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Insurance - May, 2014

326 articles

• Construction Defects And 'The Space Between'
• Pfizer To Pay $325M To End Neurontin Off-Label Suit
• Insurer Sues To Avoid Covering Capt. Morgan Trademark Row
• 1st Circ. Death Benefits Ruling Offers Insurers Wide Relief
• US Told To Cough Up Fed Docs In $55B Suit Over AIG Bailout
• 11th Circ. Told $21M Award For Sunk Condo Project Covered
• W.Va. Treasurer Presses High Court To Bring Back DMF Suits
• Texas Justices Won't Hear Armstrong's Arbitration Battle
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Husch Blackwell's Hayley Hanson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Michael Best's Mary Turke
• Can Bankrupt Law Firms Claw Back 'Unfinished Biz' Profits?
• BCB Bid For Shareholder Suit Coverage Stays In Fed. Court
• Insurer Wants Redbox Coverage Claims Tossed
• NY Slaps Insurer With Fine For Sandy Inspection Delays
• Pa. Justices Take Up Insurer's Workers' Comp Appeal
• Advice From Counsel: The Emerging E-Discovery Playbook
• $20M Sandy Coverage Fight Must Go To Trial, Judge Says
• Sirius XM Beats XL's Appeal Over Notice Of Merger Suits
• Insurers Accused Of Discriminating Against People With HIV
• Ex-AIG Chief Loses Bid To End Long-Running Fraud Case
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Whyte Hirschboeck's Gina Carter
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Stewart Bernstiel's Bernstiel
• Duty To Defend Follows Facts, Not Theory Of Recovery
• WaMu's Suit Against D&O Insurers Not Ripe: Del. High Court
• Hospital Can't Seek $1M From Doc On Error Claim: 6th Circ.
• Is It Time To Increase Your Billing Rates?
• New Fla. Data Breach Law Presages Greater Enforcement
• Judge Tosses BBVA Wage Suit After 9th Circ. Remand
• Wash. Panel Flips Ruling Over Tax Settlement Emails
• In Court Without Juries, Leak In AIG Suit May Be Disastrous
• 2nd Circ. Urged To Reinstate ACA Waiver Requirement
• High-Stakes Litigators Can Cost $1,500 An Hour
• GCs Question If Partners Are Worth The Cost
• BigLaw Hourly Rates Dwarf Rivals' Across The Board
• Silverstein Can't Get Cut Of Insurers' Deal, 2nd Circ. Told
• MetLife, Transamerica Will Pay $4M To Settle Minn. Probe
• NJ Justices Snub Liberty Mutual's Discovery Sanctions Bid
• 5 Insights From Ingram Micro's Lily Hughes
• 1st Circ. Quashes John Hancock Unclaimed Benefits Suit
• Pillsbury Lands Cybersecurity, Privacy Pro In DC
• Highmark Can't Close Arguments In Fight Over $1.2B Profits
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kilpatrick's Mehrnaz Boroumand
• The Case For Eliminating Crummey Powers
• Gotham Insurance V. Warren E&P Answers Age-Old Question
• Texas Accounting Firm Accused Of Bad Insurance Audits
• Insurer Says $2.6M Verdict Shouldn't Be Time-Barred
• Lloyd's Is Primary Insurer In Worker Injury Suit, Ill. Court Says
• Millennium Says Insurer Must Cover HIPAA Probe Defense
• And Now A Word From The Panel: What's Good For America?
• Insurer Seeks To Limit Liability For Hepatitis A Outbreak
• 9th Circ. Frees Hanover From Covering Trade Dress Battle
• High Court Snubs AIG Challenge To Mich. Retaliatory Tax
• Coordinating Conundrum: COBRA, ACA And Severance
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Barnes & Thornburg's McGee
• 5 Insights From MetLife General Counsel Ricardo Anzaldua
• Insurers Follow 11th Circ. Reservations Ruling At Own Risk
• General Star Looks To Duck Coverage In Aging Drug Row
• GOP Lawmakers Propose Bill To Restrict ACA Risk Corridors
• Insurer Hit With $28M Suit Over Fertilizer Plant Blast
• World Fuel Demands Coverage For Deadly Quebec Train Crash
• Judge 'Very Disturbed' By Testimony Leak In AIG Suit
• Premera Blue Cross Settles Autism Coverage Suits For $3.5M
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Shearman's Antonia Stolper
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Keating Muething's Rachael Rowe
• How Legal Same-Sex Marriage In Pa. Will Affect Employers
• HHS To Invest $840M In Health Care Delivery
• Coverage Row Over $18M Junk Fax Deal Kept Alive And In Ill.
