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International Edition

Magic circle duo take key roles on Marsh & McLennan's $5.6bn takeover of UK insurance firm JLT

Wachtell teams up with Slaughters to advise US financial services giant
2 minute read

International Edition

Eversheds Sutherland joins magic circle duo on British Airways £4bn pension deal

The deal with BA-sponsored Airways Pension Scheme (APS), which closed in the 1980s, will cover historic pension payments at the airline
2 minute read

International Edition

Eversheds Sutherland joins magic circle duo on British Airways £4bn pension deal

The deal with BA-sponsored Airways Pension Scheme (APS), which closed in the 1980s, will cover historic pension payments at the airline
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court: Deducting Premiums for Expired Policies Isn't Bad Faith—But It May Be Conversion

A federal district court in Pennsylvania has rejected a bad-faith claim against a life insurer brought by a married couple that alleged that it had continued to deduct premiums from their bank account after the policies had expired—although the court did permit the couple to proceed with their claim for conversion.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

3rd Circ.: Judge Was Right to Award Nothing After 'Outrageously Excessive' $1M Fee Request

A federal appeals court has upheld the denial of a $1 million fee request by a Scranton attorney in an auto insurance case that produced a verdict almost a tenth of the requested legal compensation. In its denial, the Third Circuit, joining other circuit courts, also held that it is within a judge's discretion to award no attorney fees at all, especially if the fee request is deemed "outrageously excessive."
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Citizens Property Insurance Eyes 'Assignment of Benefits'

Assignment of benefits, which involves policyholders signing over insurance claims to contractors, has been highly controversial in recent years, particularly involving water-damage claims.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Justices Grill Lawyers Fighting Over 'Gotcha' Bad Faith Insurance Suits

The Georgia Supreme Court must decide what duties an insurer has to try to settle a case with heavy liability.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Insurers Overcome Defendants' Efforts to Delay or Avoid Judgment Day

In his column on Insurance Fraud, Evan H. Krinick, looks at how insureds are raising a variety of arguments in an effort to delay—and sometimes to significantly delay—the insurers' actions.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Insurances Worthy of Attention for Entity-Level Health Care Transactions

Health care lawyers may assist their clients with negotiating favorable terms in any merger, acquisition, asset purchase or other large-scale, entity-level transaction.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

In Insurance Licensing Case, State's Digital Evidence Nixed After Prudential Can't Explain It

A New Jersey administrative law judge bars introduction of electronic evidence by the state after witnesses from Prudential are unable to explain how it was gathered.
6 minute read

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