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July 31, 2026
The maker of Just For Men hair color products said in a new federal complaint that its excess liability insurers improperly refused to cover personal injury lawsuit settlements connected to allegations that products from the popular line permanently discolored users' faces, after millions in the company's primary policies were exhausted.
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July 31, 2026
An individual has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to reinstate his direct abuse claim against the Boy Scouts' settlement trust, asserting that Ahrens Law APC failed to file certain documents on time and saying that resulted in his claim — valued at up to $2.7 million — being tossed.
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July 31, 2026
In this week's Taxation With Representation, DCC Energy PLC backs a takeover offer from investment firm KKR and Energy Capital Partners, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange acquires MarketAxess Holdings Inc., and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC buys professional services adviser CBIZ Inc.
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July 31, 2026
The past week in London has seen George Michael's estate bring an intellectual property claim against the late star's friend over footage shared online, collapsed law firm Axiom Ince sue the U.K. branch of State Bank of India and Ryanair face a group claim from 262 people. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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July 31, 2026
A recent crop of proposed class actions targeting employers' insurance-related voluntary benefits offerings — for things like critical illness or hospital indemnity — marks a litigation trend that appears to be gaining, experts say.
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July 30, 2026
Blackstone Inc. has announced that it will acquire HSBC Bank Australia Ltd.'s AU$36 billion ($25 billion) home and personal loan portfolio, as HSBC plans to focus on its corporate and institutional banking presence in Australia and New Zealand.
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July 30, 2026
Health plans and pharmacies backed by Cigna are asking the Second Circuit to revive a proposed class action alleging Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and its Celgene subsidiary fraudulently obtained patents, filed sham lawsuits and paid off generic-drug makers to maintain a monopoly on the blockbuster blood cancer drug Pomalyst.
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July 30, 2026
The Eighth Circuit on Thursday upheld a ruling that an insurer does not have to pay out a $4 million life insurance policy to Wells Fargo Bank NA, finding the policy taken out on the now-deceased man was void because it was obtained through a scheme meant to benefit investors.
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July 30, 2026
O'Reilly Automotive Inc. must face a former employee's lawsuit alleging he was unlawfully charged hundreds of dollars more per year for health insurance because he used tobacco, with a Missouri federal judge ruling Thursday that his claims were detailed enough to stay in court.
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July 30, 2026
A Chubb unit urged a Washington federal court to toss Costco's suit seeking coverage for a personal injury action under a home décor brand's policy, saying the retailer failed to state a claim for additional insured coverage because the underlying injuries are not related to the brand's products.
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July 30, 2026
A New Jersey federal magistrate judge conditionally certified a collective of insurance sales agents, finding they offered more than speculation that common policies deprived them of pay for computer work and bonuses.
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July 30, 2026
A California ruling boosting policyholders' prospects in water leak suits and a Texas Supreme Court decision compelling appraisal in a commercial property loss are among the biggest property insurance decisions of the year so far. Law360 has a midyear look at the top property insurance decisions.
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July 30, 2026
An Illinois federal judge has said an employment liability insurer cannot shake claims alleging it improperly denied coverage for a wrongful termination lawsuit, ruling it wasn't yet clear whether the termination should be linked to a medical leave letter involving the employee in a prior coverage year.
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July 30, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge late Wednesday declined to block the government from requiring medically frail Medicaid recipients to prove they are significantly impaired to avoid a new requirement that they engage in 80 hours of work or volunteering per month or attend school part-time.
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July 29, 2026
A federal grand jury is investigating the bankrupt summer camp operator SIMAD Holdings, its controlling shareholders and related entities, and the company has received a demand to produce documents as part of the probe, according to a notice filed with the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
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July 29, 2026
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will have to face a lawsuit from a west Michigan convenience store chain alleging that the healthcare insurer mismanaged its self-funded employee health plan in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act after a Michigan federal judge denied BCBSM's request to dismiss the case.
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July 29, 2026
The owner of an agricultural management company said liability insurers owed more than $10 million in damages for what he and the company paid toward an arbitration award in a dispute alleging a pay-to-play kickback scheme, saying the insurers improperly applied exclusions and appointed ill-prepared counsel.
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July 29, 2026
A semiconductor manufacturer is not entitled to additional coverage for losses it incurred after a hydrogen chloride gas leak at one of its facilities, a Texas appellate court ruled, saying the company failed to show it suffered damages that exceeded its policies' deductible and were unrelated to excluded corrosion.
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July 29, 2026
An insurance company urged a Virginia federal judge to rule that it doesn't have to cover a $10 million award won by a former Society for Human Resources Management employee who sued the association for race bias, arguing the applicable policy doesn't cover punitive damages based on deliberate actions.
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July 29, 2026
The Tenth Circuit revived the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' bid for coverage of costs it incurred in underlying litigation claiming it failed to protect children who were sexually abused by a church member, saying the district court should have read ambiguous policy terms in favor of coverage.
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July 29, 2026
New Mountain Capital-backed Grant Thornton Advisors said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire CBIZ Inc. in a deal worth $5 billion, including debt, that would create a top-five U.S. provider of professional, tax and advisory services.
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July 29, 2026
The North Carolina courts are teeing up for a busy second half of 2026, including readying for a multimillion-dollar insurance trial with Lowe's and speeding through discovery in a high-profile trade secrets dispute involving former NFL coach Joe Gibbs' championship NASCAR team.
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July 28, 2026
An Eleventh Circuit panel grappled Tuesday with whether Zurich American Insurance Co. should be freed from a $12.2 million verdict finding it shortchanged a Georgia solar farm's storm damage claim, with one judge seeming to side with the farm's argument that a waiver of a flood deductible was possible.
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July 28, 2026
Elevance Health won dismissal of a proposed class action from a worker who challenged forfeiture spending from an employee 401(k) plan, convincing an Indiana federal judge Tuesday that the allegations failed to state a claim for violating federal benefits law.
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July 28, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge said Tuesday he anticipates deciding by the end of the week whether the Trump administration will have to pause part of a new rule states must follow in determining whether medically frail Medicaid recipients are exempt from new work or school requirements.