Salesforce Must Face Claims Over Customer Data Breach

By Corey Rothauser

A California federal judge has largely denied Salesforce's bid to dismiss a proposed class action alleging security weaknesses in its cloud platform allowed hackers to steal the personal information of customers and employees of Allianz, Farmers Group and TransUnion.

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AIG Can Depose Former Texas Fraud Chief In Conduent Trial

By Hope Patti

AIG can depose the former chief of the Civil Medicaid Fraud Division of the Texas Attorney General's Office as part of a trial to determine if the $236 million Medicaid settlement between the office and Conduent State Healthcare LLC was the result of fraud, a Delaware state court ruled.

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Insurers Can't Nix $195M Opioid Coverage Bid, Trustee Says

By Gianna Ferrarin

Chubb, Liberty Mutual and Lloyd's of London units and other insurers can't get off the hook for covering the remainder of third-party payor opioid lawsuits against Endo International, a representative for a trust of the bankrupt pharmaceutical company told a Pennsylvania federal court.

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Lindberg Says Special Master Order Defies Court Record

By Brian Steele

Imprisoned insurance mogul Greg Lindberg is asking a Charlotte federal judge to reconsider his order finding that the appointment of a special master tasked with unraveling his assets was constitutional, calling it a "manifest injustice" that warrants reversal.

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Tax Court Can't Override Insurance Regulators, 5th Circ. Told

By Natalie Olivo

The U.S. Tax Court incorrectly overstepped state insurance regulators in holding that an ophthalmology practice's microcaptive insurance arrangements lacked economic substance, an eye doctor and his wife told the Fifth Circuit in asking for a reversal of the ruling.

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Call Center Seeks Coverage For $5M Adidas Data Breach Deal

By Danielle Ferguson

A Wisconsin business process outsourcing company said in federal court that a Chubb unit breached its policy when the insurer refused to cover $5 million the call center paid to Adidas to resolve claims over data breaches that compromised the sneaker giant's customers' personal information.

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Molina Escapes Investor Action Over Guidance Cuts, For Now

By Katryna Perera

Health insurance provider Molina Healthcare and two of its executives have, for now, escaped a shareholder suit accusing them of misleading investors about medical costs and internal controls before the company repeatedly slashed its 2025 earnings guidance, with a California federal judge finding that none of the suit's challenged statements are actionable.

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11th Circ. Upholds AIG's $1.8M Yacht Fire Coverage Loss

By Hope Patti

An AIG unit cannot recoup $1.8 million from a dock builder and electrical subcontractor in connection with payments it made to a Florida policyholder whose yacht caught fire while plugged into a recently constructed dock, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed.

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Auto Parts Co. Fights Bifurcation Bid In $50M Coverage Trial

By Danielle Ferguson

An auto parts manufacturer urged a North Carolina federal court to reject an insurer's request to bifurcate an upcoming trial over claims the insurer improperly denied $50 million in coverage for COVID-19 pandemic-related losses, saying the allegations overlap too significantly to split the claims.

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Lloyd's Pushes Arbitration In Surgeon's $40M Disability Case

By Joyce Hanson

Lloyd's of London underwriters asked a Nevada federal court to send to arbitration a spinal surgeon's lawsuit seeking a $40 million lump sum benefit based on his claim he became permanently disabled due to a pinched nerve in his neck.

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Insurance Holding Co. Seeks Ch. 15 For Cayman Liquidation

By Vince Sullivan

An intermediate insurance holding company based in the Cayman Islands filed for Chapter 15 protection in New York late Monday to preserve its American assets for the benefit of its creditors.

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NJ Justices' Walmart Ruling Clarifies Future Snowstorm Duty

A recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision, that a contractor's spreading of salt on a minimal snow accumulation in a Walmart parking lot did not create liability, delivers important clarity on the state's ongoing-storm rule, says Maxx Johnson at Stradley Ronon.

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How States' 'Perry Mason Moment' Led To $17B Meta Deal

By Dorothy Atkins

A recent landmark $17.1 billion settlement with Meta Platforms Inc. may have never happened if it weren't for a quick-thinking trial attorney and his close-knit team of lawyers representing 29 states, who worked together to swiftly shift strategies midtrial.

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Ashurst Perkins Aided $230M ICap Ponzi Scheme, Suit Claims

By Ben Adlin

Ashurst Perkins Coie pocketed millions of dollars in legal fees by providing services to clients it knew were operating a Ponzi scheme that ultimately swindled investors out of nearly $230 million, plaintiffs claimed in a Washington state lawsuit accusing the firm of aiding and abetting fraud.

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Trump Taps Ex-DOL Official To Serve As EEOC Top Cop

By Anne Cullen

The White House nominated a former Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP attorney who previously led the U.S. Department of Labor's contractor compliance arm to serve as the general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Washington Sen. Murray Vows To Block Trump US Atty Pick

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington is under fire from one of the home state senators who vowed to use every avenue possible to block him.

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Fla. Judge Won't Pause Trump-IRS Settlement Sanctions

By Jack McLoone

The Florida federal judge who barred President Donald Trump and others from citing a settlement resolving what she characterized as a sham $10 billion case against his own Internal Revenue Service won't pause her sanctions order while the president appeals to the Eleventh Circuit.

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4th Circ. Appears Split On Reviving Comey, James Indictments

By Jared Foretek

Partisan splits were apparent Tuesday on the Fourth Circuit panel hearing the Trump administration's challenge to a federal district judge's dismissal of the indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, with two of the three judges appearing to agree an improper appointment doomed the cases.

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Calif. Judge Charged Over Fatal Crash With Bicyclist

By Craig Clough

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday that his office charged Kings County Superior Court Judge Kendra Weber with a misdemeanor count of vehicular manslaughter, alleging she struck and killed a bicyclist.

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