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Skype Sued in U.S. by Luxembourg Firm Alleging Patent Infringement
Jun 10 2011 // Internet video phone company Skype Inc. was sued in U.S. federal court Thursday for infringing the patents of a Luxembourg company, which has filed similar lawsuits against Skype in Europe. The lawsuit in the District of...
Judge Signals $32 Million Settlement in Wells Fargo Bias Suit
Jun 9 2011 // A federal judge signaled that she would approve a settlement calling for Wells Fargo & Co. to pay $32 million to about 1,200 female brokers who claimed they were paid less than men and denied promotions because of...
Tennesseean Sues, Says Police Mistook Medical Condition for Drunkenness
Jun 8 2011 // A Lenoir City, Tenn., man has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the Loudon County sheriff after he said he was mistakenly arrested when deputies mistook his cerebral palsy symptoms for drunkenness. According to...
U.S. Court in Georgia to Hear States’ Healthcare Law Challenge Today
Jun 8 2011 // A U.S. appeals court in Atlanta will hear a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare reforms signed into law by President Barack Obama a year ago. The suit, filed by more than half the states,...
Pennsylvania Woman’s Lawsuit Claims Dunkin’ Brew is Too Sweet
Jun 7 2011 // A Dunkin’ Donuts employee mistakenly put sugar rather than artificial sweetener into a diabetic woman’s coffee, triggering a reaction that sent the woman to the hospital, according to a civil lawsuit filed...
Supreme Court Rules in Halliburton Case
Jun 6 2011 // Halliburton Co. suffered a legal setback Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to make it harder for shareholders to proceed with some class-action securities-fraud lawsuits against publicly traded companies. The...
South Carolina Governor Expected to Sign Lawsuit Limits Bill
Jun 6 2011 // Punitive damage payouts for lawsuits will be limited for the first time in South Carolina under a bill the Legislature agreed last week to send to Gov. Nikki Haley. The House voted 99-16 to approve capping punitive damage...
Mistake on Address Nixes Michigan Sidewalk Lawsuit
Jun 6 2011 // A lack of precision has killed a lawsuit over a bad sidewalk and a broken arm. The Michigan Supreme Court last week overturned the state appeals court and dismissed a lawsuit against the city of Hamtramck. Justices said...
Insurance Lawsuit Settlement Sends $51M to Oklahoma
Jun 6 2011 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department is processing claims from a $51 million settlement of a lawsuit against an insurance company that went under. The Oklahoman reports that money from the settlement will be sent to doctors...
Tennessee Approves Cap on Lawsuit Damages
Jun 6 2011 // Tennessee lawmakers have given final approval to a plan to cap non-economic and economic lawsuit damages. The bill (HB 2008) places a cap of $750,000 on non-economic damages such as pain and emotional suffering and a...
Malpractice Suits in Pennsylvania Drop for Sixth Straight Year
Jun 6 2011 // The number of medical malpractice lawsuits filed against doctors and hospitals in Pennsylvania dropped last year for the sixth year in a row. A total of 1,491 malpractice lawsuits were filed in 2010, according to a report...
Insurance Agents, Adjusters Vulnerable to Lawsuits Even When They’re not to Blame
Jun 6 2011 // Agents and adjusters have completely different roles in the insurance industry. But as intermediaries between insurance companies and their customers they have one critical thing in common: They often get called into...
Corporate Governance Perspective: Current Bearings, Future Directions
Jun 6 2011 // Due to last summer’s enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, we are now in a watershed period of corporate governance reform. Processes now underway have transformed the relations between corporate boards and corporate...
4 Things Agents Should Do to Avoid E&O Claims
Jun 6 2011 // After handling insurance coverage claims for years, a distinct pattern has emerged: sometimes the insurance agent gets “caught in the middle” of a dispute between the policy holder and the insured. Often,...
Colo. Court: Insurer Can’t Be Sued By Another Insurer for Failing to Cancel Policy
Jun 6 2011 // A Colorado Court of Appeal has ruled that an insurer cannot file suit against another insurer for its failure to cancel a policy. According to First Comp Insurance v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office of the State of...
Texas Supreme Court Reaffirms Right to Appraisal
Jun 6 2011 // The Decision May Lead to More, Not Less, Litigation, However In the wake of Hurricanes Rita, Dolly and Ike, and the inevitable ensuing litigation, many arguments over appraisal provisions surfaced. Most property policies...
Intellectual Property Insurance: Coverage that Fits the Risk
Jun 6 2011 // Many companies are unaware that the insurance they purchase may not protect their most valuable assets, intellectual property (IP). That’s because most insurance policies exclude intellectual property, especially...
New Jersey Court: Drunk Driver Can Sue Bar that Served Him
Jun 3 2011 // New Jersey’s Supreme Court has ruled a convicted drunken driver has the right to sue the bar that served him. Wednesday’s 5-2 ruling stems from a 2006 motorcycle crash in which Frederick Voss had a...
Who Benefits from Privacy Breach Lawsuits?
Jun 3 2011 // The hacking of a Sony Corp. customer database this spring has attracted class-action lawyers and consumers eager to cash in on the high-profile privacy breach. At least 40 lawsuits have been filed in U.S. federal courts...
Widow Sues Over Mississippi Ship Accident
Jun 2 2011 // The widow of Thomas L. Moore, who drowned when a fishing boat and ship collided in the Mississippi Sound, has filed a federal lawsuit against the owners of both vessels. Beverly Ann Moore is suing Omega Protein Inc., owner...
