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Insurance

  • March 18, 2025

    BetterHelp Demands Insurer Assist In $7.8M FTC Payment

    Online counseling company BetterHelp told a California federal court that its insurer must cover a $7.8 million Federal Trade Commission payment and must defend it in underlying litigation brought by consumers who claim the company violated laws via its collection, use and disclosure of private health information.

  • March 18, 2025

    Convicted Insurance Mogul's Co. Liable For $57M Fraud

    A Malta-based advisory firm controlled by convicted insurance mogul Greg Lindberg violated the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 by helping facilitate his misappropriation of $57 million in client funds, a North Carolina federal court ruled, noting Lindberg and another firm executive already admitted to fraud in separate consent judgments.

  • March 18, 2025

    Kaiser Insurer Says Ch. 11 Plan Doesn't Protect Against Fraud

    Truck Insurance Exchanged told a panel of Fourth Circuit judges Tuesday that the confirmed Chapter 11 plan of Kaiser Gypsum Co. should be overturned as a bad faith filing because it doesn't impose simple measures to prevent asbestos injury claim fraud.

  • March 18, 2025

    11th Circ. Upholds GE Arb. In Algerian Power Plant Lawsuit

    An Eleventh Circuit panel on Tuesday affirmed a lower court's ruling forcing reinsurers of an Algerian power plant into arbitration over a $28 million turbine failure, saying the plant's owner ultimately benefited from the services contract between General Electric and the plant operator.

  • March 18, 2025

    Greenberg Traurig Boosts Litigation Team With 4 Denver Attys

    A team of four litigators have joined Greenberg Traurig LLP's growing Denver office, including a shareholder who was tapped to lead the office's litigation practice. 

  • March 17, 2025

    Insurers Fight For Arbitration In La. Hurricane Damage Dispute

    A group of insurers is urging the Fifth Circuit to send its dispute with a Louisiana municipality over coverage for property damage caused by a pair of Category 4 hurricanes to arbitration, despite an opposing ruling last fall by the state's top court.

  • March 17, 2025

    Insurer Stands Alone Before $8.5M Condo Defect Judgment

    The insurer for a contractor can't get help from third-party insurers to pay an $8.5 million judgment for alleged shoddy workmanship on a 2005 condo project because a settlement agreement released them from all claims, a Florida federal judge said Monday.

  • March 17, 2025

    Ex-Avenatti Clients Resolve Fight Over Seized Honda Jet

    Two of Michael Avenatti's former clients have settled their dispute over ownership interest and an insurance policy covering a $4.4 million Honda jet that the disgraced attorney allegedly purchased with stolen client funds, according to a notice filed in California federal court.

  • March 17, 2025

    Insurer Drops Claims That Lamp Cos.' Negligence Caused Fire

    A Detroit cannabis farm and its insurance company have agreed to drop a lawsuit alleging a host of lighting and gardening equipment manufacturers negligently designed and marketed their products, after a grow lamp malfunction led to a fire that caused more than $8.5 million of damage at a grow facility.

  • March 17, 2025

    Zurich Unit Needn't Cover Travel Agency In Abuse Suit

    A Zurich unit had no duty to defend a travel agency accused of negligence in connection with an overnight school trip where a student, court papers allege, was bullied and sexually abused by classmates, a Florida federal court ruled Monday, saying a sexual abuse exclusion barred coverage.

  • March 17, 2025

    Vague Settlement Can't Free Insurer From Asbestos Claims

    An insurer that says its policies' limits were exhausted while paying over $5 million toward an asbestos injury settlement on behalf of BNSF Railway failed to show it actually went over its limits, a Texas appeals court found. 

  • March 17, 2025

    Illinois Cannabis Social Equity Licensee Sued By Backer

    A company that backs entrepreneurs qualified for social equity cannabis licenses alleged in a new federal lawsuit that a business owner it partnered with reneged on their agreement when he attempted to sell his retail marijuana license to another party.

