Missouri Statute Update Shields Insurers from Certain Bad Faith Litigation May 17, 2019 By Nick Daugherty In Missouri, insurance companies owe a contractual duty to defend civil actions that allege liability of their insureds that is...
Proposed Ohio Bill Bars Towing Services from Hiring ‘Spotters’ May 17, 2019 A bill that would prohibit towing services from hiring “spotters” to report illegally parked vehicles is up for consideration in...
Louisiana Court: Law Doesn’t Prohibit Forum Selection Clause in Commercial Policy May 17, 2019 By Stephanie K. Jones The Louisiana Supreme Court has determined that state law does not expressly prohibit a clause in a commercial property insurance...
‘Pooey Puitton’ Lawsuit Against Louis Vuitton Goes Nowhere May 17, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel Louis Vuitton has won the dismissal of a lawsuit by a California toy company that accused the French luxury goods...
Bayer’s Strategy on Roundup Litigation Rests on EPA Glyphosate Finding May 17, 2019 By Tina Bellon Bayer AG plans to argue that a $2 billion jury award and thousands of U.S. lawsuits claiming its glyphosate-based weed...
5 More States Sue Purdue Over OxyContin Marketing May 17, 2019 By Erik Larson and Jef Feeley Purdue Pharma LP and its billionaire owners are being sued by five more states alleging the company’s aggressive marketing of...
Munich Re to Offer Coverage for Curv Digital Assets, Cryptocurrency May 17, 2019 Curv, a cloud-based institutional digital asset wallet service, has partnered with Munich Re to provide insurance protection of up to...
North Carolina Town Damaged by Tornado May 17, 2019 Officials say that a tornado roared through Wake County, North Carolina for up to eight miles, uprooting trees and damaging...
Arrest Made in Arson Fires to Homes Owned by South Carolina Gov May 17, 2019 By Meg Kinnard A 21-year-old man has been charged with intentionally setting a fire that damaged two Columbia rental properties owned by South...
California’s New Climate and Sustainability Chief in Talks with Insurers May 16, 2019 By Don Jergler Michael Peterson has had about five months to come in and tackle what promises to be unique job. Peterson is...