Insurance

  • August 01, 2024

    GE Retirees Reach Deal To Resolve Pension Benefits Dispute

    General Electric retirees announced Thursday they'd struck a deal with their former employer to resolve claims that GE improperly used a company spinoff to renounce responsibility for supplemental pension benefits reserved for senior executives, the plaintiff-side firm that represented the retirees said.

  • August 01, 2024

    Insurer Wants Quick Win In NBA Team's Virus Coverage Suit

    The Sacramento Kings' insurer said it is entitled to an early win in a coverage dispute over pandemic-related losses that the basketball team and its arena operator incurred, telling a California federal court that the losses don't meet the policy requirement of "physical loss or damage" to property.

  • August 01, 2024

    Locke Lord Adds Insurance, Privacy Partners In Chicago

    Locke Lord LLP announced on Wednesday that two partners formerly of Sidley Austin LLP and Thompson Coburn LLP have joined the firm's insurance and cybersecurity practices out of Chicago.

  • August 01, 2024

    3rd Circ. Says Enviro Fight No Reason To Reopen Ch. 11

    The Third Circuit ruled Thursday that Bath Iron Works' potential liability over a polluted New Jersey river doesn't affect the Chapter 11 case of the shipbuilder's former affiliate, backing a district court that decided a bankruptcy judge erred in reopening the case.

  • August 01, 2024

    Rising Star: Blank Rome's Robyn Michaelson

    As a partner at Blank Rome, Robyn Michaelson is helping to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in insurance benefits for victims of historical sex abuse at the hands of Catholic Church officials, earning her a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2024

    DC Circ. Revives Insurer's Bid To Enforce Argentina Awards

    The D.C. Circuit has revived an insurance company's efforts to enforce arbitral awards it won against Argentina in a decades-old dispute over tens of millions of dollars due under reinsurance contracts, ordering a lower court to more closely consider two exceptions to sovereign immunity.

  • July 31, 2024

    Guo Judge Wants To Know If $26.5M Mansion Will Be Safe

    A Connecticut bankruptcy judge has ordered an alleged shell company to explain whether it will stop funding a security detail at an uninsured $26.5 million New Jersey mansion that federal prosecutors and a Chapter 11 trustee are eyeing as an asset that could reimburse a Chinese exile's creditors and fraud victims.

  • July 31, 2024

    Kenyan Firm Sues Ill. Attys Over Ethiopian Airlines Crash Fees

    A small Kenyan law firm seeking attorney fees from a 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash victims settlement with Boeing is accusing Jenner & Block LLP and another Chicago firm of coaxing its former client into firing the firm, allegedly through misinformation and forged signatures, according to a suit filed in Illinois federal court this week.

  • July 31, 2024

    Mich. Justices Ask, Again, If Auto Reforms Cover Old Policies

    The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday asked parties in a crash insurance dispute to address a question on which it had already heard arguments earlier this year: whether no-fault reforms enacted in 2019 apply to preexisting policies or just to those issued after the reforms took effect.

  • July 31, 2024

    Insurer Says No Coverage For Wash. Pay Law Class Actions

    An insurer said it has no duty to defend or indemnify food service companies accused of violating the Washington Equal Pay and Opportunities Act in two putative class actions, telling a federal court Wednesday the allegations don't trigger coverage under an employment practices liability insurance policy.

  • July 31, 2024

    CVS Appeal Blocked In Whistleblower Suit Over Drug Prices

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has barred CVS Health Co. from making an interlocutory appeal over his interpretation of regulations in a whistleblower's lawsuit claiming the company's prescription entities falsely reported drug prices to the government. The judge recommended that a trial date be set in the decade-long litigation instead.

  • July 31, 2024

    Rising Star: Cohen Ziffer's Orrie Levy

    Orrie A. Levy of Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna beat insurers' attempts to avoid defending Walmart in opioid lawsuits and secured a rare ruling setting aside a Delaware jury's verdict favoring an AIG unit in an insurance coverage trial, earning him a spot among insurance law attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2024

    Insurer Wants Out Of Yacht Brokerage Group Antitrust Suit

    A professional liability insurer for a yacht brokerage trade group has told a Florida federal court that it owes no coverage for an underlying proposed class action accusing the group of engaging in anticompetitive conduct, pointing to an exclusion barring coverage for "standard setting" claims.

