Insurance Archive » August, 2021

Insurance - August, 2021

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• Anti-Holmes Bias, Abuse Focus In 1st Day Of Jury Selection
• 3 Legal Takeaways For Oil And Gas Sector Post-Hurricane Ida
• Cincinnati Notches Virus Coverage Win At 11th Circ.
• Developer Loses COVID-19 Insurance Coverage Bid In Md.
• AIG Accused Of Bailing On Billabong Cyberattack Losses
• Calif. Health Giant Sutter To Pay $60M To End FCA Claims
• Chubb Sued Over 'Mission: Impossible' COVID Delay
• Insurance Commissioner's Agenda: Wis. Tackles Climate Risk
• Selective Must Pay $1M In Hail Damage Row, 8th Circ. Affirms
• Hochul Names Ex-Obama Adviser To Be Top NY Financial Cop
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To 182 Attys From 77 Firms
• What The Judiciary's Font Recommendations Can Teach Us
• Lloyd's Tells 11th Circ. To Toss Eatery's Virus Coverage Suit
• How Firms Can Help Law Schools Leap Into The Future
• Vaccines, Tuition, Race: The Litigation On Law Schools' Radar
• 4 Ideas For Updating Law Schools Post-Pandemic
• Original 'Cheers' Pub Can't Get Pandemic Insurance Coverage
• Gov't Contracts Of The Month: Vaccine, IT, Disinformation
• Holmes' Mental State Key To Fraud Defense, Legal Pros Say
• Holmes' Health Docs Allege Balwani Abused, Controlled Her
• Hair Salon Franchise's COVID-19 Coverage Suit Clipped
• Maxus Energy Says No To $5.2M Fee For Insurance Consultant
• 5th Circ. Turns To Texas High Court In Hail Coverage Suit
• Ill. Court Reverses Insurer's Win In Crash Coverage Suit
• Ill. Judge Hands Society Insurance COVID-19 Coverage Wins
• NC Eateries Get Virus Case Delivered Back To State Court
• Home Aides' Attys Get $5.6M In Fees In Humana Settlement
• Ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' Top 5 Pretrial Battles
• Biz Groups End Insurance Price Fight After Compliance Delay
• Goodwin Continues Expansion Of Private Equity Group
• Insurer Asserts No More Coverage Due On $1B Crash Verdict
• Chubb Unit Beats NJ Restaurant's COVID Coverage Suit
• 11th Circ. Affirms $3M Insurer Win Over Ruined Orange Grove
• Concession Co. Loses Bid For Coverage Of COVID Losses
• Policyholders Nab Wins In COVID Suits, In 'Sea Change'
• NY Cos. Denied Virus Coverage Like 'More Than 100' Before
• ProMedica Tells 6th Circ. It Needs Rehearing Answer ASAP
• Lawyers Seek $3.6M Cut Of $14M John Hancock 401(k) Deal
• Owner Of 4 La. Subways Sues Insurer Over Hurricane Losses
• 8th Circ. Says No Defense Owed To Firm In Collection Suit
• Aon Boosts Reinsurance Team To Fight Climate, Capital Risks
• Insurer Overpaid For Policyholder's Legal Bills, Judge Finds
• $11B Hospital System Not A Local Gov't, Justices Told
• Policyholders Ask 11th Circ. To Revive Virus Coverage Suits
• Hospital Wants Redo In 6th Circ. ProMedica Contract Appeal
• Theranos Judge Cuts Potential Jurors For Anti-Holmes Bias
• 4 ShiftPixy Blank-Check Vehicles Slash IPO Sizes
• Takeda Can't Duck Generic-Drug Delay Suit At 2nd Circ.
• 8th Circ. Tosses Widower's Fatal Accident Coverage Suit
• NJ Theater Denied Remand In Zurich Virus Coverage Suit
• Erie Seeks Appellate Do-Over On Coordinated Pa. Virus Cases
• 8th Circ. Backs Insurers' Win Over Boating Injury Coverage
• Insurer Can't Escape Coverage Suit Over Stock Buyback Row
• Avenatti Gains Edge As Feds Show Hand In Mistrial
• Society Asks Judge To Toss Bad Faith Claims In Virus MDL
• Aviation Watch: Space Tourists Are In A Legal Vacuum
• SEC Cyber Disclosure Actions Point To Merciless Scrutiny
• State Auto Claims No Duty To Defend Ill. Cafe's Wage Suit
• Native American Tribes See Mixed Bag In Virus Coverage Suits
• NY Photography Biz's Virus Coverage Suit Gets Shuttered
• Cravath, Davis Polk Rep GuideWell's $900M Triple-S Buy
• How The 'Rocket Docket' Continues To Roar Through COVID
• Ex-Giuliani Associate To Cop Plea In Campaign Finance Case
• 7th Circ. Sides With Underwriters In Asbestos Claims Fight
• NJ Must Face Whistleblower's Suit Over Medicaid Fraud Dept.
