo. Distillery Loses Trademark Infringement Coverage Fight
• Managing Risk After SEC's Cyber Enforcement Action
• W.Va. Health Plan Can't Skirt ACA Suit Over Trans Care Denial
• Coach, Kate Spade Owner Sues Insurer After $1B Virus Hit
• Pharma Co. Sues Insurer For Coverage In Opioid Suits
• Patients Defend Landmark Win Over UnitedHealth In 9th Circ.
• Zurich Looks To Take Out In-N-Out's Pandemic Coverage Suit
• Texas Law Could Curtail Huge Trucking Crash Verdicts
• Insurer Says Jet's Pizza Not Covered In Finger Scan BIPA Row
• Cos. Need ESG Strategies That Address Climate Change
• How Automakers Can Minimize Cybersecurity Liability
• NJ Judge Tosses Versace Owner's COVID Coverage Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• The Biggest Insurance Rulings From The 1st Half Of 2021
• Cyber Insurer Corvus Taps New General Counsel, Chief Officer
• DOJ, Aon Squabble Over Discovery In Merger Clash
• Jury Awards $19M To Doc Staffing Co. In Reimbursement Row
• Spector Gadon Loses Pa. Virus Coverage Suit
• VoIP Co. Says Insurer Owes Coverage For Fake Reviews Suit
• An Insurer's Guide To Policyholder Bankruptcy
• Golden Corral Owners Fight Insurers' Bid To Duck COVID Suit
• Skanska Wants Coverage For Subcontractor Damage
• Manhattan Cafe Can't Pursue COVID Class Coverage Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: BTI, MetLife, Life Storage
• Mattress Chain Asks 7th Circ. To Revive Virus Coverage Suit
• Five Insurers Sue Comcast, Verizon Over Philly Highrise Flood
• 9th Circ. Leaves Yahoo Atty Fee Award Alone In Coverage Spat
• Exxon Beats Insurers' Indemnity Bid Over Enviro Claims
• UTA's $150M COVID-19 Insurance Suit Nears Cancellation
• Ex-Lewis Brisbois Atty Faked 2,000 Hours, Ill. Watchdog Says
• Texas Jury Weighs Doctors' $117M Ask In Insurance Rate Row
• Solar Panel Co. Loses Bid For Coverage Of Shareholder Suit
• Transamerica Inks $5.4M Deal To Settle ERISA Class Action
• InterContinental Hotels Drops Out Of Sex-Trafficking Suit
• Calif. Jury Clears CVS In $121M Drug Overcharge Trial
• Rent Abatement Clause Frequency Up Nearly 50% Since 2019
• Cos. Must Consider Electric Vehicles' Unique Risk Profile
• Ga. Judge Rejects Health Insurer's Faith-Based Dismissal Bid
• How New AML Law Will Apply To Life Settlement Industry
• To Reduce Prescription Prices, Hold Middlemen Accountable
• Insurance Legislation & Regulation: Midyear Report
• Ever Given Insurer Reaches Settlement With Suez Canal
• CVS Drug Buyers Seek $121M As Overcharge Jury Trial Wraps
• 4th Circ. Revives ERISA Suit Against Aetna And OptumHealth
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Bid To Enforce Years-Old Moldovan Gas Award
• Hanover Escapes NJ Virus Coverage Suit From Medical Group
• No Bad Faith By Insurer In Crash Dispute, 4th Circ. Rules
• Navigating Inadvertent Attorney-Client Privilege Waivers
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Ferrari Insurer Scores Win In Loan Dispute With Luxury Mag
• Calif. Bill Would End Damages Injustice For Dead Plaintiffs
• Miami Beach Hotel Loses COVID Insurance Coverage Fight
• Firm's COVID-19 Coverage Suit Doomed By Virus Exclusion
• Mass. Eateries Take COVID-19 Coverage Fight To 1st Circ.
