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New York Law Journal

Insurance Broker Liability: A Tale of Two States

New York and New Jersey courts have adopted radically different approaches to the liability of insurance brokers to their customers.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cybersecurity, Insurance Stacking Among Pittsburgh Argument Highlights

The court is scheduled to hear arguments April 10 and April 11.
10 minute read

Corporate Counsel

State and Local Paid Family Leave Laws Create Challenges for Employers, Lawyers Say

Many states and municipalities' efforts to update workplace policies and extend rights beyond the federal Family and Medical Leave Act are presenting difficulties for employers, particularly large ones that operate in numerous states.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Plaintiffs Lawyers Move for Sanctions in Ford Roof Crush Trial

The 24-page motion to strike Ford's defense accuses local counsel—Dentons' partner Randy Evans—of “nothing more than a hapless, mean-spirited and unhinged personal attack that ignored all of the evidence” and violated court orders.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

The Many Trials of Ford's Lead Counsel Alan Thomas

D. Alan Thomas of Huie Fernambucq & Stewart in Birmingham has defended Ford for much of his three-decade career in trials around the country. He's also been thrown out of a Georgia courtroom—and has fought his way back.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Butler Headlines Ford Product Liability Trial's Video Coverage

He's won six verdicts in excess of $100 million. He's famously combative. And he likes to sing hymns before court begins.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Appellate Lawyer of the Week: Houston Lawyer Wins Mosquito Bite Ruling at Fifth Circuit

Can something as small as a mosquito bite trigger accidental death coverage? That's a question headed to a federal jury after Houston lawyer Jim Plummer won an appellate ruling reviving his client's breach of contract claim against an insurance company.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

AIDS Foundation Fights Getting Shut Out of Medicaid

The largest nonprofit AIDS health care provider in the nation is at risk of being blocked out of South Florida's Medicaid market.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Can an Insurance Company Be Obligated to Pay More Than Expected on a No-Fault Policy?

Currently, there is a pending case waiting to be heard in the Appellate Division, Second Department, which can alter how cases are currently decided, but even more significantly, it can impact the way insurance companies do business.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

Closing Time! But What if Insurance Can't Be Bound?

As Hurricane Irma grew in strength in the Caribbean and started to approach Florida last September, I was boarding a plane from Tampa to Birmingham for a meeting. I received several emails and calls from a colleague related to an urgent client issue, and I quickly returned his call before we departed.
6 minute read

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