• Consumers Accuse Insurer Lemonade Of Storing Facial Data
• Holdout Resisting Erie Virus MDL Could Sink Amended Suit
• Boy Scouts Victim Attys Seek Probe Of $1.3B Insurer Liability
• Insurer Wants Restaurant's Virus Coverage Suit Tossed
• US Imposes New Nord Stream 2 Sanctions On Russian Cos.
• Kelley Kronenberg Adds Insurance Defense Partner In Miami
• Generics Group Says 'Skinny Label' Suit Should Not Proceed
• Holmes Can't Stop Ex-Theranos Lab Director From Testifying
• Pandemic Tests Hospitality Industry At Midyear Point
• Insurer Must Defend In Property Line Dispute, 3rd Circ. Says
• Tribe's Pandemic Coverage Limited To $2M, Conn. Judge Says
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Calif. Bans Insurance Policy Cancellations Amid Wildfires
• State Farm Policyholders Win 1st Class Cert. In COVID-19 Row
• Insurer Wants Out Of Senior Facility's BIPA Class Suit
• Boy Scouts Ch. 11 Judge OKs $850M Victims Settlement Pool
• Lexington Insurance Wants Out Of BCBS Antitrust Coverage
• Finance Expert Allowed To Testify In Arcade Electrocution Suit
• Liberty Mutual Says Poppy Seed Stroke Claims Not Covered
• Why A Missed Email Could Cost You Your Case
• Texas BBQ Restaurants Ask 5th Circ. To Revive COVID Suit
• Alsup Rips Class Attys Over 'Collusive' UnitedHealth Deal
• 3rd Circ. Says Fed. Judges Rushed Virus Insurance Suits
• Millennium Tower Atty Expects Insurance Shifts After Surfside
• Insurer Can't Skirt Appraisal Of Condos' Hurricane Claim
• Judge Pushes Surfside On Condo Collapse Site Zoning Plan
• Ga. Health Care System Says Kaiser Permanente Owes $41.7M
• Insurer Must Cover Cabinet Co. In Certification Mark Dispute
• Sidley, Loeb Steer SPAC Deal For $3B Specialty Auto Insurer
• Munich Re Launches US Management Liability Cover
• Judge Lets Most Of Xyrem Antitrust Suit Against Jazz Survive
• Biden Admin Mulling Tweaks To ACA Birth Control Provisions
• Beazley Picks Up US Cyberinsurance Head From Chubb
• Insurers Call Boy Scouts Del. Ch. 11 Schedules Unworkable
• Insurer Isn't Required To Cover $30M Philly Balcony Collapse
• Restaurant Group Says Zurich Misread Its Own Policy
• Consolidated Surfside Complaint Targets Condo Association
• These Law Firms Have The Most Diverse Equity Partnerships
• Insurer Begs 5th Circ. to Rethink 'Radical' Data Hack Error
• Ex-Jones Day Secretary Seeks Quick Win In Disability Dispute
• 9th Circ. Moves Needle In Favor Of Foreign Insurers
• Insurer Warns Scouts' Del. Ch. 11 Deal Could Backfire Badly
• Ex-Theranos CEO Holmes Wants To Go Maskless During Trial
• Insurer Says Ruptured Pipeline Damages Not Covered
• Salon's COVID Changes Not Covered, Judge Says In Reversal
• Goodwin Atty Sues Unum, Provident For Disability Benefits
• Insurer Sues Fla. Firm Despite 'Serious Doubts' Of Malpractice
• 17 Best Practices For Defending Against Ransomware Attacks
• Law360's Diversity Snapshot: What You Need To Know
• Insurers Urge 11th Circ. To Toss Eatery's Virus Coverage Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Wachtell, Latham
• SoCal Edison Won't Face Criminal Charges For Woolsey Fire
• Insurers Press Boy Scouts On Groups Left Out Of Ch. 11 Deal
• Hartford Dodges Miami Salon's COVID-19 Coverage Class Suit
• NY Convention Rules In Insurance Game, 9th Circ. Says
• Insurer Looks To Dodge McDonald's Discrimination Suit
• 5 Reasons Lawyers Often Fail To Secure Litigation Funding
• Ill. Judge Lets NY Builders Press On In Virus Coverage Fight
• Cuomo Ally To Depart As Top NY Financial Regulator
• Multifamily Deals Gain Popularity With New Band Of Investors
• 6 Months Later, What To Know About The Texas Storm MDL