• Aon Taps Latham For $30B Willis Merger Fight With DOJ
• CVS Didn't Need To Report Drug Discounts To PBM, Jury Told
• DOL Seeks Employers' Input On Drug Cost Disclosure Policy
• Conn. Casino Owner Says Insurer Must Cover Pandemic Loss
• Justices Won't Review ACA Pay Issue Fight
• Dental Clinics Want Insurer To Pay For COVID-19 Losses
• NJ Pandemic Insurance Bill Clears State Assembly
• Health Cos. Must Prepare For Growing Ransomware Threat
• Insurer Questions Coverage In Hotel Sex Trafficking Suit
• Hotel Pushes Back On Allianz Unit's Bid To Toss COVID Suit
• Pa. Insurance Firm Seeks To Claw Back Ex-VPs' Bonuses
• Insurer Seeks Appeal To Avoid Duke's Antitrust Class Actions
• Judge Throws Out Mich. Eateries' COVID-19 Coverage Suits
• Health Network Sues For Coverage Of Scientist's $10M Award
• Ga. High Court Says Insurance Malpractice Suit Filed On Time
• Attorneys Beware: Zoom Depositions Are Likely Inadmissible
• Ever Given Insurer Renews Bid To Settle With Suez Canal
• Texas Justices Say Motorist Can Depose Insurer's Employees
• Texas High Court Won't Hear Cotton Insurance Tax Case
• Insurers' Win Upheld In Bad-Faith Row Over Miner's Accident
• NJ Bill Could Give Insurers Edge To Escape COVID Coverage
• How Attorneys Can Reach Claimants In Today's Comms Era
• Insurers Fight Steel Co.'s Coverage Bid On Pollution Claims
• Insurer Wants Ore. Restaurant's COVID Coverage Suit Kicked
• 11th Circ. Urged To Revive Fla. Eatery's Virus Class Claims
• Firm Must Face Insurer's Suit Over Truck Fire Deal Release
• Rising Star: Covington's Rani Gupta
• ACA Ruling Caps Busy 1st Half Of 2021 For Benefits Cases
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• NJ Policyholders Could Still See Recovery For COVID Losses
• Insurer Asks 11th Circ. To Back Win In Virus Coverage Spat
• Ky. Justices Say Crash Victim's 'Bad Faith' Claim Too Late
• Trade Groups Back Travelers In 9th Circ. Virus Coverage Spat
• Pa. Court Says Psych Center Not Covered For Sex Assault Suit
• Conn. Tribe Says Insurer Can't Dodge COVID Coverage Claims
• Court Says Liberty Mutual Must Pay Full Asbestos Settlements
• UnitedHealthcare Settles Liposuction Coverage Battle
• 4th Circ. Told To Block State Court From Virus Coverage Suit
• COVID Rulings May Support Ransomware Insurance Denials
• Wilson-Advised Insurer AI Co. Hits $1B Value After Series D
• Ga. Judge Says Sanctions Likely Over Frivolous Motion
• Cos. Can Expect Tougher Climate Risk Disclosure Mandates
• Pa. Judge Tosses Tavern's COVID-19 Coverage Class Action
• NJ Fed. Court Should Ditch Litigation Funding Disclosure Plan
• Rising Star: Cohen Ziffer's Meredith Elkins
• ACA Survives Latest Republican Challenge At Supreme Court
• Panel Says Insurer Needn't Cover School District's Injury Suit
• Express Scripts Was Unaware Of CVS Overcharges, Jury Told
• Shoe Co. Loses COVID-19 Coverage Suit With Hartford
• HHS Secretary Becerra Defends $132B Budget Request
• Insurer Says No Coverage For Manufacturer's BIPA Class Suit
• Allstate Gets Defeat Of Traders' Ill. Defamation Suit Affirmed
• Insurance Language Lesson From An Opioid Ruling
• Latham-Led AI Startup Leads 3 IPOs Raising $538M Combined
• Robbins Geller Nabs $21M For Work On $84M MetLife Deal
• Humana Claims In Telemed RICO Case Advance In Fla. Court
• DOJ Sues To Block Aon's $30B Willis Towers Watson Merger
• Law Firm Talent Must Reflect Shifting US Demographics
• Rising Star: Pillsbury's Janine Stanisz
• PF Chang's Wants DoorDash's Insurer To Cover Injury Suit
• Ruling Shows Medicare Confusion Can Lead To Costly Results