• NJ Pols To Battle Christie's 'Sandy Bill of Rights' Veto
• Arnstein & Lehr Adds Construction Law Veteran In Fla.
• Ill. High Court Puts State Farm Back On Hook In TCPA Suit
• Seneca Fires Back At Reinsurer In 2nd Circ. Row
• Antitrust Exemption In MLS' Policy Doesn't Let FIC Off Hook
• US Files Suit Against Pa. Hospice Provider In FCA Row
• 5 Insights From Hewlett-Packard GC John Schultz
• Conn. Court Frees State Farm From Retroactive Coverage
• Shipbuilder Dinged For Bogus Discovery Bid In Coverage Row
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cohen & Gresser's Bromberg
• 3 Missed Takeaways From The Sony Data Breach Case
• Insurers Take Wait-And-See Approach To Climate Change Suits
• Employers Must Rethink Policies After Gay Marriage Wins
• Auto Shops Ask JPML To Combine Insurer Antitrust Suits
• Squire Sanders Holds Jones Day Defectors To Notice Period
• UHC Mental Health Coverage Denials Violate ERISA, Suit Says
• How An Antitrust Case Changed The Gay Marriage Debate
• NJ Mayor Denied En Banc Review Of Corruption Appeal
• The Trial Lawyer's Guide To A Winning Direct Examination
• Will NY Set A Trend For Mental Health Parity Enforcement?
• Drugmakers, Insurers Battle Over Surging Big Pharma Prices
• 5 Insights From Caterpillar Chief Legal Officer Jim Buda
• Pa. Gov. Won't Appeal Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
• Nippon Life Pays $424M For Stake In Indonesian Insurer
• Oregon's Failed Health Exchange Under Federal Scrutiny
• 11th Circ. Urged To Ship Junk Fax Insurance Row To Fla. Court
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Blank Rome's Linsey Bozzelli
• Polsinelli Adds Trio From Manatt, Alston, Jones Day
• Nev. Moves To Dump Xerox, Join Federal Exchange
• London Police On Hook For Sony Plant Damage In Riots
• Case Over Skelaxin 'Sham' IP Suits Heads To State Court
• U-Haul Parent Loses $9M Coverage Suit Over Family Exclusion
• Insurers Push Congress For Non-Bank Capital Standards
• State Farm Stuck With $85M Defamation Defense For Now
• 6th Circ. Won't Unravel Ruling Advancing AIG Arbitration
• State Farm's GM Pickup Fire Suit Is Too Late, Judge Says
• Porter Hedges Reneged On Malpractice Jury Trial, Suit Says
• The No-Nonsense New Yorker: Justice Jeffrey K. Oing
• 5 Insights From Prudential General Counsel Susan Blount
• Pa. Court Asked To Nix Settlement In Atty Defamation Row
• Judge Details ERISA Protections For Blue Cross Clawbacks
• NY Insurers Can Avoid Arbitration Over Medical Fraud
• Chicago Insurer Stiffs Policyholders On Profits, Suit Says
• Top House Republican Urges Halt To SIFI Designations
• Pa. Joins States Striking Down Same-Sex Marriage Bans
• LSE Enters Into Exclusive Talks To Buy Russell Investments
• Aspen Reaffirms Strategy As $3.2B Endurance Proposal Looms
• Gallagher Inks $460M Deal To Acquire Canada's Noraxis
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Troutman Sanders' Amie Colby
• Dewey Brass Can't Quash Insurer's $35M Note Fraud Suit
• NY Court Orders Lloyd's To Defend Huron Whistleblower Suit
• AXA Investment Strategy Harms Policyholders, Suit Says
• Starr, DOJ Say No Leads On Leak Of Testimony In AIG Suit
• 9th Circ. Remands Coverage Row Over Tech Co. Factory Flood
• Oregon Same-Sex Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional
• Payment Policies Finalized For Medicare Advantage, Part D
• AIG Using 'Shopworn' Ploys To Escape Probe: NY Regulator
• 5 Insights From Microsoft Deputy GC David Howard
• Korean Cos. Vie For LIG Insurance In $391M Bidding War
• Sullivan & Cromwell Sues Insurers For $26M In Sandy Damage
• Is Double Recovery Coming To An ERISA Suit Near You?
