Colo. High Court Limits Reach of Insurer Cooperation Law

By Zach Dupont

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that a portion of Colorado law addressing procedural requirements for insurers asserting failure-to-cooperate defenses against policyholders applies only to a policyholder's general duty to cooperate, not their duty to satisfy specific contract requirements.

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NJ Justices Asked To Expand General Contractor Duty Of Care

By George Woolston

A laborer injured while working on the Goethals Bridge replacement project attempted to persuade the New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday to broaden the duty of care for general contractors on commercial construction projects.

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Colo. Justices Say Car Rental Cos. Don't Qualify As Insurers

By Hope Patti

Car rental companies that offer supplemental insurance through their own carriers cannot be deemed insurers of customers who purchase that coverage through rental agreements, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case against Hertz Corp.

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8th Circ. Defers To Minn. High Court On Amazon Fire Liability

By Mark Payne

The Minnesota Supreme Court should be the arbiter of whether Amazon can be held liable for a $3.8 million office fire caused by a defective phone battery sold by a Chinese manufacturer on its platform, an Eighth Circuit panel said Monday. 

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Convicted Pa. Dentist Says Feds Failed To Prove Fraud

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Pennsylvania dentist convicted along with his brother for using their dental practice to defraud Medicare, install unapproved dental implants in patients, and falsify visas to recruit foreign workers has asked a federal judge for acquittal or a new trial, arguing the government failed to show he committed any crimes.

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Contractor Can't Evade FCA Deal Due To Financial Troubles

By Madeline Lyskawa

Participants of an alleged scheme to defraud a veterans' contracting program must abide by a 2024 settlement reached on the eve of trial, a D.C. federal judge ruled Monday, rejecting an IT firm's claims that the deal has become "commercially impracticable."

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Contractor Fights $174.6M Verdict In Hotel Project Row

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A contractor hit with a $174.6 million judgment over construction delays and defects stemming from a Marriott construction project in Philadelphia has asked the court to toss the verdict and grant a new trial, arguing the judge handling the case held it to the wrong legal standard. 

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Insurer Says No Coverage For $7.5M Sewage Spill Suit

By Hope Patti

An insurer told a Florida federal court it owes no coverage to a drilling subcontractor or a telecommunications construction company in a $7.5 million suit over the discharge of millions of gallons of raw sewage, saying the coverage is barred by the policies' absolute pollution exclusion.

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ER Docs Urge Justices To Back 5th Circ. Revival Of BCBS Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

Emergency room doctors urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday not to disturb a Fifth Circuit decision reviving their insurance reimbursement dispute against Blue Cross Blue Shield involving out-of-network claims from employee benefit plans, arguing the appellate court correctly restarted proceedings in the case.

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Challenge To DOL Views On Rollover Advice Dropped In Texas

By Kellie Mejdrich

Insurance agents, their firms and an industry group agreed to drop a suit challenging the U.S. Department of Labor's 2020 interpretation on how fiduciary duties apply in rollover investment advice situations, which comes after the agency adjusted its regulations in March to reflect how litigation developments had changed policy.

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Health Plan Provider To Pay Up To $1.7M To End DOL Lawsuit

By Patrick Hoff

A health plan provider has agreed to pay up to $1.7 million to resolve a U.S. Department of Labor lawsuit claiming it unlawfully mixed plan assets from unrelated employers and charged its clients excessive fees, according to a filing in Illinois federal court.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week tackled a fresh mix of deal litigation, procedural disputes and fiduciary duty claims, with several rulings and filings underscoring the court's continued focus on contractual precision, forum enforcement and the limits of stockholder challenges.

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What DOL Proposal Signals For 401(k)s, Alternative Assets

The U.S. Department of Labor recently published a highly anticipated proposed rule that could establish more defined pathways for 401(k) plan fiduciaries to consider investment options with greater alternative asset exposure, and help fund sponsors and investment managers develop such options, say attorneys at Cleary.

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Reel Justice: 'No Other Choice' And Moral Rationalization

In the satirical thriller "No Other Choice," the main character rationalizes his decision to kill business competitors by creating a narrative of necessity, illustrating for attorneys the dangers of treating strategic litigation decisions as inevitabilities rather than choices, says Veronica Finkelstein at Wilmington University.

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GrayRobinson Sued Over 'Reckless' Data Security Measures

By Adrian Cruz

GrayRobinson PA has been hit with a proposed class action accusing the Florida-based firm of negligence following the revelation of a March 2025 data breach that exposed the personal data of around 65,000 people.

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Judge Publicly Scolds 'Disgraced' Ex-Prosecutor For AI Errors

By Hayley Fowler

A North Carolina federal judge has eviscerated a former federal prosecutor in a public reprimand for his use of artificial intelligence to draft a response brief that was riddled with hallucinations, calling out the prosecutor's "lack of candor" and saying he "disgraced not only himself, but also the entire office he formerly served."

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Comey Indicted Again As Feds Call Seashell Message 'Threat'

By Phillip Bantz

Former FBI director James Comey was again indicted Tuesday by the Trump administration, this time over a social media post last year of an image of seashells arranged on a North Carolina beach to form the message "86 47," which prosecutors characterized as a threat of violence against the president.

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Maurene Comey Can Sue DOJ Over Firing, Judge Rules

By Phillip Bantz

Former Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey can move forward with her lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump's administration fired her because she is the daughter of ex-FBI director and Trump's perceived enemy James B. Comey, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

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ADT Blasts 'Speculative' Bid To DQ Ogletree From Bias Case

By Gina Kim

ADT LLC urged a Georgia federal judge on Monday to reject an attorney's motion to disqualify Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC from defending it against discrimination claims while concurrently defending Microsoft Corp. in the attorney's own pregnancy bias suit, arguing the two matters are wholly separate and unrelated so there's no conflict. 

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Nadine Menendez Says Feds Need To 'Look Into The Mirror'

By George Woolston

Nadine Menendez dug into her bid for bail while she appeals her conviction on a bribery scheme carried out with her ex-politician husband, telling a New York federal court that prosecutors refuse to own up to their handling of the "forced withdrawal" of her counsel.

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Teleflex Settles Catheter Patent Case Against Medtronic

By Elliot Weld

Medical device company Teleflex and Medtronic have reached a settlement to end a catheter patent dispute from which a judge recused himself after explaining he was "at a loss" on how to proceed.

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