• NH Hoteliers Score Partial Coverage Win In COVID-19 Suit
• Texas Widower Gets $116M Verdict In Life Insurance Trial
• Liberty Mutual Can't Sink ERISA Fee Suit
• State Farm Renews Bid To Ax La. Eatery's Virus Coverage Suit
• Mullen Coughlin Adds Cybersecurity Atty From Lewis Brisbois
• Society Insurance Denied Immediate Appeal In COVID-19 MDL
• 5th Circ. Finds Lawyer's Error Doesn't Excuse Late Filing
• Simpson Thacher-Led Bright Health Plans $1.3B IPO
• Gerdau Seeks Win In Miami Bridge Collapse Coverage Suit
• Insurer Wants Taylor English Off Fatal Ammonia Leak Defense
• MetLife Must Face Bulk Of Retirees' Mortality Table Suit
• Travelers Unit Hit By LA Landlord With Virus Coverage Suit
• Rising Star: Blank Rome's Kyle P. Brinkman
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Centene Settles Ohio, Miss. PBM Claims, Sets Aside $1.1B
• Judge Says Geico Can't Nix 'Excessive' COVID Premiums Suit
• Judge Tosses Fla. Investment Co.'s COVID-19 Coverage Suit
• CVS Overcharged Insured Drug Buyers $123.7M, Jury Told
• Insurer Settles Over Defending Hulk Hogan Sex Tape Suit
• Cash Co. Receiver Seeks To Stall Eckert Malpractice Suit
• Finance Whiz Gets Prison For Role In Bogus $50M Transaction
• Insurer Says Travelers Also On Hook For Fatal Golf Cart Crash
• Justices' Preemptive Tax Challenge Ruling Shows Divisions
• IT Biz Says 'Catch-All' Exclusion Doesn't Bar BIPA Coverage
• Cellophane Maker Says Insurer Owes $4.75M For Factory Fire
• 9th Circ. Urged To Check Hotels Back Into Virus Coverage Suit
• 3 Risk Management Lessons From Pandemic Insurance Wars
• NY Stock Purchase Ruling Shows Value Of Proper Disclosures
• Rising Star: Perkins Coie's Jonathan Hardin
• Judges Should Foster Diversity In MDL Leader Appointments
• Ex-CVS Exec Probed On Drug Prices In Overcharge Trial
• Insurer Needn't Help Cover $20M Award From Akorn Meds Suit
• Ad Agency Urges 9th Circ. To Revive COVID-19 Coverage Bid
• Construction Co. Says Insurers Must Cover $32.5M Settlement
• How Class Action Settlement Funded Conn. Orgs' Equity Work
• Fla. Restaurants Want 4th Circ. To Revive Virus Coverage Suit
• A Biz Strategy Model To Improve Lateral Atty Hiring Diversity
• Boston Hotel's Virus Policy Only Covered 2 Days, Insurer Says
• Insurers Want Golden Corral Franchisees' COVID Suit Tossed
• Rising Star: Mintz Levin's Lavinia Weizel
• Insys Seeks Ch. 11 Clawback Of $10M In Ex-CEO's Legal Fees
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• French Insurers End Long Legal Feud Over Failed Takeover
• Fall Bench Trial Set For Lehman Bros' CDS Insurer Fight
• CVS Pricing Practice 'Cheated' Insured Drug Buyers, Jury Told
• Travelers Counters 2 LA Restaurants' Virus Coverage Appeals
• Avis Car Rental To Pay $10M For Overcharged Insurance
• State Farm Sued For $5M Over 'Ambiguous' Auto Injury Policy
• Landry's Tells 5th Circ. $20M Data Hack Was A 'Publication'
• Jury Charge Error Means New Trial Against Windstorm Insurer
• Allstate Says Employees In ERISA Suit 'Lost Nothing'
• COVID-19 Fueled $2.9B Class Action Spending Record
• Insurer Scores Win In Ky. Fitness Center's Virus Coverage Suit
• Metallica Rocks Underwriters With Tour Postponement Suit
• 5th Circ. Wary Of Clinic's Bid To Revive NFL Benefits Suit
• Why Legacy Insurance May Not Protect Adopters Of Bitcoin
• Colonial Seeks Insurance Payout For $4.4M Cyberattack
• Foster Farms Seeks Coverage Of Turkey Market Antitrust Suits
• Eckert Looks To Stay Investment Adviser's Malpractice Suit
• Strip Clubs Take COVID-19 Coverage Fight To 9th Circ.