• Ex-MF Global Execs Granted Extra $10M For Defense Costs
• Texas Court Axes Insurers' Takings Claims Over Wildfire
• 2 Ex-Greenspoon Marder Attys Launch Fla. PI Boutique
• Judge Pares XimpleWare's Software IP Suit Against Versata
• $100M Retiree Suit Class Is 'Forum Shopping,' Fla. City Says
• Overstock Unit Covertly Records Calls, Suit Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Zelle's Judy Langevin
• 2nd Circ. Axes BofA Investor Claims Over AIG's $10B MBS Suit
• Newly Finalized ACA Rules Include $250K Fine For False Info
• 5 Tips For Nailing Reservation Of Rights Letters
• CORRECTED: Midland National Reaches $31M Deal With Annuity Class
• Hanover Must Defend Cleaning Co. In IP Row, 9th Circ. Told
• Growing Challenges To NY Shadow Insurance Transactions
• Axis Wants Out Of Shipyard Injury Dispute
• NY Regulator Proposes Rules For PE Annuity Deals
• $20M Bulldozer-Injury Coverage Row To Be Heard En Banc
• Insurers Freed From Covering Carlyle Fund Investor Suits
• State Farm Back To Court Over Runaway Hospital Payment
• ABA Opens Doors For Reviewing Jurors' Social Media
• Judge Tosses Korean Insurer's $30M Fraud Suit Versus UBS
• Insurers Defeat Urban Outfitters In ZIP Code Coverage Row
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Frost Brown Todd's Beth Naylor
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Genova's Kathleen Einhorn
• 9th Circ. Puts Temporary Hold On Idaho Same-Sex Marriages
• Law Practice Is Evolving Via 'Legal Project Management'
• Morgan Stanley Can't Shed Allstate's $104M MBS Suit
• Insurer Seeks Deloitte Docs In $70M TransCanada Fight
• Life Partners Fails To Undo Securities Class Action
• General Dynamics Nabs $63M Army Health Billing Contract
• Insuring Against A Drop In An Athlete's Draft Position
• 5 Insights From Aetna General Counsel William Casazza
• NY Court Affirms AIG Unit's Win In Goldman Sachs Defect Row
• Ind. GOP Gov. Backs ACA Medicaid Expansion
• 2nd Circ. Withdraws Part Of Ruling In NBA Ref Coverage Case
• No End In Sight For Health Care Provider Bankruptcies
• Pa. Gay Couple Asks Judge To Honor Out-Of-State Marriages
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Lowenstein's Sharon Levine
• Sinkhole Coverage Suit Remanded To Tenn. Court
• Leak Of Geithner Testimony In AIG Suit 'Serious,' DOJ Says
• Debevoise Reps AIG In $7.6B Sale Of Last Noncore Biz
• 6th Circ. Backs $5M Blue Cross Judgment In Hidden Fee Case
• Insurer Says $6M MLS Policy Frees It From Antitrust Coverage
• Travelers Beats Bad-Faith Claim In Battle With NY County
• Travelers Says It Controls Centex's Defense In Defect Suit
• Covington Snags Insurance Pro From Jones Day
• Cleanup Co. In 9/11 MDL Seeks Coverage From General Star
• Nuke Contractor's Win Lets Businesses Cite Va. False Ad Law
• NJ Court Sheds Light On Pollution Exclusion In Spill Suit
• Aetna, Humana, UnitedHealth To Launch Cost-Of-Care Tool
• 5 Insights From Cisco General Counsel Mark Chandler
• Cozen O'Connor Nabs Former Dentons Insurance Pro
• Pa. Needs Regulatory Compliance Defense To UTPCPL Actions
• Insurer Owes Millennium Labs Coverage For False Ad Suits
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kilpatrick's Audra Dial
• Dissecting The Medical-Legal Partnership
• Terror Insurance Program Helps Only 4 Cities, Group Says
• Broker Says Insurer Can't Blackball Attys In Churning Case
• The Tenacious Technocrat: Judge Francis Allegra
• NJ Franchise Law Doesn't Cover Insurance Agents
• US, Bond Insurers Fight Detroit Bankruptcy Plan
• Watchdog Pressures FEMA To Watch Payments To Insurers
• Highmark Settles Overtime Suit With Former Supervisor
• Colony Seeks To Duck Coverage For $11M Trade Dress Suit
• 5 Insights From MassMutual General Counsel Mark Roellig
• CORRECTED: Split 8th Circ. Revives United Fire Pollution Exclusion Row
• Ballard Spahr Adds Veteran Chancery Court Litigator
• Challenge To Pa. Gay Marriage Ban Headed For Decision
