669 ABA Journal Insurance Law articles.
Long known as a top defense firm for insurance-coverage matters, including the defense of attorneys in legal malpractice claims, Chicago-based Hinshaw & Culbertson in more recent years has branded itself…
May 19, 2016 4:45 PM CDT
A federal judge on Thursday ruled that the White House had overstepped its authority under federal legislation in using unappropriated funds for an Affordable Care Act subsidy program which helped…
May 12, 2016 2:45 PM CDT
The Florida Supreme Court has struck, as unconstitutional a mandatory fee schedule set by a 2009 state law that limits the attorney’s fees that can be paid to lawyers in…
Apr 28, 2016 4:45 PM CDT
Florida has reportedly become the second state in the country, after New York, to respond to the issue of big surprise hospital bills with patient-oriented legislation.
Last week Gov. Rick…
Apr 18, 2016 11:00 AM CDT
After issuing a show-cause order earlier this year, a federal judge has now lowered the boom.
In a Thursday decision, Chief U.S. District Judge P.K. Holmes III announced that he…
Apr 15, 2016 1:00 PM CDT
The U.S. government isn’t enthusiastic about the U.S. Supreme Court’s suggested compromise that would allow religiously affiliated nonprofits to opt out of contraceptive coverage for their employees. But the administration…
Apr 14, 2016 10:56 AM CDT
As happens so often, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is almost certainly the key to the outcome in Zubik v. Burwell, the cases concerning the contraceptive mandate as applied to…
Apr 6, 2016 8:30 AM CDT
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ruled for insurer MetLife in its battle to cast aside a designation that allowed for stricter scrutiny by the Federal Reserve and possible…
Mar 31, 2016 10:47 AM CDT
Bill Cosby hopes to use an umbrella policy tied to his homeowners’ insurance to pay his legal fees and any judgments in defamation lawsuits against him.
American International Group has…
Mar 16, 2016 5:45 AM CDT
A 75-attorney Los Angeles law firm has opened an office in New York City, its first outside Southern California.
Two insurance coverage lawyers who previously worked for now-defunct Dickstein Shapiro…
Mar 11, 2016 9:40 AM CST
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Scammers are stealing billions from corporations by impersonating their CEOs and their lawyers, the Financial Times (sub. req.) reports.
Hacking skills, of course, are helpful to cybercriminals, who may…
Feb 26, 2016 8:05 AM CST
An Arkansas law firm has sued its insurer in a bid to recover nearly $100,000 lost to a scammer.
The suit filed by Watts Donovan & Tilley against Valley Forge…
Feb 8, 2016 7:29 AM CST
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