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  • October 01, 2025

    Travelers Unit Owes $3M In Apartment Defect Settlement

    A Travelers unit owes $3 million to cover the bulk of a subcontractor's $4.5 million settlement over botched work at a Clemson University student housing development, a Georgia federal court ruled, finding the subcontractor's primary carrier responsible for only $1 million under a single policy period.

  • September 30, 2025

    Amazon Settles $1.2M Lawsuit Over Immersion Heater

    Amazon and a Colorado church's insurer have reached a settlement in the insurer's suit alleging that an immersion heater the church purchased from the e-commerce giant's platform to heat a baptismal font caused a fire amounting to $1.2 million in damages.

  • September 30, 2025

    Murdaugh's Banker Sentenced To 60 Months After Guilty Plea

    The onetime bank CEO who pled guilty in South Carolina federal court to helping ex-lawyer and convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh steal client money has been sentenced to 60 months in prison, the same amount specified in his plea deal.

  • September 29, 2025

    Ga. Panel Says Insurer Not Liable For Fees In $1.5M Case

    The Georgia Court of Appeals said a trial court rightly refused to make Allstate pay attorney fees after rejecting a settlement offer from a man who was later awarded $1.5 million for crash injuries, saying the award "was not warranted" because the insurer wasn't a named party at trial.

  • September 23, 2025

    Fla. Panel Upholds Verdict For Insurer In Bad Faith Dispute

    A Florida state appeals court affirmed the verdict in favor of an insurance company in a widow's lawsuit alleging its conduct following her husband's death led to a $13.5 million excess judgment, saying a jury was given proper instructions. 

  • September 23, 2025

    Mich. Panel Says Driver's Food Delivery Work Voids Coverage

    A Progressive Insurance unit was entitled to rescind an auto policy it issued to a woman seeking coverage for an August 2021 accident since she falsely declared in her insurance application that she didn't work for a food delivery service, a Michigan state appeals court ruled.

  • September 23, 2025

    $6.6M IRS Civil Fraud Penalty Ruled Constitutional

    A Pennsylvania federal judge upheld a $6.6 million civil fraud tax penalty against an insurance broker over its captive deductions, ruling Tuesday that the Internal Revenue Service's assessment of the penalty without a jury trial was constitutional.

  • September 23, 2025

    Insurer Can Seek Reimbursement For $1M PIP Payments

    A Michigan appellate panel on Monday affirmed a $1 million judgment for Farmers Insurance Exchange, finding it had the right to pursue reimbursement from another insurer after paying no-fault personal protection insurance benefits to an injured driver through a state-run claims program.

  • September 19, 2025

    Beneficiaries Dispute Aviation Exclusion In Fatal Crash Row

    Two beneficiaries under separate Prudential life insurance policies issued for an aviation company's pilots told a Washington federal court that they were wrongly denied benefits after their partners died in a plane crash, arguing an "aviation exclusion" either doesn't apply or should be stricken altogether.

  • September 19, 2025

    Pot Cos. Not Covered In Death Suit, Berkshire Hathaway Says

    A Berkshire Hathaway unit has no duty to defend a group of cannabis companies in an underlying suit over a worker's death, the insurer told a Florida federal court Friday, arguing that the suit does not allege that the companies were the employers of the worker as required to trigger coverage.

  • September 19, 2025

    Mich. Top Court Again Backs Retroactive Auto Reform Limits

    The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday reversed a lower state appellate panel's decision in a dispute over whether no-fault reforms enacted in 2019 apply to policies that "straddled" the reform effective dates, pointing to the top court's earlier finding that such policies are subjected to post-reform increased limits for liability.

  • September 12, 2025

    Assurant Rival Seeks Toss Of 'Scant' Racketeering Claims

    A former salesman for auto warranty underwriter Assurant called on a federal judge Thursday to release him from the company's suit alleging he hatched a conspiracy to poach clients and steal records, arguing his old employer had blown up a "garden-variety business dispute" into a bogus racketeering claim.