• Carlton Fields Adds Former Fla. Insurance Official
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• DC Circ. Erases UnitedHealth's Overpayment Rule Triumph
• Ransomware Scourge Isn't Scaring Away Cyber Insurers
• Skadden, Sidley Lead $4B Willis Towers Reinsurance Biz Sale
• UnitedHealth Strikes Deal To End Mental Health Policy Suits
• Insurer Beats NJ Eateries' Suit For COVID-Related Coverage
• Alsup Queries Proposed UnitedHealthcare Lipo Coverage Deal
• Boy Scouts In Talks To Bring Troop Sponsors Into Ch. 11 Deal
• NJ Law Firm Beats Bankruptcy Deal In Split 3rd Circ. Ruling
• Despite Giuliani's Assertion, Lawyers Cannot 'Throw A Fake'
• Judge Rejects Lakers' Shot At COVID-19 Insurance Coverage
• Blockchain-Focused SPAC Among 3 IPOs Totaling $400M
• It's Time To Upgrade Our Attorney Licensure Rules
• 9th Circ. Urged By Chubb Unit To Affirm COVID Coverage Win
• Insurer Considerations For Post-Pandemic Virtual Mediation
• 3rd Circ. Says Ex-UnitedHealth VP Must Arbitrate Claims
• UnitedHealthcare Hit With DOL Suit Over Mental Health Policy
• Del. Judge Keeps Refiner's Securities Coverage Dispute Alive
• 5th Circ. Upholds Insurer's Win In $1.7M Faulty Well Fight
• Insurers Want Access To Long Island Diocese's Ch. 11 Claims
• Virus Exclusion Blocks Coverage For Sporting Goods Stores
• Insurer Wants $13B Surveillance Suit Halted In Ga. Court
• Baseball Teams Lead Pitch To 9th Circ. On COVID Coverage
• Hilton Owner Loses COVID Coverage Fight In Illinois
• Chamber Sues To Block Health Plan Price Transparency Rule
• Another Ex-Boies Schiller Atty Joins King & Spalding In LA
• $120M Offer Emerges For Surfside Condo Tragedy Site
• Vaughan Baio Snags 9 From Goldberg Segalla, Grows In NY
• Hiscox Needn't Defend Med Co. In $6.4M False Ad Suit
• Sweetbridge Sues Robinson & Cole Over Breached M&A Deal
• Data-Based Predictions On Case Timelines After Pandemic
• Split 9th Circ. Vacates Nationwide Classes In TCPA Fight
• Insurers Want No Part Of Pump Maker's Asbestos Injury Suits
• Religious Groups Win Pass On Abortions, Transgender Care
• Amazon Will Pay Up To $1K For Injuries From 3rd-Party Goods
• Chubb Unit Tells 4th Circ. Virus Didn't Cause Physical Loss
• 6th Circ. Lets ProMedica Drop Rival's Insurance Contracts
• 7th Circ. Revives Robocall Suit Against Insurance Cos.
• State Farm Dodges Dental Practices' Virus Coverage Suit
• Hartford Unit Fights Gallery's Virus Coverage Suit At 9th Circ.
• 9th Circ. Says TCPA Applies To Job Recruiting Robocalls
• Pa. Panel Axes Mass Consolidation Of Virus Coverage Cases
• Ga. Eateries Want State High Court's Take On Virus Coverage
• Ex-Theranos CEO Must Unseal Mental Health Docs
• Yelp, Dental Practices Drawn Into COVID-19 Coverage Fights
• Embracing ESG
• Benzene In Sunscreens Could Be The Next Big Toxic Tort
• Zurich Unit Seeks To Toss Calif. Hotel's Coronavirus Suit
• Effort By NHL Insurers To DQ Skadden, Proskauer Rejected
• Dealership Dodges Claims In Hyundai Engine Fraud Suit
• La. Seafood Biz Not Covered For Tree Damage, Theft Loss
• Insurance Investor Breached $30M Settlement, Judge Says
• University Of Ghana Says It Will Fight $165M Insurer Award
• Trade Group Backs Wis. Pub For COVID-19 Coverage Win
• 9th Circ. Told To Toss Strip Clubs' Virus Coverage Suit
• Family Fights For Coverage In Denmark's $2B Tax Fraud Suit
• Long Island Diocese Says Sexual Abuse Claims Exceed 150
• 3 Firms Lead Brookfield Unit's $5.1B American National Buy
• Retention Is Key To Meaningful Diversity At Law Firms
• Ship Owner Wins $1.5M For Insurance Broker's Malpractice
• Virus Exclusions Bar Salon, Laundromat's COVID-19 Coverage