• Goodwill Asks 10th Circ. To Revive Virus Coverage Suit
• 6th Circ. Says Retired Cops Were Still Owed Health Coverage
• NYC Hotel's COVID Coverage Suit Can't Avoid Virus Exclusion
• NJ Law Firm Can't Revive Insurance Suit Over Stolen Funds
• Smaller Firms Need Employee Wellness Programs, Too
• US Financial Crime Compliance Costs Surged In 2020: Survey
• Hours After Getting Patents, Teva Sues Eli Lilly Again
• Robins Kaplan Adds Insurance Partner To Practice Group
• CVS Drug Buyers Demand $100M As Overcharge Trial Opens
• Insurer Tells Texas Justices Gold Coin Theft Not Covered
• Insurer Says No Coverage For Market In Coach Copyright Row
• Insurer's Fraud Theory Stays In $8M High-Rise Flood Fight
• Insurer Must Face Duke's Suit Over Antitrust Class Actions
• Colonial CEO Defends $4.4M Ransomware Payment
• Pipeline Co. Beats Insurer's $7M Diesel Cleanup Suit
• Ill. BIPA Ruling Marks Critical Win For Silent Cyber Coverage
• Anytime Fitness Franchisees Fight Insurer's Virus Exclusion
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• RI Strip Club's COVID-19 Coverage Suit Moves Forward
• Akerman Holds Off DQ Bid In USAA Medicare Repayment Row
• In-N-Out Doubles Down In Zurich Pandemic Coverage Beef
• 2nd Circ. Says High Court Ruling Dooms Health Aides' Suit
• NY Badly Needs Bad Faith Bill To Hold Insurers Accountable
• Calif. Survival Damages Bill Would Cost Cos., Consumers
• NFL's Eagles Say Insurer Can't Punt COVID Coverage Suit
• Pa. Judge Tosses Comfort Suites Owners' Virus Coverage Suit
• Court Urged Against Finding Ryder Liable For Trucker
• 11th Circ. Says Policy Doesn't Cover Fla. Apartment For Killing
• Weight-Loss Surgery Doc Wants To Drop Fraud Indictment
• Versace Owner Fights Bid To Dismiss COVID-19 Coverage Suit
• Hartford Unit Escapes Hospitality Group's COVID-19 Loss Suit
• Insurer Wants Out Of Blue Bell Investor Listeria Suit
• Lakers Say Insurer Using Strawman To Duck Virus Coverage
• Insurer Says McDonald's Franchises Not Covered In BIPA Suit
• MSG Owner Says Insurers Can't Escape COVID Coverage Suit
• Ga. Judges Say Insurer Is Liable For Off-The-Job Truck Crash
• Stop Networking, Start Relationship Marketing
• When Your 9th Circ. Case Needs California High Court Input
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• FCPA's High Costs May Cause Tightening In D&O Market
• Ever Given Insurer Blames Suez Authority For Ship's Speed
• Insurer Tells 7th Circ. Virus Exclusion Bars All Pandemic Loss
• Celebrity Cruises Wants Coverage For 'Snuba' Death Suit
• $10M Settlement Didn't Damage Bike Tour Co., Court Finds
• 5th Circ. Says Insurer Wrongly Denied Ship Pilot's Disability
• Fla. Justices Say Firm Can't Avoid Insurer's Malpractice Suit
• Buffalo Wild Wings Owners, Others Seek Virus Loss Coverage
• Insurer Says Seafood Chain's Loss Is Not Coronavirus' Fault
• What Attorneys Should Know About Fee Deferral
• Insurers Have Cause For Optimism In Labor Cost Rulings
• Minn. Judge Says Virus Exclusion No Bar To Closure Orders
• Insurers Sail Away With Win In $1.5M Yacht Coverage Row
• Insurer Needn't Defend Firm In Suit Over Crash Report Data
• Insurers Push Back On Cyprus Mines' Pick For Claims Rep
• Insurer Sues To Avoid Wing Restaurants' BIPA Suit
• Broker Isn't Covered For $60M TCPA Ruling, 11th Circ. Says
• Costco Vendor's Insurer Says Costco Not Covered For Injury
• CVS Judge Slams 'Totally Inappropriate' Trial Instructions
• Anthem Patient Wants 9th Circ. Revival Of Device Denial Suit
• State Farm, Pain Clinic Move To End Insurance RICO Suit
• Insurer Dodges Cryotherapy Clinic's Virus Coverage Suit
• NJ Lab Sues UnitedHealth Units For COVID-19 Test Payments
• 11th Circ. Hands Progressive A Win In Fla. Bad-Faith Dispute
• NJ Lawmakers Advance Bill To Allow Pandemic Insurance
• Predictions On Pandemic's Lasting Impact On Legal Education
• Insurer Escapes Coverage For 'My 600-lb Life' Suits
• John Hancock Inks $14M Deal In 401(k) Self-Dealing Suit
• Cos. Should Review Insurance Policies For PFAS Coverage
• 8th Circ. Says Insurer Needn't Cover Recycler's Repair Costs
• 5 Texas Legislative Measures Attys Should Know
• German InsurTech Wefox Raises $650M In Series C Round
• Insurer Asks Court To Toss $100M COVID-19 Coverage Suit
• Tanning Salon's Virus Coverage Suit Burned Over Exclusion
• Texas Justices Say Medical Providers' Rates Discoverable
• Lawyer Perfectionism Is A Disease We Can Control
• Pet Insurer Valued At $2B In Series D Round
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review