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  • April 30, 2026

    Painting Co. Loses $350K Fee Bid In Union Pension Row

    A painting company that defeated litigation claiming it owed a union pension fund $427,000 can't make the fund cover its roughly $350,000 in legal fees, a New Jersey federal judge ruled, saying the company could only clinch fee coverage if the fund acted unreasonably, which it didn't.

  • April 30, 2026

    Insurer Drops Oil Refinery Fire Coverage Row After Deals

    An excess insurer has agreed to drop a Texas federal case seeking to avoid defending a petrochemical contractor from property damage and bodily injury lawsuits stemming from a pipeline explosion in Arkansas, as the underlying disputes were resolved.

  • April 30, 2026

    Ga. Power Says Ford, Union Carbide Must Stay In Cancer Suit

    Georgia Power urged a state appellate court Thursday to reverse a trial court's order letting Ford and Union Carbide out of a construction worker's cancer claims, arguing that under the state's 2025 tort reform law, their dismissal would unjustly leave the utility company to face the suit alone.

  • April 30, 2026

    State Of Insurance: Q1 Notes From Illinois

    Matthew Fortin at BatesCarey discusses notable insurance developments in Illinois, including the state Supreme Court's highly anticipated Griffith Foods v. National Union Fire Insurance ruling, two bulletins from the Department of Insurance directed at public adjusters and a Seventh Circuit decision precluding a "super excess" tier of coverage.

  • April 30, 2026

    EU-South American Provisional Trade Deal Takes Effect Friday

    The European Union's interim trade agreement with four countries in the South American regional bloc known as Mercosur will begin to apply on a provisional basis Friday, according to news releases issued by the European Commission and members of European Parliament on Thursday.

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