• 4 Considerations In Light Of Cyber Incident Notification Bill
• Erie Insurance Virus MDL Can Move Ahead
• Cyber Insurer Corvus Buys Wingman Insurance
• Surfside Condo Victims Fear Repairs May Spoil Evidence
• NJ Warehouse Owner Can't Get Coverage For Roof Collapse
• 9th Circ. Poised To Weigh COVID-19 Coverage Battles
• Insurer Must Defend Chemical Co. In Firefighting Foam MDL
• The Right Condo Governance Provisions Can Enhance Safety
• Health Hires: Robinson & Cole, Benesch Friedlander
• Key Considerations For D&O Policy Related-Claims Clauses
• AIG Unit Denied Atty Fees Following $7.2M Coverage Win
• Insurer Escapes Lionbridge's Suit Over Kirkland, Akerman Tab
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Ex-Private Equity Exec Gets 5 Years For Raiding Insurers
• Illinois Cutlery Biz Sees COVID-19 Coverage Suit Cut Down
• 2nd Circ. Told To Toss Law Firm's RICO Appeal
• Iowa Justices Told About 8th Circ. Ruling On COVID Coverage
• Wash. Justices Say Couple Can Seek $1.7M From Insurer
• Consultant's Insurers Sue To Deny Condo Collapse Coverage
• Travelers Sues Builder To Avoid Covering $50M Hotel Dispute
• Texas Case Boosts Defense Challenges To Medical Expenses
• Insurance Groups Urge 2nd Circ. Not To Revive NY Virus Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pershing Square, UnitedHealth, Westpac
• Insurer Can't Dodge Yankees Affiliate's Virus Coverage Suit
• 3 Firms Mold $2B Deal For Climate Insurance Risk Biz
• WilmerHale Attys Helped Lose Theranos Data, Judge Says
• Shippers Can Face Theft Claims In AIG's Lost IPhone Suit
• Policy Cancellation Bars Wis. Ski Resort's $5M Fire Claim
• Med Group Makes Case For Virus Coverage To Ohio Justices
• Risks To Consider For Commercial Real Estate Gap Closings
• La. Restaurants Lose In COVID Contamination Coverage Suit
• Avoiding Unauthorized Practice Of Law In Remote Work
• Restaurant Conglomerate Loses $50M NY Virus Coverage Suit
• Greensill Moves Toward Finacity Sale Despite Terms Changes
• Hikma Should Face Amarin's Patent Suit, Magistrate Says
• La. Medical Lab Can Press Hurricane Coverage Claim
• Insurance Groups Urge 7th Circ. To Toss Virus Coverage Suit
• Wis. Tribe Seeks Virus Coverage For Casinos In State Court
• Virus Shutdown Orders Trigger Coverage, 11th Circ. Told
• Insurer Wants No Delay In USC Sex Harassment Coverage Suit
• Mass. Law Firms Can't Dodge Slip-And-Fall Coverage Row
• Landlord Compares COVID To Odor In 1st Circ. Coverage Bid
• Great American Can't Duck Pressure Cooker Coverage Suit
• Miles & Stockbridge Adds Ex-Reed Smith Insurance Atty
• Mich. Health Providers Face Suit Over 'No Poach' Agreement
• Ex-TIAA Chief Legal Officer Joins Citizens Inc. Board
• NY Ruling Should Make Counsel More Cautious In Emails
• California Pizza Kitchen Hits Insurer With Virus Coverage Suit
• Excess Insurer Says Winery's Wildfire Damage Not On Its Tab
• Shuttered Abbott Units Ink $160M Deal In FCA Case, DOJ Says
• Chubb Unit Fights Defense For Smithfield Foods Stench Suit
• Insurer Wants Amazon To Pay For Solar Generator House Fire
• Pawnshops Seek 1 Deductible For Floyd Protest Damage
• Insurer Says It Isn't Liable For Ga. Water Pollution Claims
• Burlington Wants $750M Virus Suit Back In NJ State Court
• 4 Restaurants Are One Employer, Mass. Appeals Court Says
• Insurers Avoid Covering $177M Award To Jarden Stockholders
• WSJ Publisher Asks To Unseal Elizabeth Holmes Docs
• Planet Hollywood Stands Behind COVID-19 Coverage Suit
• Ghana U. Must Pay $165M For 'Disastrous' Deal, Insurer Says
• Ex-McGriff Exec Rejoins Littler To Lead Atlanta Office
• 5th Circ. Data Hack Ruling May Increase Privacy Litigation