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Insurance - August, 2023

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• ​​​​​​​Builder Accuses Marriott Of 'Bait And Switch' Over $7M Bill
• Prudential Failed To Protect Personal Info, Suit Says
• Tort Report: Peter Fonda's Widow Drops Suit Over His Death
• Geico Can't Escape Underpayment Suit, NJ Court Rules
• Gunmaker Says AIG Units Abruptly Dropped Defense
• Frozen Yogurt Chain Loses COVID Pandemic Coverage Suit
• 10th Circ. Asked To Rethink Insurance Reprocessing Decision
• The Basics Of Being A Knowledge Management Attorney
• Road Co.'s Bid For $4M More In Coverage Denied
• Wash. Businesses' Virus Suits Not Special, 9th Circ. Told
• 9th Circ. Upholds Restaurants' Virus Coverage Loss
• La. Firm Can Escape Legal Malpractice Suit In Texas
• Riker Danzig Beats DQ Bid In $9M Reinsurance Fight, For Now
• Bankrupt Israeli Fintech Gets $800K To Pay Fired Workers
• Texas Storms Drive Coverage Litigation And Key Rulings
• Benefytt Gets Ch. 11 Plan OK Over TCPA Claimant Objections
• Chubb Unit Asks 2nd Circ. To Uphold Sandy Coverage Win
• Yahoo, AIG Unit Settle Spam Text Coverage Row
• Lyondell Leak MDL Plaintiffs Seek Insurance Info From Co.
• New Jersey Judge Rejects Camden Diocese Ch. 11 Plan
• Allstate Spreadsheets Were Trade Secrets, 1st Circ. Says
• State Farm Accused Of Discriminatory Denial Of Theft Claims
• Google Contractor Seeks Coverage Of Concrete Saw Accident
• These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships
• Insurer Settles Policy Fight With Hotel Facing Trafficking Suits
• USPTO, Car Cos., Profs Tell Fed. Circ. About Design Patents
• Nationwide Owes $2.5M For Water Damage, Condo Assn. Says
• 9th Circ. Tosses Virus Coverage Bid From 14 Businesses
• McCarter & English Can't Dodge Contract Suit, Ex-Clients Say
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Insurer's Win In Farm Loss Coverage Fight
• Gun Group Illegally Sold Insurance, Wash. Panel Says
• Geico To Face Pared-Down Data Breach Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Wilder, Northwestern Mutual, Jeff Bewkes
• Amway Urges 6th Circ. To Back $37M Win Against AIG Unit
• Ex-Ga. Insurance Chief Should Face Trial, Judge Says
• HOA's State Farm Breach Claim Is 16 Years Late, Judge Says
• To Hire And Keep Top Talent, Think Beyond Compensation
• Orrick Hit With Second Data Breach Suit
• A Deep Dive Into Law360 Pulse's Women In Law Report
• Next Steps For Insurers After Ky. OKs Early 3rd-Party Claims
• Progressive Customers Spar Over Leading Data Breach Suits
• Furniture Biz's Amended Claims Moot Insurer's Dismissal Bid
• 10th Circ. Revives Ex-Wife's $100k Life Insurance Suit
• Insurer Says Chosen Damage Appraiser Can't Stand
• 11th Circ. Tosses Insurers' Investment Suit Appeal As Moot
• 4 Charged In $70M No-Fault Insurance Scam Plead Not Guilty
• Drug Co. Says Exclusion Doesn't Bar Subpoena Coverage
• Years Into Fraud Case, Ex-Insurance Broker Admits Guilt
• W.Va. Green Grower Tells 4th Circ. Insurer's Win Is Nonsense
• Mich. Panel Upholds $1.3M Win To Injured Semitruck Driver
• 9th Circ. Nixes Coverage Default Win For Health Care Provider
• Split 5th Circ. Reverses Clubs' Coverage For Models' Suit
• School District Must Arbitrate Hurricane Claims, Court Told
• Luxury Rental Co. Owes $100K, Workers' Comp Insurer Says
• Insurer Says Farmers Can't Claim $2M Before Investigation
• Insurers Settle Defense Row Over Cockroach-Ridden Complex
• Insurers End Tussle Over Ransomware Attack Coverage
• 9th Circ. Reopens Door To Reprocessing In UBH Battle
• NYC Property Owner's Bad Faith Claim Is False, Insurer Says
• More States Should Join Effort To Close Legal Services Gap
• Property Management Co. Settles $1M Theft Coverage Dispute