  • March 17, 2025

    Ore. Lawmakers OK $5B Insurer, Hospital Tax Extension

    Oregon would extend medical provider and insurance assessments otherwise slated to expire, raising $5 billion for the state's healthcare programs over four years, under legislation passed Monday by the state Senate.

  • March 17, 2025

    Dentons Adds Ex-DLA Piper Atty To Litigation Team

    A DLA Piper attorney with a track record in commercial and insurance litigation has followed several of his former colleagues in joining Dentons' litigation practice, further boosting the firm's global insurance team, according to an announcement Monday.

  • March 14, 2025

    Williams Kastner Accused Of Malpractice After $128M Payout

    An insurer wouldn't have been forced to pay 64 times its policy limit after a deadly crane collapse in Seattle were it not for its attorneys at Williams Kastner, the carrier told a Washington state court, accusing its counsel of malpractice that caused it to pay $128 million.

  • March 14, 2025

    Looming Virginia AI Bill Likely Just Start Of State Law Flood

    Virginia is on the brink of becoming the second state to regulate high-risk uses of artificial intelligence, a move that would kick-start the formation of a patchwork that is similar to the one emerging in the data privacy realm and that is expected to rapidly expand in the wake of the federal government's disavowal of stringent rules in the AI space.

  • March 14, 2025

    US Trustee Pans Pump Co.'s $9M Asbestos Insurance Deal

    The U.S. Trustee's Office has challenged a proposed $9 million settlement between a Chapter 7 trustee for a bankrupt Connecticut pump company and two insurers, saying the agreement nonconsensually deprives third parties of their asbestos-related personal injury claims against the insurance carriers.

  • March 14, 2025

    Calif. Insurance Chief OKs State Farm Rates Pending Hearing

    The California Department of Insurance on Friday provisionally approved State Farm's request for an emergency rate hike following the Los Angeles fires, including a nearly 22% increase for homeowners, saying final approval will be contingent on the insurer justifying its request at a hearing.

  • March 14, 2025

    5th Circ. Reverses Insurer's Bar Assault Coverage Win

    The Fifth Circuit reversed on Friday a decision finding a bar's insurer had to pay only $1 million of a $3.2 million judgment because a settlement demand letter was too vague, saying the lower court should have declined to hear the case and must toss it on remand.

  • March 14, 2025

    Partners At Coffey Modica Get To Be 'The New Guy' Together

    Business and insurance defense litigation firm Coffey Modica LLP has added two partners to its team in Tarrytown, New York, marking a homecoming of sorts for one, who worked as an associate under the firm's founding partner, while allowing both veteran attorneys to simultaneously be "the new guy."

  • March 14, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    The past week in London has seen J.P. Morgan face action by the founder of Viva Wallet in an ongoing feud over the company's takeover, retailer Next Group contest a claim by the home ware brand owned by private members' club Soho House, and the venue of the Wimbledon Championships sue a local group opposed to its plans to build new tennis courts on protected land in Wimbledon Park.

  • March 13, 2025

    Ohio Health Insurer Wins $24M Verdict ln Racketeering Case

    An Ohio jury has awarded Medical Mutual of Ohio more than $24 million in damages, after the insurer accused its rivals FrontPath Health Coalition and HealthScope Benefits of undercutting the bidding process for healthcare contracts with the city of Toledo.

  • March 13, 2025

    Fla. Condo Says Insurers Unfairly Handled Hurricane Claim

    A Pensacola Beach condominium complex told a Florida federal court that it is entitled to recover attorney fees and other costs associated with what it alleged was its insurers' failures to fairly handle its claim for Hurricane Sally damage.

  • March 13, 2025

    State Farm Hit With Hail Damage Coverage Suit

    A married couple accused State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. in Ohio federal court of wrongfully denying coverage after their home was damaged by wind and a hailstorm.

