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International Edition

Clyde & Co Former Senior Partner to Join Rival

Simon Konsta helped secure the firm's merger with Barlow Lyde & Gilbert.
2 minute read

International Edition

The Authors of Insurance Contracts Might Start to Feel Nervous

Legal claims against insurance companies are tripling, what's the impact on the legal industry? 
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Justices Weigh Duty of Insurance Broker to Notify LLC Member of Workers' Comp Coverage Eligibility

"Here, it was foreseeable that if defendant did not inform Holmdel Nurseries' LLC members that the LLC could obtain workers' compensation coverage for Christopher Friedauer, his dependents could be harmed in the event that Christopher were to die in a work-related accident without such coverage," wrote Justice Anne M. Patterson in her opinion for the court.
7 minute read

Law.com

In Closely Watched Ruling, Ohio Supreme Court Sides With Insurers on COVID-19 Business-Interruption Issue

Attorneys from Reed Smith, who filed an amicus brief on behalf of nonprofit United Policyholders, said the case "well demonstrates some of the inappropriate major hurdles that policyholders had to clear in litigating claims for loss from loss or damage from SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 and consequent orders of civil authorities."
8 minute read

The Recorder

5-Lawyer Team Joins Tyson & Mendes From Ericksen Arbuthnot

Joseph "JJ" Minioza, the former president of Ericksen Arbuthnot, and four additional attorneys joined the national insurance defense firm in Northern California.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Broward's Vera Cadillac Accused of Wild Escalation of Actions After Totaling Family's $100K Escalade

"What Vera Cadillac, its counsel, and the defendants did to this young couple is one of the grossest disregards of the law and ethics I have come across in 17 years of practice," said Javier Lopez, a partner at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'Geist v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance': Third Circuit Gets Into the Act

After settling a tort claim against the driver and discovering that the driver's insurance coverage could not fully compensate her for her injuries, she sought to recover underinsured motorist (UIM) benefits under a personal automobile insurance policy issued to her parents, Kevin and Karen Iwasaki (the policy).
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Personal Injury Lawyers Want Auto Insurance Companies to Stay Out of Repair Shops

John M. Parese, of Buckley, Wynne & Parese and general counsel for Auto Body Association of Connecticut, described tension between auto insurance companies, auto body repair shops and consumers.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

One Deeply Split Pa. Appeals Court, 2 Very Different Outcomes in COVID-19 Business Interruption Cases

"This issue has made its way through many of our nation's federal and state courts, but it is an issue of first impression in Pennsylvania," Judge Victor P. Stabile wrote in both cases.
7 minute read

International Edition

HFW Bolsters Insurance Practice With Longtime Norton Rose Partner

It is the eighth lateral partner hire in the last three months for HFW, as it continues to ramp up global growth.
2 minute read

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