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April 11, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen law firm Michael Wilson & Partners reignite a 20-year dispute with a former director over an alleged plot to form a rival partnership, headphone maker Marshall Amplification sue a rival in the intellectual property court, and a commercial diving company pursue action against state-owned nuclear waste processor Sellafield. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new cases in the U.K.
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April 10, 2025
Calif. FAIR Plan Denying Wildfire Smoke Coverage, Suit Says
California's "insurer of last resort" has been illegally underpaying or denying smoke damage coverage to homeowners affected by January's Los Angeles-area wildfires, leaving property owners with uninhabitable homes and at risk of serious health issues related to toxin exposure, homeowners alleged in a complaint filed Thursday in California state court.
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April 10, 2025
Insurance Agency Accuses Former Exec Of Poaching Clients
A Florida insurance agency has accused its former vice president of sales of poaching clients and misappropriating trade secrets when he left for a direct competitor, according to a lawsuit removed to federal court.
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April 10, 2025
6th Circ. Upholds No-Coverage Ruling For $13M Loss
Errors and omissions insurers for two Liberty Mutual units owe no coverage for the units' $13.3 million coverage payment to a motel operator found civilly liable for a woman's murder, the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday, finding a settlement demand letter did not constitute a claim under the E&O policies.
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April 10, 2025
Manufacturer Says Insurers Owe $3.4M For Warehouse Theft
An anime merchandise manufacturer is seeking to recover over $3.4 million from its insurers for business personal property and business income that was lost after its warehouse was robbed, telling a California federal court that a majority of its claim hasn't been paid.
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April 10, 2025
Arbitration Stands In La. Condo's Hurricane Damage Case
A Louisiana federal judge has refused to reconsider his order compelling arbitration of a $4.9 million insurance claim over Hurricane Ida damage to a New Orleans condominium complex in light of new guidance from the state's top court.
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April 10, 2025
Amazon Worker's Brother Denied Win In Life Insurance Fight
The children of an Amazon worker can proceed with their claim that their uncle exercised "undue influence" to get named as a beneficiary on their father's life insurance plan, an Ohio federal judge said Thursday, noting the Employee Retirement Income Security Act did not preempt the allegations.
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April 10, 2025
Colo. Supreme Court Rejects Fire Plaintiffs' Trial Opt-Out Bid
The Colorado Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to a judge's plan for a single liability trial on thousands of consolidated claims alleging Xcel Energy and two telecom companies are responsible for a 2021 wildfire.
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April 10, 2025
Insurer Denies $3M Legal Fees After Worker Death Settlement
An insurer that paid its policy limits on behalf of insured contractors to settle a lawsuit over a jobsite fatality told an Oklahoma federal court it owed no coverage for more than $3 million in legal fees incurred because the insureds hired private counsel without consent.
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April 10, 2025
Sagitec Sues Deloitte For Defamation In Trade Secrets Spat
Software company Sagitec Solutions has accused Deloitte Consulting of conducting an "ongoing campaign of disparagement and unfair competition," alleging in a complaint in Delaware federal court that Deloitte has falsely claimed that Sagitec's unemployment and pension administration programs are based on stolen trade secrets.
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April 10, 2025
IRS Microcaptive Rules Face Challenge By Familiar Foe
A microcaptive insurance advisory firm that persuaded a Tennessee federal court to vacate an IRS notice imposing reporting requirements challenged the agency's new rules on the in-house arrangements, asking the same court to set aside the regulations for being just as onerous as the previous ones.
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April 10, 2025
Purdue Cleared To Start Ch. 11 Claims Processing Early
A New York bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved Purdue Pharma's request to appoint claims administrators and begin processing the tens of thousands of claims against the drugmaker, reasoning that doing so ahead of plan confirmation would enable the debtor to make faster distributions to creditors.
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April 09, 2025
Fla. Investigator Sued Over Tossed Insurance Fraud Cases
A Florida man accused of home insurance fraud and who later had his cases tossed by for lack of evidence has sued the criminal investigator who referred the charges, alleging a false set of facts that were negligently provided to state attorneys led to his malicious prosecution.Â
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April 09, 2025
Texas Bill 'Penalizes' Sex Assault Victims, Atty Warns
A bill floated by Texas state lawmakers that would cap certain damages in personal injury lawsuits would prove devastating to sexual assault victims as it "penalizes" those who try to move on with their lives, according to an attorney who specializes in such cases.