  • March 13, 2025

    Coverage Bars Fla. Worker Who Died In Fall, Insurer Says

    A Michigan-based insurance company has asked a Florida federal court to declare that it doesn't owe coverage in a claim stemming from a condominium worker's death after falling five stories, asserting that its policy doesn't cover the death if it occurred during the scope of the employer's business.

Expert Analysis

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    Playing Diplomacy Makes Us Better Lawyers

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    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.

  • Climate Among Many Factors Driving Up RE Insurance Costs

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    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.

  • Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys

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    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.

  • Fla. Insurer-Breach Cases Split On Unrepaired Property Issue

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    A Florida appellate court's recent decision in Universal v. Qureshi is directly at odds with a 2020 decision from another Florida appellate court, and raises important questions for policyholders and insurers about the proper measure of damages in breach claims involving unrepaired property, say Andrea DeField and Yaniel Abreu at Hunton.

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    NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q3

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    In a relatively light few months for banking legal updates in New York, the state Department of Financial Services previewed its views on banking sector artificial intelligence use via insurer guidance, and an anti-money laundering enforcement action underscored the importance of international monitoring processes, say Eric McLaughlin and Dana Bayersdorfer at Davis Polk.

  • Series

    Collecting Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The therapeutic aspects of appreciating and collecting art improve my legal practice by enhancing my observation skills, empathy, creativity and cultural awareness, says attorney Michael McCready.

  • Plan Sponsors Must Prep For New Mental Health, Drug Rules

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    To comply with newly published health insurance rules requiring parity between access to mental health and substance use services compared to medical and surgical services, employers with self-insured plans will need to update third-party administrator agreements and collect data, among other compliance steps, say attorneys at Kilpatrick.

  • Insurance Likely Kept Swift Out Of The Woods After Vienna

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    Financial losses Taylor Swift incurred from the cancellation of three concerts in Vienna in August will likely be covered by insurance policies, considering how the facts of the situation differ from those of the Foo Fighters' 2015 insurance dispute over event cancellation and terrorism coverage, say attorneys at Anderson Kill.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession

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    About 30,000 people who took the bar exam in July will learn they passed this fall, marking a fitting time for all attorneys to remember that they are members in a specialty club of learned professionals — and the more they can keep this in mind, the more benefits they will see, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Opinion

    AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys

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    The thing that’s so powerful about artificial intelligence is also what’s most scary about it — its ability to detect patterns may curtail young attorneys’ chance to practice the lower-level work of managing cases, preventing them from ever honing the pattern recognition skills that undergird creative lawyering, says Sarah Murray at Trialcraft.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: September Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy identifies practice tips from four recent class certification rulings involving denial of Medicare reimbursements, automobile insurance disputes, veterans' rights and automobile defects.

  • 3 Coverage Tips As 2nd Circ. 'Swipes Left' On Tinder Claim

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    The Second Circuit's recent opinion in Match Group v. Beazley Underwriting, overturning Tinder's victory on its insurer's motion to dismiss a coverage action, reinforces three best practices policyholders purchasing claims-made coverage should adhere to in order to avoid late-notice defenses, say Lynda Bennett and Alexander Corson at Lowenstein Sandler.

  • Series

    Round-Canopy Parachuting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Similar to the practice of law, jumping from an in-flight airplane with nothing but training and a few yards of parachute silk is a demanding and stressful endeavor, and the experience has bolstered my legal practice by enhancing my focus, teamwork skills and sense of perspective, says Thomas Salerno at Stinson.

  • Why Now Is The Time For Law Firms To Hire Lateral Partners

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    Partner and associate mobility data from the second quarter of this year suggest that there's never been a better time in recent years for law firms to hire lateral candidates, particularly experienced partners — though this necessitates an understanding of potential red flags, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics

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    Disney and American Airlines recently abandoned certain litigation tactics in two lawsuits after fierce public backlash, illustrating why corporate counsel should consider the reputational implications of any legal strategy and partner with their communications teams to preempt public relations concerns, says Chris Gidez at G7 Reputation Advisory.

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