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Insurance - April, 2016

292 articles

• Oregon Tells 9th Circ. Immunity Blocks Oracle's IP Suit
• OPINION: Engaging The Media May Help Your Client
• National Indemnity Says Awards Should Be Enforced
• Manatt Lands Consumer Finance Partner From BuckleySandler
• UnitedHealth Says Class Wouldn't Be Efficient In ERISA Suit
• Fla. Gov, CFO End Impasse, Appoint New Insurance Chief
• Insurer Says It Needn't Cover $16.5M Hyatt Defect Battle
• 9th Circ. Set To Mull Insurance Coverage For EPA Query
• Insurer Sued For $3.2M Over Delayed Hotel Construction
• Tilton Scraps With AXIS Over $5M To Fund Bout With SEC
• Texas Appeals Court Nixes $8.7M Workplace Injury Win
• Insurer Needn't Cover $3.4M Coal Plant Spat, 8th Circ. Says
• Memorabilia Co. Sues Insurers For Coverage Of Stolen Jerseys
• Developments At The NAIC Spring Meeting: Part 2
• Parsing 'True Relief' In Florida's 4th District
• FDIC, Insurer Reach Deal To Avoid $4.5M WaMu Fraud Suit
• Hotel Asks 5th Circ. To Rethink Ruling Denying Hail Coverage
• Arbitration Award Nixed In Multiband Repayment Dispute
• Fla. High Court Nixes Workers' Comp Law Atty Fee Formula
• Broker Beats Trade Show Co.'s Appeal Over Insurance Woes
• House Passes Bill To Boost Private Flood Insurance Market
• Liberty Seeks To Avoid Covering NJ Atty's Malpractice Suits
• AIG Unit Says McGraw-Hill's IP Coverage Suit In Wrong Court
• Real Estate Rumors: London & Regional, Lennar, Empire State
• Using The New Federal Rules To Rein In Discovery
• Petroterminal Entitled To $2M Defense Costs, 2nd Circ. Told
• Ex-Fuhu CEO Says Starr Policy Still Applies Despite Ch. 11
• Aetna V. BASM: A Health Care War Over Costs And Contracts
• Developments At The NAIC Spring Meeting: Part 1
• Dentons: A New Kind Of Network?
• 22 Firms Win Top Marks From GCs On AFAs
• Insurer Must Face NYC Apartments' Sandy Asbestos Claims
• Insurers Must Cover FIFA Suspect's Costs In $50M D&O Row
• Lubrizol Seeks 6th Circ. Review After Pollution Verdict
• Blue Cross Can't Escape Mich. Tribe's ERISA Suit
• Aetna-Humana Deal Will Hurt Nearly 400 Markets, AHA Says
• Post & Schell Lands Ex-Reed Smith, PNC Litigator
• EEOC Urges 7th Circ. To Revive Wellness Program ADA Suit
• 11th Circ. Reverses Class Denial In X-Ray Overbilling Suit
• Coverage Of Union Pacific Train Crash Limited By Neb. Judge
• How New Fla. Health Care Laws May Create More Confusion
• Kaufman Dolowich Doubles LA Office With 9 Atty Boost
• Justices Warm To Restriction On Judges' Recall Power
• FDIC Adopts New Risk Assessment Rule For Small Banks
• Transamerica Sued Over 'Excessive' Life Insurance Rate Hike
• Colo. Ruling May Force Policyholders Into Litigation
• Insurers Get Arbitration In $625M China MediaExpress Suit
• Fla. Firm Urges More Sanctions For Staffers In Email Hack Row
• NY Insurers Agree To Provide Costly Hep C Treatments
• Thompson & Knight Seeks $4.7M For Life Partners Work
• ICA Asks Court To Confirm Award In Lloyd's Reinsurance Row
• Insurers Tell 6th Circ. Lacrosse Death Not Covered
• Lloyds, Foster Poultry Settle Coverage Row Over Cockroaches
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Affirm Dismissal Of $52M Malpractice Suit
• 3 Takeaways From The Native American Finance Conference
• Texas Hail Claims: Dealing With Multiple Disasters At Once
• UnitedHealth Says Lab Test Kickback Scheme Cost It $50M
• 9th Circ. Denies Mandate Recall Bid In American Equity Row
• Insurer Seeks $15.3M For Alleged Breach Of Bond Contract
• Insurers Say Faxes Caused No Injury In TCPA Suit
• Insurers, Hospitals Float Ideas To Curb Drug Spending
• Chiesa Shahinian Nabs 6 Herrick Feinstein LLP Attys
• Texas Justices Asked To Define 'Imbecility' In Benefits Suit
• CMBS Borrowers Waiting For Nonbank Lenders To Emerge
• CPA Mutual Sues Over $2.4M Ponzi Verdict Coverage Bid
• Brazilian Reinsurer Asks Court To Delay Enforcing Awards
• Ace Says BP Opinion Requires Do-Over In Pipeline Blast Suit
• Colo. Justices Reject Expansion Of Notice-Prejudice Rule
• The D&O Policy Implications Of SEC's Theranos Probe
• Conflict DQs Lane Powell From Coverage Fight, Judge Says
• Are CGL Data Breach Cases Already Meaningless?
