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Coverage that focuses on both the legal risks facing insurance companies, as well as how companies are using insurance to hedge risk. We cover health insurance and cyber insurance frequently.
By Simon Petersen | June 6, 2011
Beachcroft has announced its 2011 promotions, with six lawyers made up to the firm's partnership. The promotions, which were delayed due to this April's public holidays, include two in Manchester, with the remaining four spread across the firm's offices in London, Bristol, Newport and Leeds.
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By Suzi Ring | June 6, 2011
Kennedys has launched a presence in Brazil through an association with local firm Torres Marcellino & Associados (TM Law). The new association went live on 1 June and gifts the firm its second presence in South America alongside Chile, where it has an association with domestic player Acuna & Cia.
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By Suzi Ring | June 3, 2011
Clyde & Co and Barlow Lyde & Gilbert are in advanced merger talks, Legal Week can reveal, with a potential deal set to create a £300m law firm in one of the largest-ever unions between two UK practices. Senior partners at the two firms have been in discussions for several months, and it is understood that details of the proposed union could go to partners as soon as the end of June, when Clydes will hold its annual partner conference.
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By Simon Petersen | June 1, 2011
Allen & Overy (A&O) has recruited two partners for its German insurance and private equity practices with lateral hires from Hogan Lovells and Wilkie Farr & Gallagher. Insurance specialist Jan Schroder is set to join A&O's Dusseldorf office from Hogan Lovells, while Wilkie Farr private equity partner Michael Bernhardt is joining A&O in Frankfurt.
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By Sofia Lind | May 31, 2011
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) has hired former CMS Cameron McKenna partner Peter Hill in a bid to strengthen its corporate insurance offering. Hill, who left the UK top 15 firm at the end of April, had been a partner at Camerons since 2007 after joining from Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, where he had been a partner for ten years.
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By Simon Petersen | May 11, 2011
Beachcroft has opened its second New Zealand office after hiring a team of insurance lawyers in the country's capital, Wellington. Joining the firm as partners are Jane Forrest and Andrew McIntyre, who becomes senior partner of Beachcroft New Zealand. The duo were formerly barristers at Wellington's Terrace Chambers before departing in February to practise independently. They are joined by two other lawyers.
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By Suzi Ring | May 6, 2011
CMS Cameron McKenna has become the latest law firm to pick up an advisory role relating to the €136m (£120m) negligence claim against Linklaters by Credit Suisse. The City firm has been instructed to advise Italian independent Gianni Origoni Grippo & Partners, which faces a counter-claim by Linklaters stemming from advice the two firms gave on a bond deal with Italian food company Parmalat in 2001.
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By Suzi Ring | April 15, 2011
The 'last chance saloon' for law firms unable to gain insurance cover is to be phased out as part of a shake-up of the current regime. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has announced a series of measures to overhaul client financial protection, primarily focused on the Assigned Risks Pool (ARP), which insures struggling law firms unable to buy commercial cover.
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By Sofia Lind | April 14, 2011
Torus Insurance has appointed its first global general counsel after sealing the hire of the US deputy general counsel of rival insurance company Chartis, Jose Ramon Gonzalez. The hire marks the first-ever general counsel appointment for the insurer, which said that it has brought in the role in response to the increasing number of regulatory requirements facing the insurance industry in the wake of the financial crisis.
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By Friederike Heine | April 6, 2011
Linklaters and Norton Rose have won hotly-contested places on Prudential Group's new global legal panel following a five-month competitive tender process. The review, which kicked off in October and closed last month, also saw legacy advisers Slaughter and May, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Hogan Lovells reappointed.
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By Ross Todd | February 25, 2022
After just two hours of deliberations, jurors sided with Michael Carlinsky and Maaren Shah of Quinn Emanuel and Robert Harrell of Mayer Brown by denying the policyholder's claim for $27.5 million worth of coverage tied to a settlement with the state of Texas.
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By Ellen Bardash | February 24, 2022
The decision means that three insurance companies, represented by a team led by Quinn Emanuel attorneys, won't have to pay a former Xerox Corp. subsidiary a total of $37.5 million toward a settlement with the state of Texas.
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By Cheryl Miller | February 24, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court has asked for the solicitor general's opinion on whether federal law preempts state statutes requiring employers to pay for workers' medical marijuana if they're injured on the job.
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By Patrick Smith | February 24, 2022
Two groups of former Big Law attorneys started new firms in early 2021. And it worked.
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By Michael A. Mora | February 23, 2022
The Third District Court of Appeal reversed and remanded the trial court ruling since the lower court did not have the benefit of the Third DCA's ruling in three consolidated appeals that clarified when offensive collateral estoppel can be applied.
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By ALM Staff | February 23, 2022
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the document here.
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By David Gardiner | February 15, 2022
The impacts of COVID-19 continue to affect businesses, and claims professionals may need to change how they calculate losses as a result.
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By Gerald H. Baker | February 14, 2022
Gerald H. Baker's annual look at developments in the area of automobile injury law in New Jersey.
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By Gerald H. Baker | February 12, 2022
There are still many areas in which the automobile insurance laws can be amended to protect the legal rights of accident victims. Gerald Baker suggests that the Legislature consider the following as a start.
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By Gerald H. Baker | February 12, 2022
On Jan. 18, 2022, the Legislature enacted the New Jersey Insurance Fair Conduct Act, which provides that, under certain circumstances, claimants may file a civil action against their own automobile insurance company.
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