Uber and its auto insurer told a New York federal court that they are the victims of a scheme perpetrated by more than a dozen individuals who conspired to stage hit-and-run accidents and defraud the companies through sham personal injury claims and lawsuits.
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Uber, Liberty Mutual Say NY Fraud Ring Staged Car Crashes

By Hope Patti

Uber and its auto insurer told a New York federal court that they are the victims of a scheme perpetrated by more than a dozen individuals who conspired to stage hit-and-run accidents and defraud the companies through sham personal injury claims and lawsuits.

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Risk Retention Group's $13M Arbitration Win Confirmed

By Hope Patti

A pair of reinsurers must pay out a more than $13 million arbitration award issued to a risk retention group for its reimbursement of a policyholder's costs to correct federal financial filings, a Vermont federal court ruled, rejecting claims that the arbitrator was biased and improperly refused to relitigate coverage.

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Insurer Needn't Defend Coach Sued For Sex Harassment

By Ben Adlin

American Strategic Insurance Corp. has no duty to defend a former high school basketball coach from civil claims that he sexually harassed a player and employee of his athletic business, a Washington federal judge said Tuesday, ruling that the coach's insurance policies "unambiguously exclude coverage."

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Insurer Says No Coverage For Fatal Wash. Quarry Shooting

By Gianna Ferrarin

An insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify a trucking company owner from civil claims following his conviction over the fatal shooting death of another man, the insurer told a Washington federal court.

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LITIGATION

Insurer Must Cover Sex Assault Case, Conn. Agency Says

By Mark Payne

A Connecticut municipal risk agency claimed a local town and board of education must receive coverage from National Interstate Insurance Co. after the town and board were named in an underlying school bus sexual assault lawsuit, the agency said in a federal lawsuit on Wednesday. 

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SURVEYS

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: April Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy identifies practice tips from three recent rulings involving allegations of racial discrimination in mortgage applications, health insurance networks and actual cash value losses.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Mintz Consulting Arm Hires Ex-HHS Official, Health Policy Pro

By Jack Rodgers

ML Strategies, a consulting subsidiary of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC, has hired a former federal health policy director at consulting firm Guidehouse who brings almost a decade of experience in senior roles with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Katten Partner Rejoins Epstein Becker In DC For 3rd Time

By Jack Rodgers

Epstein Becker Green LLP has rehired, for the third time, a healthcare transactional attorney who focuses his practice on guiding hospital systems, private equity-backed entities and professional practices on transactional matters and regulatory compliance.

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Higher Ed Group Seeks Fees After Beating DOE Research Cap

By Julie Manganis

An organization of public and private research universities has asked a Massachusetts federal judge to award attorney fees and costs in a successful challenge to a U.S. Department of Energy limit on reimbursements for indirect costs of grant-funded research, the third such request since last fall.

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Foley Hoag Adds Experienced Diplomat As Partner

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Foley Hoag LLP announced on Wednesday that it had hired the former U.S. ambassador to Hungary as a partner at its New York office.

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NJ US Atty's Office Turmoil Doesn't Nix Conviction, Judge Rules

By Carla Baranauckas

A federal judge on Thursday rejected a New Jersey criminal defendant's attempt to dismiss his conviction and disqualify the state's top federal prosecutor, holding that the appointment of the current U.S. attorney complies with federal law and that any earlier defects in leadership do not warrant dismissal.

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Optimum Defends Antitrust Suit Against Apollo, BlackRock

By Alex Wittenberg

Apollo, Ares, BlackRock and other financial giants are colluding to block Optimum Communications Inc. from negotiating a debt refinancing to avert bankruptcy, acting as a "cartel" and locking Optimum out of credit markets, Optimum said in a brief opposing the investors' bid to dismiss its antitrust suit in New York.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Boies Schiller

Brown Cornell

Burr & Forman

Clement & Murphy

Cochran Douglas

Cooley LLP

Crowell & Moring

Epstein Becker

Foley Hoag

Friedman Kaplan

Green LLP

Holland & Knight

Howard Kohn Sprague & FitzGerald

Jenner & Block

Kellogg Hansen

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Lether Law Group

Mintz Levin

Orrick Herrington

Perkins Coie

Porter Wright

Primmer Piper

Rainier Legal Advocates

Robinson & Cole

Shook Hardy

Sidley Austin

Sullivan & Cromwell

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Altice USA

American Council on Education

American Strategic Insurance Corp.

Association of American Universities Inc.

BlackRock Inc.

California Institute of Technology

Centene Corp.

Church Mutual Insurance Co.

FedEx Corp.

Guidehouse Inc.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

LinkedIn Corp.

ML Strategies LLC

Malaysia Airlines Bhd.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Michigan State University

National Interstate Insurance Co.

Navy Federal Credit Union

New York University

Optimum

Uber Technologies Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

City and County of San Francisco, California

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Health Resources and Services Administration

International Court of Justice

National Institutes of Health

National Science Foundation

National Security Council

Risk Management Agency

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

United Nations

United States District Court for the District of Vermont

Vermont Department of Financial Regulation