• 9th Circ. Remands Continental Ponzi Scheme Coverage Case
• French CNP Buying BTG's Insurance Co. Stakes In $196M Deal
• Wilson Elser Adds 5 From Schell Cooley In Dallas
• Brazilian Reinsurer Takes Arbitration Battle To 2nd Circ.
• High Court Ruling Sinks Mich. Health Tax, 6th. Circ. Told
• 3rd Circ. Told Asbestos Exclusion Applies In $36M Fight
• Blank Check Co. Primes Record $600M IPO
• Insurer Asks To Split Costs For Suit Over 49ers Game Assault
• Avoiding The Pitfalls Of Researching Attorneys In PACER
• State Farm's Liability Has No Impact On Class Cert., Court Told
• What's All This I Hear About Captives?
• Recycler Tells 9th Circ. Insurer Waived Right To Cancel Policy
• Life Insurance Schemer Gets Jail Time For $6M Theft
• Insurance Spat Over $143M NY Transpo Project Gets Tossed
• 6th Circ. Cuts Ky. Gov. From Davis' Marriage License Row
• Insurer's Florida Ties Keep Law Firm's Junk Fax Suit Alive
• State Farm's Property Loss Approach Is Flawed, Judge Says
• A Review Of Gov't Cases Against Execs In Q1
• Insurers Look To Duck Covering CF For Texas Explosion
• $4.1M Force-Placed Insurance Suit Deal Gets Preliminary OK
• Lantheus Takes $70M Coverage Spat With Zurich To 2nd Circ.
• Why Earth Day Is Everyone's Business
• Man's Husband Wins Wrongful-Death Award Row At 11th Circ.
• AIG Unit Tells 9th Circ. No Basis For Prejudgment Interest
• Insurer Wants 6th Circ. To Publish Apartment Damage Ruling
• 11th Circ. Says Geico Suit's 15 Minutes Not Up Yet
• MDs Took Kickbacks In $9M Gov't Hospice Fraud, Jury Hears
• $13M Shipwreck Suit Must Walk Plank In Favor Of Arbitration
• 2nd Circ. Buries Ex-Marsh Exec's $2.3M Fee Fight
• High Court's Birth Control Compromise Still Divides
• Insurer Hits Greenberg Traurig, KPMG With Conspiracy Suit
• 11th Circ. Says Robbery Row Coverage Can Be Decided Now
• Policy Doesn't Cover Faulty Solar Panel Work, Court Rules
• Superstorm Sandy Call Center Was Due Full Pay, Judge Says
• Coverage Suit Over PGA Prize Payouts Remains Mostly In Play
• Berkshire, Others Accused Of Hacking Workers' Comp Firm
• Reservations Of Rights Around The World
• Express Scripts Countersues Anthem Amid $13B Suit
• Insurer Seeks New Trial In Condo Damage Coverage Row
• Alternative Fees On The Rise Among P&C Insurers, Study Says
• Fondue Pot Makers Must Face Insurer's Flame Injury Suit
• Insurers Needn't Defend Military Housing Co. In Fraud Case
• The State Of Cyber Coverage Law: 4 Key Decisions
• AmTrust Says Broker Bribed Arbitrator For $454M Win
• Atty Hid Miffed Clients When Applying For Policy, Insurer Says
• 4 States Enforce NY Forum And Choice-Of-Law Provisions
• UnitedHealth Withdrawing From Most ACA Markets
• Legal Malpractice Insurer Says Cap Applies In Antonelli Row
• Insurer Fights $1.5M Bank Fraud Coverage At 5th Circ.
