EvidenceProf Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Similar to its federal counterpart, Ohio Rule of Evidence 411 provides that Evidence that a person was or was not insured against liability is not admissible upon the issue whether the person acted negligently or otherwise wrongfully. This rule does.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

“Justices order vigorous enforcement of choice-of-law clauses in maritime insurance contracts”: Ronald Mann has this post at “SCOTUSblog.” ” The post “Justices order vigorous enforcement of choice-of-law clauses in maritime insurance contracts” appeared first on How Appealing. .”

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

“Judgment Preservation Insurance and the Federal Circuit”: Jonathan Stroud and Sam Korte have this guest post at the “Patently-O” blog. The post “Judgment Preservation Insurance and the Federal Circuit” appeared first on How Appealing.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 20, 2024

Share Tuesday’s argument in Truck Insurance Exchange v. The debtor, a failed asbestos company, claims that it will perform its insurance contracts in full: It will pay all the deductibles it owes, 100 cents on the dollar. For Justice Brett Kavanaugh it was “just common sense that an insurer … is going to have an interest in this.”

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Day on Torts

APRIL 10, 2024

What is the consequence of a refusal to give an examination under oath to your Tennessee automobile insurance insurer? It appears there was not any liability insurance on the vehicle being driven by Mr. Wright. Your policy can be rendered void. Ponnapula was in a car wreck with Mr. Wright. Continue reading

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JURIST

MARCH 30, 2023

A US federal judge in Texas Thursday ruled that private health insurance companies are not required to cover contraceptives, STD screenings or HIV prevention treatment (pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP). This ruling effectively blocks government enforcement of the mandate for insurance companies.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 16, 2024

2024 is sure to present some opportunities and challenges for everyone operating in the exciting and developing space of litigation risk insurance. The post Following Up With A Litigation Risk Insurance Broker (Part III) appeared first on Above the Law.

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Law 360

APRIL 22, 2024

Two New Jersey drivers say they saw increases in their insurance premiums after General Motors and its OnStar unit allegedly used apps installed in their vehicles to illegally share driver data with consumer reporting agencies and insurance carriers without their consent.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 11, 2023

State Law Interplay In Maritime Insurance”: Daniel Tay of Law360 has this report (subscription required for access). State Law Interplay In Maritime Insurance” appeared first on How Appealing. “Justices Probe Fed., The post “Justices Probe Fed.,

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 28, 2024

This is a case about the tax treatment of life insurance policies that closely held corporations use to manage the death of a shareholder. If they don’t want to come up with the cash, or don’t want to sell out to a third party, one approach is to have the company buy a life insurance policy on the shareholder.

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Law 360

APRIL 18, 2024

The Internal Revenue Service published updated domestic asset/liability and yields percentages Thursday that foreign life insurance companies as well as foreign property and liability insurance companies need to compute their minimum effectively connected net investment income for tax years starting in 2023.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 9, 2024

The litigation risk insurance market is going through a very quick maturity process. The post Following Up With A Litigation Risk Insurance Broker (Part II) appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 2, 2024

These litigation and contingent risk insurance solutions -- particularly judgment preservation insurance -- are now becoming 'mainstream.' The post Following Up With A Litigation Risk Insurance Broker (Part I) appeared first on Above the Law.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 6, 2023

“Justices to consider choice-of-law clauses in maritime insurance contracts”: Ronald Mann has this post at “SCOTUSblog.” ” And Daphne Zhang of Bloomberg Law reports that “ Yacht Owner’s Fight With Insurer Tees Up Rare High Court Review.” ” The U.S.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The relevance of insurance to IP practice is a real phenomenon, worthy of our discussion and continued thought. The post 3 IP Takeaways From A Contingent Risk Insurance Conference appeared first on Above the Law.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has added a corporate partner in its insurance transactions and regulatory and financial institutions practice groups, bringing on a former Sidley Austin LLP attorney who said he "couldn't be more excited" to join the firm's Chicago office.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

An Illinois federal judge granted a win to an insurer in a coverage dispute with a condiment company over biometric privacy litigation, changing course Tuesday in response to a state appeals decision concerning an identical policy exclusion.

