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The American Lawyer

With 8 Law Firms and Other Nassar-Related Expenses, Michigan State Faces Soaring Costs

DLA Piper; Latham & Watkins; and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom are just some of the legal giants that have been hired by Michigan State University to cope with the fallout from the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court: New Stacking Waiver Required When Vehicle Added Via Endorsement

A driver with an insurance policy covering four cars is entitled to $400,000 in stacked uninsured/underinsured motorist benefits because his insurer failed to have him sign new stacking waivers when he added his most recent vehicles to the policy via endorsement, the state Superior Court has ruled.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Murder Conviction Bars McIver From Cashing In on Dead Wife's Estate

A manslaughter conviction could still have allowed Tex McIver to benefit from Diane McIver's death under Georgia law.
9 minute read

The Recorder

Self-Storage Company's “Protection Plan” Was Not Insurance Subject to State Insurance Code, California Supreme Court Rules

The Supreme Court of California ruled that the self-storage company's indemnity agreement was not subject to regulation as insurance under the California Insurance Code.
11 minute read

Daily Business Review

Jury Awards $4M to Artist Disabled by Car Accident

An injured passenger was an artist who claimed he had to learn to paint with his nondominant hand.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Exclusion Did Not Bar Insurance Coverage For Chatsworth Train Collision, California Appellate Court Affirms

A California appellate court found that an “intended or expected” insurance policy exclusion didn't bar coverage for damages in a fatal 2008 head-on collision between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train in Los Angeles.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Lawyers, Drivers, Citizens: Heed Ruling on Giving Notice to UIM Carriers

Lawyers are citizens and drivers as well as professionals, and should know about the availability and limits of under-insured motorist coverage.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Litigation Privilege Does Not Apply In Insurance Bad Faith Case, California Court Says

A federal judge in San Diego rejected an insurer's efforts to strike significant portions of a bad faith lawsuit based on the litigation privilege.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Curb on Waiver of Stacking Under Pa. Auto Insurance Law Is Urged

An injured driver who previously elected and paid for stacking should not be limited from tapping that coverage because of a household vehicle exclusion, attorneys representing an injured motorist told the Pennsylvania Supreme Court at oral argument
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

South Florida Lawyer Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison

He must also pay nearly $1.84 million in restitution.
4 minute read

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