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April 09, 2025
AIG Unit Seeks $3.7M Clawback In Whistleblower Murder Row
A tree service company, subsidiary and certain former employees can't be covered in two civil suits alleging an employee was murdered for reporting the company's use of undocumented labor, an AIG unit told an Ohio federal court, seeking nearly $3.7 million in coverage reimbursement.
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April 09, 2025
Insurer Settles Suit Blaming Bank Consultant For Data Breach
National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh has settled a suit accusing a Washington-based consultant of security lapses after the personal data of over 10,000 bank customers ended up online, according to new filings in Evergreen State court.
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April 09, 2025
Underwriters Owe $2.6M For Damaged Ship Loader, Co. Says
A seller of ship loaders said its underwriters owe it an additional $2.6 million for a piece of equipment that was damaged en route to Canada, telling a Washington federal court that the carriers have breached their obligations under a marine all-risk cargo policy.
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April 09, 2025
Claims Trimmed In Firm's Suit Over Sports Fraud Coverage
A Florida federal court tossed more than half the claims a law firm raised against an AIG unit for allegedly misleading them into representing a sports memorabilia collector in underlying civil and criminal fraud cases without payment, finding claims against the unit either premature, duplicative or insufficiently pled.Â
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April 09, 2025
Insurer, Flight School Agree Training Suit Isn't Covered
An insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify a flight school accused in an underlying suit of misrepresenting the education and training that students enrolled in a flight program would receive, according to a consent agreement approved by a North Carolina federal court.
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April 08, 2025
Town's Insurance Suit Unfrozen After $11M Civil Rights Deal
A previously paused lawsuit that East Haven, Connecticut, brought against its insurers has been referred for settlement negotiations after the town and former officials lost an underlying civil rights case over the politically motivated closure of a quarry and then reached an $11 million deal to end the underlying dispute.
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April 08, 2025
4th Circ. Won't Revisit Ambiguous Endorsement Ruling
The Fourth Circuit on Monday declined to review its ruling that a South Carolina district court erred by finding that an endorsement unambiguously applied to cap an aluminum supplier's insurance recovery for a fire loss at $10 million.
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April 08, 2025
4th Circ. Says Insurer Needn't Chip In For $9M Fatal Fire Deal
A Munich Re unit needn't contribute to The Travelers Indemnity Co.'s $9 million settlement of suits brought over a fatal apartment fire, the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday, saying the unit's policy issued to a North Carolina county's emergency services department did not also extend coverage to its 911 call center.
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April 08, 2025
Texas Court Upholds Jurisdiction Over Some Asbestos Claims
A Texas appellate court affirmed Tuesday that insurers involved in litigation brought by the trustee of a bankrupt Kentucky machine company seeking coverage in connection with asbestos-related injury litigation can't escape jurisdiction, but contradicted the lower court by denying jurisdiction over certain American insurers regarding non-Texas claims.
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April 08, 2025
MSP Recovery Sued For Docs In Del. After $33B SPAC Dispute
A stockholder of healthcare data analytics company MSP Recovery has demanded the company turn over books and records over allegations that it admitted to financial difficulties and federal investigations shortly after finalizing a $32.5 billion blank-check merger nearly three years ago.
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April 08, 2025
Machinery Co. Says Insurer Owes $12M For Fire Losses
An insurer owes a machinery company and its owner more than $12 million following a fire that destroyed construction materials, the pair alleged in a complaint removed to Oklahoma federal court, arguing negligence by the insurer and a broker ultimately led the company to bankruptcy.
Expert Analysis
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An Update On Legal Issues In The Drone Market
Marialuisa Gallozzi and Alex Slawson at Covington examine recent developments in the legal issues surrounding the growing drone market, including possible First Amendment protections, Fourth Amendment surveillance, and litigation involving criminal and civil penalties, evidentiary pursuits, and insurance.
