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New York Law Journal

Amazon Suit Stresses Importance of Insurance Coverage for Biometric-Privacy Claims

Amazon is the first major corporation to be hit with a lawsuit for failing to comply with New York City's Biometric Privacy Act, which prohibits businesses from collecting biometric identifiable information without first posting a clear and conspicuous sign at customer entrances. "If certified, thousands of customers would be able to pursue countless claims against Amazon, and the potential for massive damages is high," say authors Peter Halprin and Tae Andrews.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Facing Nasdaq Delistment, John Ruiz's LifeWallet Grapples With Its Ambitious $32 Billion Valuation

After a disastrous IPO, the company continued to value some of its assets at pre-IPO share prices.
18 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Unanimous Pa. Supreme Court Declines to Expand Opportunities to Re-Waive UIM Stacking

"It's certainly going to limit the ability of claimants to recover, and it shifts the burden from the insurance companies onto those claimants to comply with the law," said James Hockenberry, a partner with the Law Office of Leon Aussprung who represented the plaintiffs.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

The Landscape is Shifting for Litigation Funding

"There's pros and cons," said Miami litigator Francisco Ramos Jr. of Clarke Silverglate. "I see more cons."
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

'They're Just Killing Us': Defense Bar Confronts Rise in Nuclear Settlements

"The No. 1 cause of nuclear verdicts is plaintiffs lawyers," said Robert Tyson, who has sought to rally the defense bar against rising verdicts and settlements.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'$10 Million? You Don't Blink at That Anymore': Are Lawyer Billboards Affecting Juries?

"Insurance companies have gone in-house to save money," said personal injury lawyer John Morgan. "The result is inferior lawyers in many cases, who bring knives to gunfights."
6 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

McElroy Deutsch Files Complaint for MetLife to Determine Policy's Proper Beneficiaries

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

Couple Sues State Farm Over Disputed Property Damage Claim

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Law.com

How Insurers Are Inadvertently Helping Verdicts Go Nuclear

Bob Tyson, strategic managing partner for Tyson & Mendes and author of the book "Nuclear Verdicts: Defending Justice For All," shares mistakes insurers make that can lead to nuclear verdicts and why we might be seeing more of them.
1 minute read

Law.com

Can COVID-19 Cause 'Direct Physical Loss or Damage' to Property? 9th Circ. Asks Oregon High Court to Weigh In

"No Oregon appellate court, state statute, or treatise has yet interpreted the phrase 'direct physical loss or damage' in the context of a commercial property insurance policy dispute involving COVID-19 allegations," the Ninth Circuit panel wrote. "Therefore, we find it prudent to allow the Oregon Supreme Court to do so in this instance."
5 minute read

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