Would the U.S. Supreme Court uphold a mandatory health insurance plan? The issue is being debated on blogs and in op-eds, with some big differences of opinion emerging.
A New York lawyer is among eight individuals charged in an alleged scheme in which current and former employees of city hospitals are accused of selling confidential patient information to…
Updated: Wrestling star Hulk Hogan has sued two Florida attorneys, contending that they charged more than $1 million to defend his son in an auto accident case and related matters…
A pizza shop must pay for a worker’s weight-loss surgery, an Indiana appeals court has ruled in a case that is making headlines, because an on-the-job back injury contributed to…
As Michael Jackson geared up earlier this summer for a series of planned London concerts, a $17.5 million Lloyd’s policy insured promoter AEG Live against his non-appearance “resulting from accident.”
Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, the former CEO of the American International Group, has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a complaint by the Securities and Exchange Commission accusing him of…
Although revenue is up nearly 3 percent at the United Kingdom’s top 50 law firms, equity partner profit has plunged an average of 17 percent over the past fiscal year…
A magazine writer recalled his father’s warnings of peril when he had to cope with his own son’s brush with disaster during a car ride in suburban Washington, D.C.
Daunting discovery sanctions imposed by a federal judge on defense lawyers who were, many colleagues say, simply doing their job in a medical insurance coverage case filed by a group…
Some personal injury lawyers say their clients are willing and ready to reimburse Medicare for the costs of their care, but the agency is taking as long as a year…
Federal jurors in New York sided with litigator David Boies yesterday and rejected a claim that his client, the former chief executive of American International Group, had improperly transferred $4.3…
As lawmakers across the country draft and pass legislation that requires insurance companies to pay for autism treatments, a Michigan insurance company has opted to settle with 100 families seeking…
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