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International Edition

Clydes Senior Partner to Step Down Two Years Early

Simon Konsta will be replaced by the firm's arbitration co-chair Peter Hirst from November 1.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

After Supreme Court Ruling, Lawyers Should Examine Life Policies Benefiting Clients

“Strangers” with no relationship to the insured should not be permitted to benefit by investment or wager on the life expectancy of another individual whether or not someone with an insured interest obtains a benefit by initially becoming the the named beneficiary of the policy.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Insurance Considerations in the Music Festival Business

Amid music festival season 2019 and in the wake of the Governors Ball 2019 cancellation, it's a timely moment to consider the host of potential liabilities and insurance issues faced by the music festival business.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices to Mull if Contractor Overhead, Profit Should Be Part of Insurance Settlement

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hold argument as to the correctness of a ruling that general contractor overhead and profit was not required to be factored into two homeowners' actual cash value settlements with their insurer for water damage to their properties.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Erie Insurance Loses Coverage Row With Co-Insurer in Truck Accident Case

Erie Insurance Exchange has lost in its bid to shift some of the burden of paying out a $1.1 million settlement to resolve claims stemming from a fatal truck accident.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Appeals Court Orders Payment in School Bus PIP Dispute

The Second District Court of Appeal said the Lee County School Board and its insurer are responsible for reimbursing State Farm, which shelled out $10,000 for each passenger's care under the state's personal-injury protection insurance system.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

BAR REPORT - Capitol Report

Lawmakers consider medical marijuana and medical expenses in auto cases
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Understanding the Stowers Demand Doctrine

Next year will see the 100th anniversary of the accident that led to the Stowers doctrine and was litigated in G.A. Stowers Furniture Co. v. American…
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

DeSantis Signs Insurance 'Assignment of Benefits' Overhaul

The bill signing was a major victory for the insurance industry, which contends that AOB fraud and excessive litigation have helped lead to higher property-insurance rates.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Where PIP Reimbursement Sought, Arbitrator Must Decide If Party Is Tortfeasor

The appeals court reversed a Law Division order denying the motion of Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. to compel a self-insured trucking company to arbitrate Liberty's demand for reimbursement of personal injury protection benefits.
5 minute read

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