4th Circ. Lets Hartford Unit Off The Hook For Drug Test Fight

By Hope Patti

A Hartford unit doesn't owe coverage to a drug testing company accused of reporting false positive drug tests due to substandard quality control, the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday, saying the suit is related to an earlier claim that was covered by another insurer.

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Insurance Co. Wins New Look At $11M Wash. Tax Bill

By Sanjay Talwani

A Washington appeals court panel agreed Tuesday to partially reconsider its March reversal of a tax award of nearly $11 million to a title insurance provider, announcing it had withdrawn the previous decision and will file a new opinion.

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Firm Says Insurer Revoked $1.5M Life Insurance After Death

By Danielle Ferguson

An insurance defense law firm told a New York federal court Monday that an insurer improperly processed a request to surrender a $1.5 million life insurance policy after the insured former chair of the firm died last year, saying the policy was in force at the time of his death.

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The Law360 400: A Look At The Top 100 Firms

By Xiumei Dong

The race to build the legal industry's largest law firm accelerated in 2025, with major firms leaning on mergers, lateral hiring and strategic expansion to climb the ranks of the Law360 400.

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Attys, Broker Lose 4th Circ. Bid To Toss Tax Convictions

By Hayley Fowler

The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the convictions of a father-daughter attorney duo and an insurance agent in a $22 million tax avoidance scheme, rejecting their arguments that the calculations on the allegedly false tax forms were technically true and the venue was improper.

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Broker Says Disputed Facts Doom Harvard's Early Win Bid

By Hope Patti

An insurance broker has urged a Massachusetts federal court to deny Harvard University's summary judgment bid in a dispute over legal fees the university expended in litigation that upended affirmative action, saying the motion is based on dozens of disputed material facts and defective legal arguments.

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Insurer Says Swift Currie Crash Case Mishandling Cost It $11M

By Adrian Cruz

Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP has been sued in Georgia state court by an insurance company alleging the firm's mishandling of a motorcycle crash case cost the insurer nearly $11 million.

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Insurers Look To Appeal Fire Warning Claims Dismissal

By Danielle Ferguson

Insurers and individuals suing the U.S. government over its response to a 2016 fire at Great Smoky Mountains National Park said they should be allowed to challenge the partial dismissal of claims alleging officials failed to warn residents of the fire's progression.

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Checking For AI Errors Is Now A Two-Way Street

A handful of recent federal and state cases demonstrate the importance of checking for errors generated by artificial intelligence not only in your own court submissions, but also your opponent's, as well as when catching opposing counsel's AI mistakes could result in an award for attorney fees, says Tamara Barago at Hollingsworth.

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Susman Godfrey Beats, Seward & Kissel Matches Milbank Pay

By Tracey Read

At least four more firms have joined the associate pay raise bandwagon, with Seward & Kissel LLP matching the salary scale recently set by Milbank LLP, and Susman Godfrey LLP exceeding it.

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Judicial Noms Say Biden Won, But Critics Fault Their Caveats

By Courtney Bublé

Three district court nominees on Wednesday said President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, a departure from other judicial nominees in the second Trump administration, but court watchers on the left took issue with how they couched those statements.

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Camp Mystic Fights Sanctions Over 'Burn In Hell' Atty Remark

By Lynn LaRowe

Camp Mystic and parents of a girl killed in flooding there last summer faced off Wednesday over whether the camp should be sanctioned because its attorney said a plaintiff's lawyer would "burn in hell" and for other alleged misconduct in litigation over flooding deaths at the Texas camp.

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Ga. Federal Judge Faces 2nd Set Of Impeachment Articles

By Kelcey Caulder

A Georgia congressman has filed articles of impeachment against a federal judge who was reprimanded for having sex with a police officer in her Atlanta chambers within earshot of staff, the second lawmaker this week to do so. 

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Unions Rally As 5 Shops Approach Contract Deadline

By Andrea Keckley

Legal service providers across New York City gathered in City Hall Park on Wednesday afternoon as five unions represented by the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys approach their deadlines for a new contract at the end of the month.

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'Anti-ICE Vigilantes': DOJ Says Law Clerks Aided Noncitzens

By Lauren Berg

Two state court clerks in Utah are facing criminal charges after federal prosecutors say they acted as "self-appointed anti-ICE vigilantes" by helping noncitizens leave the courthouse by a back door to evade arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the newly unsealed case.

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Morgan & Morgan Atty Again Blocked From Harvard Suit

By Carolyn Muyskens

A Massachusetts judge rebuffed a Morgan & Morgan PA attorney's second attempt to appear in a lawsuit over the theft of body parts from a Harvard Medical School morgue, saying he would not reconsider his earlier decision to bar the attorney over an incident in a separate court involving fake AI-generated case citations.

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