• NRA Says Allianz Owes Cancer Coverage In Underlying Suit
• Nationwide Affiliates Drop Ohio Class Action Coverage Suit
• Arthur J. Gallagher Must Face Ex-Exec's $6M Benefits Suit
• 10th Circ. Remand Of ERISA Claims To Insurer Is Problematic
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 9th Circ. Judge Open To Reversing Sutter Health Antitrust Win
• Chemical Co. Accuses AIG Of Improper Injury Coverage Denial
• 3rd Circ. Says Insurer Can't Appeal Order To Defend
• 2nd Circ. Partially Revives AmTrust Investors' Fraud Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Williams Magnolia, CBRE, PacLife
• Insurer's Ex-President Owes $3M For 'Outrageous' Fraud
• Identifying Trends And Tips In Litigation Financing Disclosure
• Apt. Cos. Ask 11th Circ. To Make Insurers Cover $54M Award
• Colo. Co. Fights Law Firm's Dismissal From Insurance Dispute
• Florida Firm Fights Ex-Client's Bid To Shut Down Fee Liens
• Fish & Richardson Atty Settles Provident Disability Claim Suit
• Chubb Overcharge Suit Better Fit For Calif., NJ Judge Says
• Travelers Settles Suit Over Trailer Cargo Fire
• Mich. Judge Doubts Insurer's Bid To Skip Indemnity Payment
• Insurer Prevails In Calif. Driver's COVID Premium Suit
• Split 7th Circ. Says Worry From Data Leak No Grounds To Sue
• NC Tire Co. Gets Coverage Spat Kicked Back To State Court
• Insurer Not Obligated To Defend Ala. Termite Suit
• Insurers, Prepare For Large Exposures From PFAS Claims
• US Trustee Balks At Bankrupt Fintech Paying Fired Workers
• Zurich Wants Out Of $4.6M Natural Gas Lawsuit
• Life Insurer Swept Up In Avalanche Of Telecom Patent Suits
• Real Estate Rumors: Penzance, United Group, Nationwide
• Continental Argues Effort To Drop Claims Should Kill Sanction
• Nationwide Gets Pa. Drivers' Billing Class Action Scaled Back
• $10M PPP Fraud Coverage Fight Kicked To Hawaii State Court
• Fed Fines Regions Bank $3M For Flood Insurance Practices
• Uber Eats, Widower Head To Arbitration
• Towers Watson's Insurers Say No Coverage For Merger Suits
• Auto Accessory Co. Not Covered In BIPA Suit, 7th Circ. Told
• Travelers Drops Duty-To-Defend Suit Against Zurich
• Logistics Co. Seeks $41M For Taliban-Seized Warehouse
• Benefytt Says It Has Deal With Creditors On Ch. 11 Plan
• CVR Refining Asks Del. Court For $26.4M Initial Insurer Payout
• Co. Settles Equipment Damage Coverage Suit Against Insurer
• Insurer Owes $545K In Ian Damages, Fla. Condo Says
• 3rd Circ. Postpones Ruling On Urban Outfitters' Virus Appeal
• Insurer Wins Dismissal Of COVID-19 Travel Refund Suit In NJ
• Primary Insurer Denied New Trial In Rejected-Settlement Fight
• Insurer Seeks $2M Escrow Funds Lost In Wire Fraud Scheme
• Allstate's Poaching, Trade Secrets Suit Sees Slight Trim
• Insurer Can't Escape Covering Sleep Machine Class Actions
• 8th Circ. Denies Restaurant Co. New COVID Coverage Trial
• Allstate Customers Seek Class Cert. In Underpayment Suit
• Insurer Gets Quick Win In Van Unloading Injury Coverage Row
• UPMC Surgeon Drops Claims Stemming From Alleged Wiretap
• COVID Travel Insurance Suit Doesn't Belong In NJ, Judge Says
• Akademos Insurer Wants Out Of Shareholder Stock-Drop Suit
• Insurer Doesn't Owe Sales Rep $508K For Test-Drive Crash
• Ex-JPMorgan Exec Can't Escape Claims Over Epstein Ties
• The Pop Culture Docket: Judge Elrod On 'Jury Duty'
• Lions Club Must Arbitrate $1.3M Hurricane Ida Claim
• Judge Says She Can't Tell Who The Real 'AIG' Is
• Geico's Protests Of Judge's Recs Are Unavailing, Court Told
• Pickleball Makes Waves In Fla. Real Estate, With Risks In Play
• Insurer Ordered To Defend Apartment Co. In Tenant Suit
• Geico Sues NY Docs For $3.65M In Fraudulent No-Fault Billing
• Man's Overalls Caused $75K In Damage To Hotel, Insurer Says
• Unum's Negligence Led To Data Breach, Proposed Class Says