• AIG Unit Can't Shirk Defect Deal Coverage, 9th Circ. Told
• Driver Pushes Justices Not To Let Judge's Juror Recall Stand
• Hanover Wants Out Of Covering Verve Pyramid Scheme Suit
• Judge Asked To Rethink Hueston Hennigan DQ In Fraud Suit
• Panama Papers And Real Estate: New Push For Old Priorities
• McKool Adds More Ex-Kasowitz Insurance Trial Attys In LA
• Insurer Ordered To Defend Allergists In Competition Suit
• 5 Chinese Sectors Pouring Cash Into US Real Estate
• Texas Judge Threatens To Sanction Atty For Baseless Case
• Justices Won't Hear UniCare ERISA Row With Ex-Ford Worker
• 7th Circ. Nixes Jury Misconduct Claim In $2.5M Fraud Appeal
• Another Take On Reed Smith, Pepper Hamilton Merger Talks
• Emerging Disputes Over Risk Sharing Under The ACA
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• The Glass Ceiling Report
• The Top 5 Ways BigLaw Is Failing Women
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• DC Circ. Loath To Let W.Va. Sue Feds Over ACA Rule Fix
• Insurer Sues Over Defense Costs For Meningitis Suits
• 10th Circ. OKs Coverage Denial In Hydraulic Co. Fatality Suit
• Rising Star: Blank Rome's Jared Zola
• Honigman Adds Simpson Thacher, Kirkland, Ropes Attys
• Ex-NY Sen. Skelos Denied Acquittal, New Corruption Trial
• NY Doc Dodges Prison, Must Pay $3.7M For Insurance Fraud
• Ark. Judge Slams Attys For Sneaking Bad Class Deal Through
• HHS Urges DC Circ. To Revive Indemnity Insurance Rules
• NJ Lender Pays $113M To Settle Loan Insurance Violations
• 5th Circ. Says Hotel Can't Get Coverage For Old Hail Damage
• Carlton Fields Dodges DQ In Tenn. Insurance Liability Row
• Insurer Says It Properly Denied 'Collapse' Coverage
• 5 Takeaways From DC Circ. Arguments In 1st CFPB Appeal
• Still No Consensus On Price Optimization In Calif.
• 11th Circ. Eyes State Review In Fla. Construction Law Suit
• OPINION: Advising The GOP About Its Obligation To Advise
• Aetna Wins $37.4M Jury Verdict Over Medical Billing Fraud
• Excess Insurer Tries To Escape $70M Bad-Carpet Coverage
• Rising Star: McDermott Will & Emery's Bryan Webster
• Lender Not Covered For $98M Judgment Fight, 4th Circ. Says
• No Coverage Owed In Off-Duty Gunshot Injury, 4th Circ. Says
• NY Sues Health Plan For Denying Hepatitis C Treatments
• Insurer Says It Needn't Cover $40M Medicare Fraud Indictment
• Ping An-Tied Co. Picks Up Stake In China Project For $359M
• Insurer Can't Ax Beer Co.'s Policy In Sandy Row, Court Says
• Fla. Gov. Signs Bills Enabling Hospital Cost Comparison
• Auto Shops Slam Insurers' Move To Toss RICO Class Action
• $32M PNC Force-Placed Deal Better Than Nothing, Judge Says
• Ex-USC Football Star Gets Insurance Fight Moved To Calif.
• $49M National Grid Gas Plant Cleanup Trial Settles On 3rd Day
• The Price Of Mortality: Cost-Of-Life-Insurance Cases
• Calif. Allstate Workers' Wage, Pay Stub Classes Decertified
• Colo. Bar Challenges Insurance Cancellation Ahead Of Crash
• Ill. Court Revives City's Bid For Coverage Of Tax Scheme Suit
• 12 Coughlin Duffy Attorneys Start Kinney Lisovicz In NJ
• Deals Rumor Mill: Lonza Group, IDT, Deutsche Bank
• MetLife Escapes Calif. Suit Over Compound Interest
• NJ Court Affirms Crum & Forster's Win In Construction Spat
• 11th Circ. To Weigh Coverage For Building Defect Notices
• Amended Humana FCA Suit Is Practically New Case, Court Told
• Rising Star: Debevoise & Plimpton's Marilyn Lion
• Attorney-Client Privilege Derailed By Custom And Practice
• The Panama Papers: Can Insurance Cover Possible Exposure?
