Harvard University Invests in Litigation Finance Fund July 12, 2019 By Michael McDonald Harvard University is committing more capital to a strategy that backs plaintiffs in commercial disputes, delivering robust uncorrelated returns. The...
Expert: Sophisticated Cannabis Operations Want Higher Limits, Customizations July 11, 2019 By Don Jergler Erich Bublitz has seen a significant transformation in his clients’ needs in just a year. Increasingly cannabis businesses are coming...
How Lawyers, Not Plaintiffs, Wind Up the Winners in Mass Tort Lawsuits July 11, 2019 Brooke Melton died on her 29th birthday. Her Chevy randomly shut off in the middle of the highway a little...
Why First Notice of Loss Is Key to Customer Satisfaction: Viewpoint July 11, 2019 By David Pieffer What’s worse: An incident that caused an insurance claim or the claims process itself? Ask a policy holder who has...
For Best in Insurance Industry Marketing, the Awards Go to… July 11, 2019 HealthMarkets and The Co-operators won the most awards overall, six each, including two Best of Show Awards, at this year’s...
Trump Administration Halts Plan to Sideline Pharmacy Benefit Managers July 11, 2019 By Anna Edney The White House abandoned a push to end rebates paid to middlemen who negotiate drug prices on behalf of health...
IBM Joins Call to Trim Liability Shield for Google, Facebook, Other Internet Platforms July 11, 2019 By Naomi Nix and Ben Brody International Business Machines Corp. on Wednesday threw its support behind enacting a new policy to limit liability protections enjoyed by...
It No Longer Takes a Big Storm to Produce High Tide Flooding in Coastal Communities July 11, 2019 Coastal communities across the U.S. again experienced increased high tide flooding last year, forcing their residents to deal with flooded...
J&J Gets New Trial After Jury Awards $417 Million in Baby Powder Talc Suit July 11, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Edvard Pettersson Johnson & Johnson deserves a new trial after a jury ordered the world’s largest maker of health-care products to pay...
Lockton Affinity to Administer New Standalone Cyber Liability Product July 11, 2019 Lockton Affinity has been appointed as the program administrator for the new CyberLock Defense standalone cyber liability policy with options...