• 2nd Circ. Urged To Affirm Win In Ex-AIG Atty's Retaliation Suit
• Mich. Panel Affirms Insurers On Hook For $3M Crash Verdict
• Ex-Lab Co. CEO Gets 27 Years For $187M Medicare Fraud
• Insurer Says Co. Owes $1.2M Over Damaged Generator
• Australian Boutique Names Two New Principals
• Lender Says Atlantic City Mortgage Row Duplicates NY Suit
• Hartford Insurance Co. Accused of Negligence In Data Breach
• Cigna Strikes Deal To Settle ERISA Suit Over Drug Prices
• No Need To Pause Urban Outfitters' Virus Appeal, Zurich Says
• 4 Business-Building Strategies For Introvert Attorneys
• 1st Circ. Vacates Insurer's Win In Arson Coverage Suit
• Insurer Ordered To Continue Ga. Murder Coverage Case
• 10th Circ.'s Okla. PBM Ruling Could Curtail State Regulation
• Puppy Retailer Not Covered For False Ad Suit, Insurer Says
• Ill. Judge Tosses Malpractice Suit In Estate Spat For Now
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• NC Court Rules Wholesaler's Insurance Covers Opioid Suits
• AIG Units Say Oil Co. Isn't Covered For Novel Climate Suit
• Utility Seeks $3M For Convicted CEO, Officers' Defense Costs
• Settlement Reached With Insurer Over NY Asbestos Injury Suit
• Wells Fargo Investors' Attys Get $75M As Insurance Deal OK'd
• Judge Says Ex-Insys CEO Has To Repay $6M In Defense Fees
• Insurer Denied Win In Fatal Crash Coverage Suit
• 4th Circ. Says No Coverage Stacking For Cop's Fatal Crash
• Mass. Dispute Highlights R&W Insurance Considerations
• Atty Gets Almost 4 Years For Aiding Murdaugh In $4.3M Con
• Insurer Off The Hook For Contractor's Negligence Defense
• 3 Ways Justices' Disclosure Defenses Miss The Ethical Point
• Insurer Says It Won't Cover Ga. Family In Dog Chase Suit
• 1st Circ. Says Insurer Off Hook In Nonprofit's Fight With Univ.
• New Jersey Cases To Watch For The Rest Of 2023
• Insurers Prevail In Home Depot $50M Data Breach Fight
• Insurer Says No Coverage For Idaho Funeral Home
• Insurers Fail To Force Hurricane Damage Suit Into Arbitration
• Insys Trust Wants Insurer To Pay Share Of Ch. 11 Settlement
• MetLife Must Produce Docs In Retirees Spat With DOL
• Humana, Aetna Can't Return Seroquel Suit To Calif. Court
• 5th Circ. Says $2M Car Crash Judgment Isn't Covered
• Nextdoor Directors Resign Over Pinterest Overlap
• No Quick Win In Assault Coverage Fight, Court Told
• Subcontractor Must Arbitrate Va. Highway Project Fight
• Skyward Specialty Insurance Adds Anterix CLO To Board
• Uber Injury Class Suit Lacks Evidence For Remand
• 10th Circ. Finds ERISA, Medicare Preempt Okla. PBM Law
• Title Insurer Must Face Abutter's Rights Dispute, Judge Says
• Insurer Seeks To Escape Malpractice Defense Of NJ Atty
• Rethinking Mich. Slip-And-Fall Defense After Top Court Ruling
• 11th Circ. Won't Rethink Nonprofit's Water Damage Dispute
• Insurance Co. Looks To Spoil Dairy's $1M Arb. Award
• Insurer Persuades 10th Circ. To Let It Reprocess Claims
• Insurance Broker Tells NC Judge Contract Suit Belongs In Del.
• NJ Panel Backs Insurer In Condo Complex Fire Coverage Fight
• Insurer Says Ga. Hotel Not Covered For Sex Trafficking Suit
• St. Louis Landlord Defends Leak Coverage Suit
• Insurers Say $7M Hurricane Damage Claim Must Be Arbitrated
• Insurer, HOA Settle Coverage Suit Over Hidden Water Damage
• 7th Circ. Refuses To Revisit $10M Drug Co. Coverage Ruling
• Catalent Brass Face Investor Suit Over COVID Vaccine Woes
• Fintech Co. Seeks Ch. 11 Protections Amid Fraud Allegations
• 11th Circ. Says Ex-Execs Only Get Fees In Contract Suit Redo
• Aliera Cos. Wins Confirmation For Liquidating Ch. 11 Plan
• Insurer Wins Reversal In Car Crash Coverage Suit
• AIG Unit Needn't Cover Property Manager In Breach Suit
• Insurer Seeks Out Of Opioid Suit Against Pharmaceutical Co.