• Justices Get Support For Birth Control Deal, With Caveats
• Continental Should Cover Ponzi Co. Losses, 9th Circ. Told
• Rising Star: Hinshaw & Culbertson's Suzanne Jones
• 5th Circ. Grounds $1.29M Judgment Against DFW Airport
• 9th Circ. Won't Let Allstate End TCPA Row With $20K Deposit
• Blue Cross Exec Says Hospital Merger Bad For Chicago Area
• Judge Won't Rethink Gibbons DQ Denial In Cigna Suit
• Briggs & Stratton To Pay $3.95M To End ERISA Class Action
• Insurer Seeks New Trial In $5M Chicago Warehouse Fire Suit
• Bank Insurers Owe $50M, Rothstein Trustees Tell 11th Circ.
• 5th Circ. Upholds Prudential's Win In Benefit Denial Dispute
• DC Circ. Judge Slams Too Much Power At Top In CFPB Case
• A Short-Lived Victory For MetLife Over SIFI Designation?
• Even In NY, Unclear Policy Terms Favor The Insured
• Insurer Owes For $31M Tar Cleanup, National Grid Tells Jury
• Insurers Face Cyber Coverage Setback In 4th Circ. Ruling
• Arch Can't Avoid Paying For Defect Defense, Court Rules
• PHH Case Poised To Test CFPB's Constitutionality
• SEC's Asset Management Co-Chief To Depart
• IRS Can Raise New Issues In Insurance Row, Tax Court Says
• Willkie Aids As Aquiline Nabs Top UK Biz Insurance Broker
• Intellectual Ventures Patents Rightly Nixed, Fed. Circ. Told
• CMS Targets 25M Patients In New Primary Care Model
• Allied Can't Recoup $8M FTC Defense Costs, 9th Circ. Told
• Antonelli, Protostorm Fight For Coverage Of Malpractice Spat
• Data Breach Covered Under Traditional Policy, 4th Circ. Says
• Keys To A Successful Claims Resolution Program
• Calif. Court Doubts Farmers Adjusters Merit Class Cert.
• Wells Fargo Gets Judge's Nod For $1.2B FHA Fraud Deal
• UK Bank Watchdog Names New Chief
• Direct General Fights PIP Claim Coverage Loss At 11th Circ.
• Insurer Needn't Cover Federal Signal In Speaker Injury Suit
• Anthem Can't Fight Data Breach MDL By Digging Through PCs
• Court Favors Arbitration In Guru's Sex-Suit Coverage Row
• Marriott, Starwood Stockholders OK $13.6B Hotel Tie-Up
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Atty Suspended After Securities Conviction
• Puerto Rico Judge OKs Gay Marriage After 1st Circ. Order
• Brexit's Effect On Financial And Insurance Regulation
• Legal Delivery In The 'Gig Economy'
• ACA Coverage As Predicted, But From Unexpected Sources
• Chancery Keeps Alive Lloyd's Chemical Spray Liability Fight
• PHH Can't Shirk Force-Placed Insurance Class Suit In NJ
• Fiat Chrysler Wants Gov't Liable For Insurers' Suit Over Fire
• Farm Firm Fights AIG's Bid To Weed It From Coverage Case
• DOJ Urges High Court To Find Juries Can Be Recalled
• Attys' Fees Should Be Allowed To Boost Cap, Court Told
• Monitronics Wants First Mercury To Defend TCPA Suits
• Fla. Bar Seeks 3 Attys' Disbarment Over Deceptive Settlement
• 1st Circ. Orders Puerto Rico Court To Recognize Gay Marriage
• MetLife Opinion Could Halt SIFI Designations
• Utica Mutual Must Defend Broker In Suit, NJ Court Says
• Lewis Brisbois Nabs Gordon & Rees Employment Pro
• Church Tells 5th Circ. Insurer Is Wrong About Copper Theft
• Bankrupt Caesars Casino Co. Objects To Parent's Fee Request
• State Farm Pushes Back Against Cert. Bid In Robocall Action
• The Role Of Cyberinsurance In Risk Management
• Treasury To Appeal Order Lifting MetLife's SIFI Designation
• Texas Couple Asks Justices To Reopen Malpractice Suit
• Coast Guard Taking Too Long For Liability Ruling, Insurers Say
• Urban Outfitters Insurer Says It Belongs In Navajo TM Case
• Amicus Briefs In ERISA Case Improper, 6th Circ. Told
• Insurer Didn't Waive Flood Exclusion, NY Court Rules
• DC Circ. Prepping To Grill CFPB On Director's Powers
• JLL Racks Up $1B For Latest PE Fund
• Fla. High Court Asked To Strike Down Workers' Comp Law
• Obama Nominates Idaho Judge To Federal Bench
• Insurer Wants Broker's Policy Rescinded For Premium Theft
• Succession Planning: A Key Strategy For Law Firm Longevity
• What Methods Of Insurance Allocation Will Prevail In NY?