• Axis Dodges D&O Coverage For Martin Midstream Parent
• Solera Pays $280M For Pittsburgh Glass Works' Insurance Biz
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Butler Snow's Christy Jones
• Wash. Ruling Pushes Insurance Plaintiffs To Play Up Distress
• GOP Lawmakers Say Medicare Changes Would Hurt Seniors
• Insurers To Get A Look At Deals In Exxon Asbestos Suit
• Christie Conditionally Vetoes 'Bill Of Rights' For Sandy Victims
• MBIA Says Lloyd's, Others Owe It Defense Coverage
• Principal Can't Duck Taxes On $21M In Gains
• 5 Insights From UPS Chief Legal Officer Teri McClure
• Calif. Court Sides With Broker In Row Over Botched Project
• MidFirst's $2.7M Deal OK'd In Force-Placed Insurance Suit
• Courts Remain Divided Over Cost Of Insurance Rates
• Privacy Threat Alone Triggers Coverage, Urban Outfitters Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Meyer Suozzi's Lois Schlissel
• Ex-Giacometti Smith Atty Launches Malpractice Coverage Suit
• SunTrust To Repay Premiums In Force-Placed Coverage Deal
• Brookfield Nets $98M In 50% Office Stake Sale To MetLife
• Ark. Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional, State Judge Rules
• CORRECTED: Ex-Director Hits AIG With FCA Suit Over $25B 'Bailout'
• Nationwide Challenges Arbitration Ruling Over Liberty Books
• Patton Boggs Can't Quash Suit Over Bad Investment Advice
• Insurer Sues To Duck Covering Restroom Camera Suit
• TWIA Sues To Block Release Of Bracewell & Giuliani Records
• La. House OKs Barring Defense Costs From Trimming Limits
• NY High Court Won't Redo Its Do-Over On K2 Coverage Suit
• Balancing The Cost Of Legal Research Investments
• Northrop Can't Rush Appeal In Environmental Coverage Row
• $2.4M Interest Doesn't Trigger Reinsurance, 2nd Circ. Told
• Visteon, National Union Clash Over Pollution Coverage
• IRS Adopts Rules On Retirement Plan Insurance Payments
• AIG Unit Can't Fight Weil-McLain Asbestos Deals In Mass.
• Estimates Vs. Bids: Determining Insurer Obligation
• Lloyd's Asks 1st Circ. To Deny Dock Insurance Appeal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Frandzel Robins' Pat Trendacosta
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kasowitz's Linda Kornfeld
• GOP Proposal Points To Bigger Burden For Terrorism Insurers
• XL Group Asks NY Court To Ditch Sirius XM's Coverage Suit
• TRW Wants Rehearing Due To High Court Retiree Benefit Case
• 7th Circ. Upholds Insurer's Win In Airport Contractor Row
• DC Circ. Mulls Religious Exemption In Contraception Case
• MBC Founder's Partner Pleads Guilty To Aiding $837M Scam
• AnaCap Financial To Buy Insurance Broker For $215M
• IRS Says Reinsurance Subsidiary Qualifies As Insurer
• 4th Circ. Reopens Coverage Fight Over Construction Death
• HHS Head Nominee Sails Through First Senate Hearing
• Coapt Cuts Coverage Deal For Defective Wrinkle Gel Suits
• Does Your Cyberinsurance Policy Have You Covered?: Part 2
• Employers Must Comply With ACA Or Face Penalties, IRS Says
• Observations From Target, Wyndham Derivative Suits
• 5 Insights From Sprint General Counsel Charlie Wunsch
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Brinks' Laura Beth Miller
• US Fire Wins Bid To Move Asbestos Row To Arbitration
• Rebuttal: Mandatory Pro Bono Is Needed
• Pa. Court Says Groin Injury During Horseplay Isn't Covered
• DC Council Approves Tax To Aid Health Exchange
• Ford, Others Win Asbestos Doc Access In Garlock Ch. 11
• NAIC Leader Says FSB Workings Akin To 'Shadow Regulation'
• Insurer Can't Sue Bullivant Houser Over Bias Case, Court Says
• AIG Unit Tries To Upend $3.75M Ad-Injury Verdict
• Judge Won't Block Allergists From Contacting Insurers
• WTC Marriott Owner Sues For 9/11 Toxic Dust Coverage
• Insurer Must Cover Pipeline Leak Feud, 8th Circ. Hears
• US Regulators Say Financial Risk Is Spreading Beyond Banks
• Pittsburgh Atty Wants Defamation Suit Kept In Philly
• ACA Payment Rates Strong, Insurers Tell Congress