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Key Insurance Implications Of Hawaii's Historic GHG Ruling
In Aloha Petroleum v. National Union Fire Insurance, the Hawaii Supreme Court became the first state court to classify greenhouse gasses as pollutants barred from insurance coverage, a ruling likely to be afforded great weight by courts across the country, say Scott Seaman and Gar Lauerman at Hinshaw & Culbertson.
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Use The Right Kind Of Feedback To Help Gen Z Attorneys
Generation Z associates bring unique perspectives and expectations to the workplace, so it’s imperative that supervising attorneys adapt their feedback approach in order to help young lawyers learn and grow — which is good for law firms, too, says Rachael Bosch at Fringe Professional Development.
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Opinion
Congress Can And Must Enact A Supreme Court Ethics Code
As public confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court dips to historic lows following reports raising conflict of interest concerns, Congress must exercise its constitutional power to enact a mandatory and enforceable code of ethics for the high court, says Muhammad Faridi, president of the New York City Bar Association.
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Series
The Pop Culture Docket: Justice Lebovits On Gilbert And Sullivan
Characters in the 19th century comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan break the rules of good lawyering by shamelessly throwing responsible critical thought to the wind, providing hilarious lessons for lawyers and judges on how to avoid a surfeit of traps and tribulations, say acting New York Supreme Court Justice Gerald Lebovits and law student Tara Scown.
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Opinion
To Shrink Jury Awards, Address Preventable Medical Errors
While some health industry leaders complain about large malpractice awards — like the recent $45 million verdict in Hernandez v. Temple University Hospital — these payouts are only a symptom of the underlying problem: an epidemic of preventable medical errors, says Eric Weitz at The Weitz Firm.
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State Of The States' AI Legal Ethics Landscape
Over the past year, several state bar associations, as well as the American Bar Association, have released guidance on the ethical use of artificial intelligence in legal practice, all of which share overarching themes and some nuanced differences, say Eric Pacifici and Kevin Henderson at SMB Law Group.
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Defining All-Risk: Despite $30M Loss, Loose Bolt Not 'Damage'
A Massachusetts federal court’s recent ruling in AMAG Pharmaceuticals v. American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Co., denying coverage for $30 million in damages claimed when a loose bolt caused an air leak, highlights an ongoing debate over the definition of “direct physical loss or damage,” say Josh Tumen and Paul Ferland at Cozen O'Connor.
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8 Childhood Lessons That Can Help You Be A Better Attorney
A new school year is underway, marking a fitting time for attorneys to reflect on some fundamental life lessons from early childhood that offer a framework for problems that no legal textbook can solve, say Chris Gismondi and Chris Campbell at DLA Piper.
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Sublimit And Policy Interpretation Lessons From Amtrak Case
The recently settled dispute between Amtrak and its insurers over sublimit coverage illustrates that parties with unclear manuscript policies may wish to avoid litigation in favor of settlement — as the New York federal court declined to decide the case by applying prior term interpretations, says Laura Maletta at Chartwell Law.
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Opinion
This Election, We Need To Talk About Court Process
In recent decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has markedly transformed judicial processes — from summary judgment standards to notice pleadings — which has, in turn, affected individuals’ substantive rights, and we need to consider how the upcoming presidential election may continue this pattern, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Mental Health Parity Rules: Tips For Plans And Issuers
Following federal agencies' release of final mental health parity rules, plan sponsors and health insurance issuers should develop protocols for preparing compliant nonquantitative treatment limitation comparative analyses, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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Series
Playing Diplomacy Makes Us Better Lawyers
Similar to the practice of law, the rules of Diplomacy — a strategic board game set in pre-World War I Europe — are neither concise nor without ambiguity, and weekly gameplay with our colleagues has revealed the game's practical applications to our work as attorneys, say Jason Osborn and Ben Bevilacqua at Winston & Strawn.
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Climate Among Many Factors Driving Up RE Insurance Costs
A proactive approach to risk management may determine the viability of the U.S. commercial real estate sector as weather crises and other factors drive insurance costs higher, says Ulrick Matsunaga at Crosbie Gliner.
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Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys
Amid a growing body of research finding that attorneys face higher rates of mental illness than the general population, firms should consider setting up mental health first aid training programs to help lawyers assess mental health challenges in their colleagues and intervene with compassion, say psychologists Shawn Healy and Tracey Meyers.