  • September 11, 2025

    $8.7 Million Data Breach Deal Gets Preliminary Approval

    A human resources and employee benefits management company moved one step closer to resolving a consolidated, proposed class action over a data breach that affected roughly 580,000 individuals as a California federal court gave preliminary approval to an $8.7 million settlement.

  • September 08, 2025

    10th Circ. Backs Dentist's Murder, Insurance Fraud Convictions

    A dentist convicted of murdering his wife on a hunting trip in Zambia to collect nearly $5 million in life insurance who became the subject of a Hulu documentary must continue to serve a life prison sentence for murder and insurance fraud, the Tenth Circuit ruled on Monday.

  • September 05, 2025

    Insurer Says Eatery Disguised Fed. Removability In Fire Row

    A Hartford unit told an Alabama federal court Friday that it should still be allowed to remove a Japanese restaurant's fire loss coverage action to federal court despite a one-year removal deadline, saying the restaurant acted in bad faith by trying to manipulate its pleadings to defeat removability.

  • August 29, 2025

    Del. Justices Say Mattel Sleeper Suit Not Ripe For Review

    The Delaware Supreme Court has declined to step in and review a pretrial order in an insurance dispute in which Mattel Inc. and Fisher-Price Inc. seek coverage of settlements in suits over infant injuries, saying a review at this time would not terminate the case, and that there's no reason not to wait for it to be resolved at the trial court.

  • August 29, 2025

    Insurance Broker Says NJ School Board Defamed Him

    A New Jersey town's board of education replaced its insurance broker with a different firm after certain officials defamed him, even while the new firm cost the board more in brokerage services costs and higher insurance premiums, the broker told a New Jersey state court.

  • August 29, 2025

    2nd Circ. Orders Resentencing In $600M Medical Billing Fraud

    A Second Circuit panel affirmed a Long Island medical biller's conviction Friday for bilking about $600 million from insurance companies through fraudulent claims and impersonating an NBA player and the NFL's former top lawyer, but said a federal judge had wrongly enhanced the man's prison sentence to 12 years.

  • August 28, 2025

    Salesforce Hit With Suit Over Alleged Breach Affecting 1M

    The personal information of more than 1 million Farmers Insurance customers was accessed by hackers who breached cloud-based software company Salesforce's databases, according to a proposed class action in California federal court.

  • August 28, 2025

    Ex-State Farm VP Sues Activists Over Secretly Recording Date

    A former State Farm executive has sued political activist James O'Keefe and a woman who lied about her intentions to date him, claiming they violated Illinois' eavesdropping statute by secretly recording his comments about State Farm's diversity efforts and rate hikes and later posting misleading videos of him, costing him his job.

  • August 26, 2025

    Reinsurer Says Aspen Owes Over $400M For Breaches

    A Bermuda-based reinsurer told a Connecticut state court that Aspen Insurance entities have continually breached their contractual obligations under a 2022 reinsurance agreement resulting in over $400 million in damages.

  • August 21, 2025

    Katten Wants $2.2M In Fees For Representing Lindberg

    Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has requested $2.2 million in attorney fees plus reimbursement of nearly $900,000 in expenses for the firm's work representing convicted insurance mogul Greg Lindberg, according to a motion filed Thursday in North Carolina federal court.

  • August 20, 2025

    Insurers Say Gov't Misusing FCA To Get Medicare Cost Cap

    Insurers accused of paying brokers to steer customers to their Medicare Advantage plans asked a Massachusetts federal judge to dismiss a False Claims Act lawsuit, saying the government is mischaracterizing legal payments for marketing as kickbacks in an attempt to impose caps it has thus far been unable to obtain.

  • August 18, 2025

    Infosys Can't Ax Trade Secrets Suit Over Healthcare Software

    Cognizant TriZetto Software Group Inc.'s trade secret and breach of contract claims against competitor Infosys Ltd. were filed in a timely fashion and are detailed enough to move forward, a Texas federal judge has found.

  • August 15, 2025

    Funeral Directors Can Go Forward With Life Insurance Suit

    Montana funeral home directors may proceed with their suit claiming they were led down a path of financial ruin when they were advised to place their savings into premium-financed life insurance policies, a federal court ruled.