• Wachtell Reps Radian On $305M Mortgage Review Firm Buy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Munsch Hardt's Deborah Perry
• NJ AG's Office Outsourced Investigations To Insurers: Suit
• Hennessy Says 7th Circ. Can't Compel Asbestos Arbitration
• 5 Insights From News Corp. GC Gerson Zweifach
• Does Your Cyberinsurance Policy Have You Covered?: Part I
• Wash. Court Clarifies Damages In Insurance Bad Faith Cases
• 3rd Circ. Says Cigna Coverage Row Shouldn't Be Arbitrated
• 2nd Circ. 'Act Of War' Ruling Offers Insurers Little Hope
• NY Judges Win Another Round In Premiums Fight With State
• Miami Clerk Wants Same-Sex Marriage Challenge Delayed
• US Fire Stuck With $2M Tab For Armored Car Scheme
• The Most Important Liability Insurance Coverage Judge
• Arent Fox Adds 5 Hewitt Wolensky & McNulty Attorneys In LA
• Elder Statesman Of The Capital Court: Judge Paul Friedman
• Bar Plan Mutual Says IP Firm Not Covered For Malpractice
• GOP Reps' Bill Would Open Door To Private Flood Insurers
• Ill. Appeals Court Axes Amco Suit, Citing Targeted Tender Rule
• MidFirst Bank To Pay $2.7M To End Insurance Class Action
• An Innovative Model For Collaborative Pro Bono
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Blank Rome's Carol Joseph
• 5 Insights From Archer Daniels Midland GC Cameron Findlay
• Think Like A Screenwriter: 5 Tips For Trial Lawyers
• Rothstein Fund Trustee Says $54M Deal Bars Investor Suit
• Western National Has No Duty In Housing Contractor Dispute
• Lance Armstrong Takes Arbitration Fight To Texas High Court
• 2nd Circ. Shuts Down Granite's Challenge To $1.2M Award
• Deals Rumor Mill: Energy Future, Pfizer, Siemens
• Pa. Case Challenging Malpractice Insurer Faces Long Odds
• State Farm Wants Ruling In $85M Defamation Row Revisited
• Pa. Gay Marriage Ban Inflicts Real Harm, Challengers Say
• Allstate Claims Ex-Employees Stole Trade Secrets, Clients
• 5 Insights From AIG General Counsel Tom Russo
• Ill. Court Frees State Farm From $5M Junk Fax Action
• Justices Deny Allstate Appeal Of Future Class Member Trials
• Coverage Vs. Damage: Does Appraisal Include Causation?
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bracewell's Dee Martin
• The RMBS Credit Crisis Litigation — Lessons Learned
• 2nd Circ. Accepts CERCLA 'Act of War' Defense In 9/11 Row
• IRS Finalizes ACA Exchange Info Sharing Rule
• Neb. Justices Say Insurer Must Pay Share Of $3.5M Settlement
• Suit Over $100B AIG Bailout Tries For High Court Comeback
• Phoenix Life Faces Trial In Class Action Over Rate Hikes
• Deals Rumor Mill: GE, Merck, York Risk
• Mass. Regulator Fines Geico Over Accident Reporting
• Obama Pushes Health Exchange As Cheaper COBRA Alternate
• Insurers' RICO Claims Cut From Pharmacy Billing Suit
• Weak Engagement Letters Fueling Malpractice Litigation
• Martin Midstream Parent, Insurer Settle D&O Coverage Row
• D&O Insurance Roadblocks In Bankruptcy Are Unwarranted
• Taylor English Snags Employment Pro For Atlanta Office
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fine Kaplan's Bobbi Liebenberg
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hiscock's Connie Cahill
• Heavy Regulation Skews Insurance M&A In Targets' Favor
• Med Mal Insurers Duel On $31M Deal Over Brain-Injured Infant
• Fla. House Passes Homeowners Insurance 'Bill Of Rights'
• Trump Must Cough Up D&O Docs In Row Over Failed Condotel
• ANI Defends Coverage Denial For $95M In Radiation Deals
• Matching Colors And Policies: Insurers May Be On The Hook
• Winston-Anchored DC Building Snags $118M In Financing
• Margolis Edelstein Sued For $2M Over Botched Insurance Deal
• 2nd Circ. Questions BofA Investor Suit Over $10B MBS Risk
• Westport Won't Defend Insurer Against Parent Co.'s Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: BatesCarey's Maria Enriquez
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McManis' Sharon Kirsch