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Law 360

APRIL 23, 2024

A stockholder of Goosehead Insurance Inc. who struck a settlement last year with the Texas-based company to end his proposed class action over disproportionate insider control asked Delaware's Court of Chancery on Tuesday to put the deal on hold until another case involving investment bank Moelis & Co. plays out.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 21, 2023

On July 21, 2023, the Sabin Center launched its latest report, Modelling Climate Litigation Risk for (Re)Insurers. Insurance and Climate Change The increasingly apparent physical and societal impacts of climate change are “ shaking the foundations ” of the insurance industry.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The post More Bad News For Victims Of A Surrogacy Insurance Scandal appeared first on Above the Law. In the end, no amount of name acrobatics could save Omega from a disastrous bankruptcy.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

More than 31% of people with employer-sponsored insurance stuck with a job they disliked for the company’s health insurance, a Forbes Advisor survey found. Another 8% of respondents left a job they liked to seek better coverage.

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Law 360

MARCH 27, 2024

The North Carolina insurance commissioner asked the state's Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow him to give his take on a group of insurers' lawsuit against embattled mogul Greg Lindberg that alleges he pilfered the insurance companies as owner, saying if the court lets him submit an amicus brief he'll explain how Lindberg's main argument is "mistaken." (..)

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JURIST

MARCH 24, 2021

Caesars Entertainment , one of the largest gaming companies in the United States owning more than 50 properties globally, sued more than 36 of its insurers on Monday in US federal court in the District of Nevada. Other businesses that have sued their insurance carriers during the pandemic have largely been unsuccessful.

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JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2022

The San Jose City Council Tuesday passed a first-of-its-kind ordinance mandating residents who own a gun to carry liability insurance and pay an annual fee aimed at reducing gun violence. The post San Jose becomes first US city to require gun owners to carry insurance and pay annual fee appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Law 360

APRIL 1, 2024

Two companies associated with Greg Lindberg are looking to nix litigation filed by defunct Dutch life insurer Conservatrix to enforce an arbitral award that could force the embattled insurance mogul to fork over about $161 million, arguing that the award orders only provisional relief and is not enforceable.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 31, 2024

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan must disclose terms of judgment preservation insurance that it allegedly bought before distributing a $185 million fee award to partners,…

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Law 360

APRIL 17, 2024

million to reimburse money the retired executive says he paid on life insurance policies after the company stopped footing the tax bills. The former CEO of a Frontier Communications predecessor has filed a signed version of a lawsuit seeking $17.7

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Just 37% of employees trust their insurer to suggest high-quality care regardless of cost, while 53% trust their employer with their health, according to a survey released by Included Health.

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LegalReader

OCTOBER 19, 2022

It's critical for homeowners to consult with a general insurance adjuster, who can assist them in obtaining the maximum money from their insurance company.

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Patently O

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

An exotic insurance product has recently taken the litigation world by storm. Judgment preservation insurance, or JPI, was neither offered nor widely discussed, at least publicly, as recently as five years ago. [1] They now undergird some of the biggest eye-popping judgments on appeal to the Federal Circuit. There, the $47.5m

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JURIST

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld Tuesday a rule requiring greater transparency in the prices hospitals negotiate with insurers and third-party payers. . Over 90 percent of US patients rely on insurers and other third-party payers to pay for hospital services.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

A life insurance company prevailed against disability claim analysts alleging they were wrongfully denied overtime pay, as an Illinois federal judge tossed their suit because the workers are administrative employees exempt from overtime requirements.

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Above The Law

JULY 5, 2023

Insurtechs like Bright Health Group, Clover Health and Oscar Health set out to disrupt health insurance — but have they actually done so? Not in a positive way, several experts say.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Share Nothing in Wednesday’s decision in Great Lakes Insurance v. The argument revealed a bench deeply skeptical of the uncertainty maritime insurance contracts would face under a lower-court decision limiting the enforcement of choice-of-law clauses in those contracts. Fireman’s Insurance Co. ,

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Law 360

DECEMBER 19, 2023

An Illinois appellate court ruled Tuesday that two insurers are not responsible for part of a $19 million settlement in underlying biometric privacy litigation based on a broad violation-of-law policy exclusion, saying the Seventh Circuit's recent analysis of nearly identical language is not "an accurate reflection of Illinois law."

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 25, 2024

To help keep the business in the family upon the death of a shareholder, businesses frequently purchase a life insurance policy on the life of an aging shareholder. Then, when the shareholder dies, the corporation uses the proceeds of that life insurance policy to purchase the shares from the shareholder’s estate.

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JURIST

JUNE 2, 2022

The Supreme Court of Wisconsin Wednesday ruled that a Milwaukee-based coffee roster cannot file property insurance claims for COVID-19-related income losses. The case stemmed from a dispute between Colectivo Coffee Roasters and their property insurer, Society Insurance.

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