• Insurer Seeks $4.5M Prejudgment Remedy In Staffing Co. Row
• Insurer Delayed Flagging Data Breach That Hit 2.7M, Suit Says
• Disinfectant Wipe Maker Loses Class Action Coverage Bid
• Bank Denied Early Win In $15M Scam Coverage Fight
• What To Know About Duty To Settle Insurance Claims In Texas
• Orrick Slapped With Data Breach Suit
• Travelers, Food Co. Agree To End Rain Damage Suit Again
• Fla. Court Says State Farm Can Sue Clinic Over Massages
• Liberty Mutual Gets Retirement Benefits Case Trimmed Again
• Abuse Of Minors Excluded From Coverage, City's Insurer Says
• Murdaugh Fraud Accomplice Pleads For Mercy In $4.3M Con
• Judge Finds Insurer's $20M Fraud Suit Must Be Arbitrated
• Insurer, Bank Drop $5M Life Policy Scheme Dispute
• Title Insurer Says Liberty Mutual Owes $500K For Fraud Row
• Kaiser Doctors Didn't Flag Cancerous Mass, Wash. Man Says
• Beneficiaries Must Duel Over Benefits In Court, Insurer Says
• 'Bump-Up' Exclusion Doesn't Bar Viacom Execs' Coverage Bid
• Travelers Unit Dropped From Ammonia Leak Coverage Suit
• Clothing Co. Not Covered For COVID Losses, NC Panel Told
• HOA Gets Partial Early Win In Water Damage Coverage Suit
• Caregiver Flexibility Is Crucial For Atty Engagement, Retention
• Standing Issues Prevail In Wake Of Calif. Competition Ruling
• Smart-Tech Co. Settles Coverage Dispute With UK Insurer
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Drop Denver Law Firm From Hail Coverage Suit, Judge Says
• Coverage Owed For Amazon Warehouse Deformity, Court Told
• Progressive Customers Seek To Combine Data Breach Suits
• Wine Bottler Says Insurer Owes Contamination Row Costs
• NJ Co.'s Utility Line Protection Program 'Worthless,' Suit Says
• Co. Hit With Class Claims Over Life Insurer's Data Breach
• Insurer Must Face Condo's Unreasonable Delay Claim
• NY's Take On Premises Insurance Policies: What's In A Name?
• Ill. Panel Says No Private Cause Of Action For Insurer Delay
• Blue Cross Can Subpoena Lab Exec's Atty In Fraud Suit
• Insurer Failed To Protect Customer Info, Court Told
• Excess Insurer Seeks Guidance On FTX Collapse Coverage
• High Court Ruling No Help To Ex-Aegerion Rep, Feds Say
• No Coverage For Dealer's Lost Vehicles, Ga. Panel Rules
• Insurer Can't Get Early Win In Worker Injury Row With Bus Co.