• 6th Circ. Sides With Union In Arbitration Board Dispute
• Anthem, Insurers Battle Data Breach MDL Claims
• Insurer Aims To Duck Coverage For Frivolous Trespass Claim
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Denied Coverage Suit Over IP Battle
• Regulators Should Beef Up Oversight Of Insurers, IMF Says
• Insurer Aims To Revive $100M CDO Suit Against JPMorgan
• Travelers Denied Win In Row Over Becton's $167M In Deals
• Exxon Sues Lockheed Over Asbestos Litigation Bill
• Bharara Seeks 12-15 Years For Ex-NY Senate Leader Skelos
• Litigation Boutique Weisbrod Matteis Opens Philly Office
• Tesoro Tells 5th Circ. To Ax Chartis Win In $30M Cleanup Row
• 10 Tech Trends Automakers And Insurers Need To Watch
• A Polite Request Is Still A Demand In The 2nd Circ.
• A Policyholder's Guide To Commercial Crime Coverage
• Insurer Says No Duty To Defend After Fatal County Fair Fall
• Insurer Will Appeal $6.9M Contract Trial Award To 8th Circ.
• Feds Trim Pay Boost For Medicare Advantage In 2017
• D&O Policy Dooms Shareholder's Coverage Suit, Court Says
• Yahoo Gets Attorneys' Fees In NCAA Contest Insurance Row
• Jury Finds Tyco Not Liable In $60M Drug Heist Trial
• Lloyd's Underwriters Want Award Vacated In Reinsurance Row
• Texas High Court Refuses To Review Free Speech Exemption
• 5th Circ. Won't Rethink Aetna Win In $73M Late-Payment Row
• Life Partners To Pay Over $1B To Settle Investor Suits
• 7 Lessons I Learned As A Trial Lawyer On Jury Duty
• What Constitutes 'Physical Loss' For Property Insurance?
• The High Court's Preemption Tango And The Future Of ERISA
• Texas Justices Won't Mull Tesco's $1.5M Rig Coverage Bid
• Buyer Tells 3rd Circ. Insurer Owes In Pa. Mansion Fire Suit
• Antonelli Insurer Must Pay Full Malpractice Award, Court Told
• LSU Hospital Operator's Antitrust Suit Can Proceed: Judge
• Ill. Court Revives Ex-Tribune Shareholders' Insurance Suit
• Texas Justices Dodge Question Of New Trials In USAA Row
• Fla. Insurance Regulator OKs Anthem-Cigna Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Orange, XIO Group, Old Mutual
• OneMain Sells Loan Portfolio To Blackstone JV For $112M
• Ex-NJ Insurance Prosecutor Tapped For Appellate Post
• The 2016 Rising Stars, By Firm
• Insurer Urges Denial Of Directed Verdict In $60M Heist Suit
• Acuity Off Hook For $2M Of TCPA Deal, Ohio Court Affirms
• Owen Gleaton, Ex-Insurance Client Settle $2M Liability Row
• Don't Be Left Without An Expert Witness