Insurer Must Defend Uber In Crash Injury Suits

By Hope Patti

An insurer for for-hire drivers breached its duty to defend Uber in 23 personal injury suits, a New York federal court ruled, saying underlying allegations that Uber is liable for the conduct of the drivers rendered it an insured party under the policies.

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Anadarko Gets 5th Circ. To Bless Coverage Win, Not Damages

By Spencer Brewer

The Fifth Circuit agreed with Anadarko Petroleum Corp. that it can compel a contractor to pay for its legal defense in a fraud suit, but said Wednesday the lower court went too far in finding the contractor owed a duty to pay for certain damages categories.

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Insurance Execs' Coverage Bid 'Not Plausible,' Judge Says

By Chart Riggall

Berkley Assurance Co. doesn't owe any coverage duties to insurance executives who were sued over allegations they sabotaged their former company on their way out the door to start a rival firm, a Georgia federal judge has ruled.

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Analysis

Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action

By Jeff Overley

If this month's circuit calendars were a March Madness bracket, we'd struggle to pick the top-seeded showdown. Big Pharma against the False Claims Act, or big business against President Donald Trump's visa fees? A big bank's view of "human life wagers," or en banc review in a State Farm class action?

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NC Judge Trims Co.'s $116M Investment Coverage Dispute

By Hope Patti

A North Carolina state court has trimmed a company's suit claiming that its insurer obstructed its recovery of more than $116 million in coverage for an investment that didn't pay out on time, tossing a breach of contract claim while preserving bad faith and statutory violation claims.

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Ga. Panel Says Builder's Insurance Talks Void Payment Spat

By Chart Riggall

An Atlanta-area commercial property holder will not owe a construction firm for hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid work after the Georgia Court of Appeals backed a trial court's ruling that the contractor voided their deal by acting as an unlicensed adjuster during negotiations with an insurance company.

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Sandoz Parent Targets Walmart, Southwest Generic Drug Suits

By Bryan Koenig

Sandoz parent company Sandoz AG contested generic drug price-fixing complaints from Southwest Airlines, Walmart, Walgreen and United Healthcare, arguing that the direct action plaintiffs cannot pursue the company in the wider Pennsylvania federal court multidistrict litigation because the Swiss firm is too far removed from its Sandoz Inc. subsidiary.

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Chubb, BJ's Wholesale Sued Over Proxy Ballot Exclusions

By Sarah Jarvis

Chubb Ltd. and BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc. have been hit with shareholder suits over their moves to exclude certain proposals from their proxy ballots this year after other corporations facing similar litigation recently relented and agreed to include the proposals.

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Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: In Court, It's About Storytelling

Law school provides doctrine, cases and hypotheticals, but when lawyers step into the courtroom, they must learn the importance of clarity, credibility, memorability and preparation — in other words, how to tell simple, effective stories, say Nicholas Steverson and Danielle Trujillo at Wheeler Trigg, and Lisa DeCaro at Courtroom Performance.

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Judge Questions DOJ Stance In ABA's Intimidation Suit

By Jared Foretek

A Susman Godfrey LLP attorney told a district judge that the Trump administration's recent double-reversal on its executive orders targeting law firms proved that attorneys fighting government action face a real and ongoing threat and urged the judge not to toss a suit from his client, the American Bar Association, to end the "Intimidation Policy."

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DOJ Seeks Power To Block State Bar Probes Of Agency Attys

By Jake Maher

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to pause and review state-level ethics complaints against its attorneys to combat what the agency called "weaponization" of ethics processes, a proposal that drew concerns from ethics scholars for overstepping states' authorities.

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Bondi Subpoenaed To Testify On DOJ's Epstein Investigation

By Lauren Berg

The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday voted to subpoena U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation into deceased child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with five Republicans joining their Democratic colleagues to compel Bondi's testimony.

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Analysis

Trump's FCA Expansion Plan Heightens Compliance Risk

By Sarah Jarvis

In light of the Trump administration's record False Claims Act enforcement haul, companies should be especially mindful of a planned expansion in the scope of enforcement and the false compliance certification risks that may bring, attorneys say.

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SEC, PCAOB Auditor Enforcement Plummeted In 2025

By Sarah Jarvis

Both the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board saw decreases in accounting and auditing enforcement activity in 2025, including sharp decreases in SEC settlements and PCAOB fines for auditing actions.

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Comey, James Urge 4th Circ. To Reject Indictment Revival Bid

By Emily Sawicki

Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James have urged the Fourth Circuit not to revive criminal indictments filed against them last year in the Eastern District of Virginia, arguing they were fatally flawed because they were brought by a federal prosecutor who was not lawfully in that position.

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Appeals Panel Debates NJ's Duty In Prosecutor Ethics Case

By George Woolston

A New Jersey appellate panel on Wednesday weighed whether it was in the state's best interest to represent an assistant prosecutor in an ethics proceeding, questioning how a prosecutor is different from any other attorney called before the disciplinary board.

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