Expert Analysis

  • What Ethics Rules Say On Atty Discipline For Online Speech

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    Though law firms are free to discipline employees for their online commentary about Charlie Kirk or other social media activity, saying crude or insensitive things on the internet generally doesn’t subject attorneys to professional discipline under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, says Stacie H. Rosenzweig at Halling & Cayo.

  • Junior Attys Must Beware Of 5 Common Legal Brief Mistakes

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    Junior law firm associates must be careful to avoid five common pitfalls when drafting legal briefs — from including every possible argument to not developing a theme — to build the reputation of a sought-after litigator, says James Argionis at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Power To The Paralegals: How And Why Training Must Evolve

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    Empowering paralegals through new models of education that emphasize digital fluency, interdisciplinary collaboration and human-centered lawyering could help solve workforce challenges and the justice gap — if firms, educators and policymakers get on board, say Kristine Custodio Suero and Kelli Radnothy.

  • 5 Years In, COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Landscape Is Shifting

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    As the government moves pandemic fraud enforcement from small-dollar individual prosecutions to high-value corporate cases, and billions of dollars remain unaccounted for, companies and defense attorneys must take steps now to prepare for the next five years of scrutiny, says attorney David Tarras.

  • Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Time Management

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    Law students typically have weeks or months to prepare for any given deadline, but the unpredictability of practicing in the real world means that lawyers must become time-management pros, ready to adapt to scheduling conflicts and unexpected assignments at any given moment, says David Thomas at Honigman.

  • How Hyperlinks Are Changing E-Discovery Responsibilities

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    A recent e-discovery dispute over hyperlinked data in Hubbard v. Crow shows how courts have increasingly broadened the definition of control to account for cloud-based evidence, and why organizations must rethink preservation practices to avoid spoliation risks, says Bree Murphy at Exterro.

  • Pharma Copay Programs Raise Complex Economic Questions

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    The growing prevalence of copay accumulator and maximizer programs in the pharmaceutical industry is drawing increased scrutiny from patients, advocacy groups, lawmakers and courts, bringing complex questions about how financial responsibility for prescription drug purchases is determined and complicating damages assessments in litigation, say analysts at Analysis Group.

  • A Reminder Of The Limits Of The SEC's Crypto Thaw

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    As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's regulatory thaw has opened up new possibilities for tokenization projects, the Ninth Circuit's recent decision in SEC v. Barry that certain fractional interests are investment contracts, and thus securities, illustrates that guardrails remain via the Howey test, say attorneys at Skadden.

  • Adapting To Private Practice: From Va. AUSA To Mid-Law

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    Returning to the firm where I began my career after seven years as an assistant U.S. attorney in Virginia has been complex, nuanced and rewarding, and I’ve learned that the pursuit of justice remains the constant, even as the mindset and client change, says Kristin Johnson at Woods Rogers.

  • 7 Document Review Concepts New Attorneys Need To Know

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    For new associates joining firms this fall, stepping into the world of e-discovery can feel like learning a new language, but understanding a handful of fundamentals — from coding layouts to metadata — can help attorneys become fluent in document review, says Ann Motl at Bowman and Brooke.

  • Agentic AI Puts A New Twist On Attorney Ethics Obligations

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    As lawyers increasingly use autonomous artificial intelligence agents, disciplinary authorities must decide whether attorney responsibility for an AI-caused legal ethics violation is personal or supervisory, and firms must enact strong policies regarding agentic AI use and supervision, says Grace Wynn at HWG.

  • Health Insurance Kickback Cases Signal Greater Gov't Focus

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    A series of recent indictments by federal prosecutors in California suggests that the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act is gaining momentum as an enforcement tool against illegal inducement of patient referrals in the realm of commercial health insurance, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

  • Law School's Missed Lessons: Adapting To The Age Of AI

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    Though law school may not have specifically taught us how to use generative artificial intelligence to help with our daily legal tasks, it did provide us the mental building blocks necessary for adapting to this new technology — and the judgment to discern what shouldn’t be automated, says Pamela Dorian at Cozen O'Connor.