  • July 31, 2024

    Cadwalader Can't Cloak Cyberattack Coverage Suit, Court Told

    A Lloyd's of London syndicate wants to unseal a complaint by Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP seeking coverage for a November 2022 data breach, saying it was never given a chance to oppose, and the firm otherwise failed to show why the suit should stay under wraps.

  • July 31, 2024

    AIG Units Off Hook In Defending McKesson Opioid Suits

    Two AIG insurers have no duty to defend McKesson Corp. over claims it intentionally over-distributed opioids, a California federal court ruled, saying the three underlying suits do not allege a potentially covered occurrence under policies issued between 1999 and 2004.

  • July 31, 2024

    BakerHostetler, Dechert Steer $2.3B CBIZ-Marcum Deal

    Cleveland-based accounting firm CBIZ Inc. said Wednesday it has agreed to buy competitor Marcum in a $2.3 billion deal that will create the seventh-largest accounting services provider in the U.S.

  • July 30, 2024

    Fla. Insurance Co. Accused Of Causing Black Mold Death

    A Florida insurance company was accused of wrongfully causing the death of a woman who died from black mold contamination in a state complaint brought by her sole descendant, who alleges the insurer didn't send a promised team to remediate the woman's home after it was damaged by Hurricane Ian.

  • July 30, 2024

    Ex-Allied World Insurance Exec. Admits To $1.5M Fraud

    A former Allied World Insurance Co. executive pleaded guilty Tuesday to running a scheme that tricked the company into paying nearly $1.5 million for phony construction work and collecting undisclosed kickbacks from its vendors.

  • July 30, 2024

    Florida Residents Urge 11th Circ. Keep Block On Gender Law

    Transgender adults and children in Florida on Monday urged the Eleventh Circuit to reject the state's attempt to enforce a law restricting gender-affirming treatment for transgender minors and adults while the case is on appeal.

  • July 30, 2024

    $147.5M Deal In Life Insurance Cost Suit Meets Resistance

    A Connecticut federal judge should not give his preliminary approval to a $147.5 million class settlement that would end several lawsuits alleging that Lincoln insurance entities overcharged their policyholders because three later-filed cases in other jurisdictions could lead to even higher recoveries, counsel for a group of objectors said Tuesday.

  • July 30, 2024

    Insurer Says Interior Dept. Must Face $20M Tribal Loan Claims

    U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland waited too long to assert that an Ohio federal court cannot hear the case an insurer brought against it over a $20 million tribal loan guarantee, and the suit should be transferred to the Court of Federal Claims instead of being dismissed, the insurer has argued.

  • July 30, 2024

    Ebix Ch. 11 Plan Ruling Held Up By Liability Release Dispute

    A Texas bankruptcy judge declined to rule Tuesday on Ebix Inc.'s request for Chapter 11 plan confirmation, telling the parties he needed more time to sort out a dispute over third-party releases contained in the reorganization deal.

  • July 30, 2024

    Wash. Gym, Insurer Settle Athlete Abuse Coverage Dispute

    An insurer and a gym jointly asked a Washington state federal court to dismiss the insurer's lawsuit seeking to escape any defense or indemnification obligations for an underlying suit from an underage cheerleader's mother, who accused the gym of providing a space for its founder to sexually assault her daughter.

  • July 30, 2024

    Insurer Says No Coverage For Florida Sex Assault Claims

    A trust facing a negligence claim after a minor said she was sexually assaulted while staying at the trust's vacation rental isn't owed any coverage for the lawsuit, its insurer told a Florida federal court Tuesday, citing a sexual molestation exclusion.

  • July 30, 2024

    Insurer Says Trucking Co.'s BIPA Suit Isn't Covered

    An insurer told an Illinois state judge to declare that it has no duty to defend a trucking company against allegations that it illegally mishandled employees' biometric information.

Expert Analysis

  • Litigation Inspiration: A Source Of Untapped Fulfillment

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    As increasing numbers of attorneys struggle with stress and mental health issues, business litigators can find protection against burnout by remembering their important role in society — because fulfillment in one’s work isn’t just reserved for public interest lawyers, say Bennett Rawicki and Peter Bigelow at Hilgers Graben.