• NC Health Network's Coverage Row With Broker Tossed
• Ga. Construction Biz Can't Revive $10M COVID Coverage Case
• Mercedes-Benz Supplier Defends Contract Clause In $33M Suit
• 7th Circ. Upholds Insurer Win In Plane Crash Coverage Suit
• No Extension For Harvard Coverage Bid, 1st Circ. Says
• Progressive Hit With Privacy Suit Over Multiyear Data Breach
• Hanover Units Want Out Of Covering Ga. Arena Death Suit
• 7th Circ. Allows Sentencing Redo In $7M Medicare Fraud
• Bradley Arant Insurance Litigator Heads To K&L Gates In DC
• Ga. Restaurant Co. Settles $14M Broker Negligence Case
• 3rd Circ. Won't Reconsider Revival Of $30M Coverage Suit
• First-Half Insured Losses Highest Since 2011, Swiss Re Says
• HOA, Insurer Settle $1.2M Storm Damage Coverage Dispute
• Co. Secures $27.4M Trial Win For Apt. Complex Fire Damage
• Manufacturer Must Face Insurer's Suit Over Faulty Trimmer
• Ga. Mirror-Image Rule Makes Settlements Fraught For Insurers
• United, Others Settle Passenger's Coma Liability Suit Mid-Trial
• Urban Outfitters Seeks Pause Of Virus Coverage Appeal
• In-Office Engagement Is Essential To Associate Development
• FEMA Seeks Toss Of States' Suit Over Flood Insurance Pricing
• Oklahoma Bar's Car Crash Coverage Suit Dismissed
• DC Circ. Affirms $1.1M ACA Penalty On Wireless Co. Is Tax
• Zurich Says Flood Limits Apply To Mass. Hospital Damage
• Travelers Must Cover Truck Co.'s Labor Suits, Court Told
• ​​​​​​​Seattle Convention Center Seeks Virus Coverage
• Developer Says Insurer Misconstrues Construction Defect Suit
• 11th Circ. Affirms Ex-Ga. Insurance Chief's Convictions
• 7th Circ. Backs Hospital's Win In ADA Suit Over Remote Work
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Cigna Can't Avoid No Surprises Act Suit, Air Medical Co. Says
• Insurer's Policy Misrepresentation Claims Are Time-Barred
• Wilson Elser Adds 4 Ex-Lewis Brisbois Insurance Pros In NY
• Insurer Owes $5.8M In Mold Coverage Dispute, Jury Says
• What's In The NAIC's Draft AI Bulletin
• Kentucky Panel Rejects Restaurant's COVID-19 Appeal
• A Judge's Pitch To Revive The Jury Trial
• Attys Predict Slip-And-Fall Influx After Mich. Top Court Ruling
• Sportswear Co. Seeks Coverage Of Brooks Brothers TM Suit
• Auto Insurer Escapes Claims In Dispute Over $1.6M Judgment
• Blue Cross Minn., Lab Strike Deal On COVID Test Claims
• Fla. Resort's $46M Hurricane Claim Sent To Arbitration
• Insurer Says No Coverage For $5.4M Texas Contamination Suit
• Zurich Doesn't Have To Cover Worker's Injury Suit
• Ill. Law Governs State Farm Fraud Claims, Vehicle Owners Say
• Insurer Scores Partial Win In $28M Texas Freeze Suit
• How To Recognize And Recover From Lawyer Loneliness
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Australian Regulator Blocks ANZ-Suncorp $3.3B Merger
• State Farm Asks 11th Circ. To Undo Shooting Coverage Loss
• Ohio Last Resort Insurer Is Public Office, Justices Say
• Bank Of America Sued In Chancery Over Frozen Benefit Cards
• Class Certified Against Progressive In Ga. Car Underpayments
• Insurer Owes Sugar Co. $3.5M After Fee Cut In Emissions Suit
• Allianz Units Escape SC Restaurant Operator's Virus Suit
• AIG Unit Owes Motorist Coverage To Injured Verizon Driver
• Litigation Funding Disclosure Should Be Mandatory
• Recalling USWNT's Legal PR Playbook Amid World Cup Bid
• Ill. Panel Upholds Atty Fee Sanction Awarded To Zurich
• Attys Deserve Sanctions Under New Rule, Injured Driver Says
• Insurer Wants Margolis Edelstein Malpractice Win Reversed
• Insurance Ruling Shows Notice Letters Need Close Review
• Toy Co. Facing $8.5M Judgment Can't Exit Coverage Suit
• Bank Exec Gets 7 Years For Aiding Murdaugh Fraud
• Allstate Marketing Calls Ignored Do-Not-Call List, Suit Says
• No Coverage For Five Guys Worker Privacy Suit, Insurer Says
• 8th Circ. Says Bar Shooting Victim's $2.5M Award Not Covered
• Barclay Damon Adds Insurance Litigator In NYC
• Geico Gets Partial Discovery Stay In Misclassification Suit
• Jury Must Hear Insurer's Fire Damage Subrogation Suit
• Regulating AI: Litigation Questions And State Efforts To Watch
• Univ. Of Wash. Sends COVID Insurance Issue To State Court
• Nationwide Unit Must Provide Defense In NBC Injury Suit
• Regulating AI: An Overview Of Federal Efforts
• Plea Talks In Mix For Crew Charged With Scamming NBA Pros
• State Farm Saves Billions With Minority Fraud Plot, Co. Says
• It's Not You, It's Me: Breaking Up With Mass. FCA Prosecutors
• Insurance Firm Owner Wants Out Of Google Ads TM Suit
• 5th Circ. Rules Insurer May Owe On Pollution Settlement
• Exclusions Don't Bar BIPA Suit Coverage For Condiment Co.
• Texas Bar Foundation Gets $4.25M Cy Pres Award