Camden Diocese Will Pay $180M More To Abuse Survivors

By Lauren Berg

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden, New Jersey, and its insurers on Tuesday agreed to pay another $180 million into a trust for the benefit of survivors of clergy sexual abuse, reaching a deal with a tort claimant committee representing more than 300 survivors.

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Insurer Demands $1.5M Over Hotel's AI-Based Legal Filings

By Mark Payne

A South Dakota hotel and its owner are pressuring defense counsel provided by an insurance carrier in an underlying racial discrimination lawsuit to submit filings relying on artificial intelligence that could potentially violate legal ethics rules, the insurer alleged in Nebraska federal court Tuesday.

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Globe Life Reaches $4.66M Deal Over Client Data Breach

By Gianna Ferrarin

Globe Life Inc. and a subsidiary have agreed to pay up to $4.66 million to resolve a proposed class action alleging the life insurance companies failed to protect the private information of policyholders and applicants from an October 2024 data breach, according to a filing in Texas federal court.

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Ga. Justices Clarify Third-Party Life Insurance Procurement

By Kelcey Caulder

The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that a third party can legally be said to have procured a life insurance policy on the life of another, even if the insured played a role, as long as the third party is the one who effectively obtained or acquired the policy.

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No Need To Reopen Asbestos Suit, Insurance Exchange Says

By Joyce Hanson

An insurance exchange for the trucking industry has told a California federal judge he does not need to reopen its case against a group of reinsurers as the parties battle whether to remove a "side-switching" arbitrator, explaining that a New York state court will likely rule soon on the issue.

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Chancery Disallows Arbitration In No Surprises Act Cases

By Jeff Montgomery

In a "narrow" first impression ruling, a Delaware magistrate in Chancery has rejected claims that the federal No Surprises Act provides for a narrow private right to seek the enforcement of an arbitration award in litigation over medical bills involving the act.

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Blackbaud To Face Revived Data Breach Subrogation Suits

By Rae Ann Varona

Delaware's highest court has revived a bid by a group of insurers to recover expenses incurred for clients of Blackbaud Inc. following a major ransomware attack on the software developer's systems, saying the insurers adequately alleged that Blackbaud breached agreements to protect the clients' sensitive data.

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Union Says Express Scripts Diverted Billions In Kickback Fees

By Mark Payne

A Chicago plumbers union healthcare fund told an Illinois federal court Tuesday that the nation's largest pharmacy benefit manager, Express Scripts, violated federal criminal law when it used a Switzerland-based company to hide kickbacks it generated by charging drug companies fees for key placement on prescription plan drug lists.  

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How Policy Differences Affect Recovery From Cyberattacks

Careful attention to policy language and real-world operational realities can mean the difference between a partial and a full recovery after a cyberincident — particularly, how long the insurance policy will cover lost income and extra expenses incurred, and when that period ends, says Scott Godes at Barnes & Thornburg.

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Tick, Tock: Maximizing The Clock, Regardless Of Trial Length

Whether a judge grants more or less time for trial than an attorney hoped for, understanding how to strategically leverage the advantages and attenuate the disadvantages of each scenario can pay dividends in juror attentiveness and judicial respect, says Clint Townson at Townson Litigation.

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Law Professors Sue EEOC For Firm DEI Letter Records

By Craig Clough

Two professors at law schools in Michigan and Florida have sued the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in D.C. federal court, seeking documents related to 20 letters the agency sent to law firms over their purported diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

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Goldstein Tax Trial Heads To Closing Args As Defense Rests

By Jared Foretek

Jurors in SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein's tax fraud trial will hear closing arguments Wednesday, after the final two witnesses in the monthlong proceeding took the stand, and new emails regarding Goldstein's efforts to conceal poker debts came to light Tuesday.

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Flat Fee Or Contingency? Firm, Ex-Client Fight Over IP Spoils

By Ben Adlin

A 3D printing technology company has urged a Washington federal court to toss a breach of contract lawsuit brought by its former law firm, Lee & Hayes PC, arguing it agreed to a flat fee ahead of a patent settlement, while Lee & Hayes says it only waived a contingency fee because of its onetime client's "underhanded misrepresentations."

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J&J Fights Beasley Allen's Bid To Pause Talc DQ Ruling

By Emily Sawicki

A New Jersey state court lacks standing to block an appellate panel's removal of Beasley Allen from representing hundreds of women with ovarian cancer pursuing claims against Johnson & Johnson over talcum powder, the pharmaceutical company has argued in an opposition brief.

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Valve Jury Says Rothschild, Atty Broke Anti-Patent Troll Law

By Rachel Riley

Inventor Leigh Rothschild, his companies and his former attorney broke Washington state's anti-patent trolling law by making a bad faith assertion of patent infringement against video game developer Valve Corp., and Rothschild and his companies breached an intellectual property licensing deal in the process, a Seattle federal jury found on Tuesday. 

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Supreme Court Adopts Rule To Suss Out Stock Conflicts

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday that litigants will soon be required to include companies' stock ticker symbols in court documents as part of new rules aimed at helping the justices identify potential conflicts of interest.

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Sens. Concerned About Live Nation Case After DOJ 'Ousting'

By Matthew Perlman

A group of Senate Democrats is raising concerns about potential political influence at the U.S. Department of Justice, following the abrupt departure of the agency's top antitrust enforcer weeks before Live Nation is set to face trial in the government's monopolization case.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jeff Montgomery

Cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence disputes continued their slow weave into Delaware Court of Chancery and state Supreme Court dockets last week, with jurists and litigants grappling over how — or if — the courts' old-school equity jurisdiction and fiduciary duty hooks apply to new kinds of deals.

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