  • Understanding Insurance Is Key To Limiting Antitrust Liability

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    As regulators signal their intent to continue last year's aggressive campaign of corporate antitrust litigation, businesses must make active management of their liability insurance policies, along with a firm knowledge of the limits of their coverage, central to their strategies for limiting the enormous financial risks of enforcement, say attorneys at Nossaman.

  • Series

    Skiing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    A lifetime of skiing has helped me develop important professional skills, and taught me that embracing challenges with a spirit of adventure can allow lawyers to push boundaries, expand their capabilities and ultimately excel in their careers, says Andrea Przybysz at Tucker Ellis.

  • Opinion

    High Court Should Endorse Insurer Standing In Bankruptcy

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    In Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum, the U.S. Supreme Court will examine bankruptcy standing doctrine as applied to insurers in mass tort cases, and should use the opportunity to eliminate spurious standing roadblocks to resolving insurer objections on their merits, says Frank Perch at White and Williams.

  • Texas Insurance Ruling Could Restore Finality To Appraisal

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    The Texas Supreme Court's decision in Rodriguez v. Safeco, determining that full payment of an appraisal award precludes recovery of attorney fees, indicates a potential return to an era in which timely payment undoubtedly disposes of all possible policyholder claims, says Karl Schulz at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Forget Everything You Know About IRAC

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    The mode of legal reasoning most students learn in law school, often called “Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion,” or IRAC, erroneously frames analysis as a separate, discrete step, resulting in disorganized briefs and untold obfuscation — but the fix is pretty simple, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • Lessons For D&O Policyholders From Pharma Co. Ruling

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    A California federal court's recent decision in AmTrust v. 180 Life Sciences, requiring insurers to advance defense costs for a potentially covered claim, provides a valuable road map for directors and officers insurance policyholders, rebutting the common presumption that a D&O insurer's duty to advance costs is more limited than under other policies, say attorneys at Pasich.

  • How Firms Can Ensure Associate Gender Parity Lasts

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    Among associates, women now outnumber men for the first time, but progress toward gender equality at the top of the legal profession remains glacially slow, and firms must implement time-tested solutions to ensure associates’ gender parity lasts throughout their careers, say Kelly Culhane and Nicole Joseph at Culhane Meadows.

  • 7 Common Myths About Lateral Partner Moves

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    As lateral recruiting remains a key factor for law firm growth, partners considering a lateral move should be aware of a few commonly held myths — some of which contain a kernel of truth, and some of which are flat out wrong, says Dave Maurer at Major Lindsey.

  • 5 Tips For Policyholders Arbitrating R&W Insurance Claims

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    With more representations and warranties insurance disputes being arbitrated, policyholder counsel should note issues that are unique to RWI claims, including those of privilege, priority and preserving subrogation, says Micah Skidmore at Haynes Boone. 

  • Series

    Cheering In The NFL Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Balancing my time between a BigLaw career and my role as an NFL cheerleader has taught me that pursuing your passions outside of work is not a distraction, but rather an opportunity to harness important skills that can positively affect how you approach work and view success in your career, says Rachel Schuster at Sheppard Mullin.

  • A Rare Look At Judicial Interpretation Of LEG Exclusions

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    A Florida federal court’s order last month in Archer Western-De Moya v. Ace American Insurance and an earlier decision from a D.C. federal court offer insight into how courts may interpret defects exclusion clauses developed by the London Engineering Group — filling a void in case law in the area, says Jonathan Bruce at Holman Fenwick.

  • Series

    ESG Around The World: Gulf Cooperation Council

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    The Gulf Cooperation Council is in the early stages of ESG policy implementation, but recent commitments by both states and corporations — including increases in sustainable finance transactions, environmental commitments, female representation on boards and human rights enforcement — show continuing progress toward broader ESG goals, say attorneys at Cleary.

  • 6 Pointers For Attys To Build Trust, Credibility On Social Media

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    In an era of information overload, attorneys can use social media strategically — from making infographics to leveraging targeted advertising — to cut through the noise and establish a reputation among current and potential clients, says Marly Broudie at SocialEyes Communications.

  • Justices Stay The Course In Maritime Choice-Of-Law Ruling

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's narrowly drawn decision in Great Lakes Insurance v. Raiders Retreat Realty, enforcing the underlying insurance contract's choice-of-law provision, carefully distinguishes those provisions from forum selection clauses, and ensures that courts will not apply its precepts outside the maritime context, says John Coyle at the University of North Carolina.

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