Judge Orders Insurer To Pay Auto Injury Claims To Providers

By Mark Payne

State Farm Insurance can't withhold benefits for its insureds seeking care at an automobile-crash-focused healthcare company, a Florida state judge ruled Wednesday, finding that the medical provider can delay collecting deductibles and coinsurance payments until a patient's bodily injury claims have been resolved. 

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Colo. Appeals Panel Expands Insurer Disclosure Obligations

By Zach Dupont

A Colorado Court of Appeals panel Thursday found that a copy of an insurance policy obtained by the at-fault driver after a crash is still required to be disclosed to the victim driver in litigation in a split 2-1 decision and first impression interpretation of the Colorado statute.

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Trump Admin Asks 4th Circ. To Unfreeze ACA Rule Changes

By Hayley Fowler

The Trump administration is urging the Fourth Circuit to let it plow ahead with two changes to Affordable Care Act regulations that a Maryland federal judge froze in August, arguing the rule changes are within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' power to enact.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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Insurance Group Of The Year: Rivkin Radler

By Hope Patti

Rivkin Radler LLP scored precedent-setting wins for Allianz in opioid coverage litigation before the Delaware Supreme Court and in an Ohio Supreme Court case over coverage for Sherwin-Williams' lead paint abatement fund payments, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Insurance Groups of the Year.

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Website Wiretapping Claims Trimmed From Cigna Suit

By Matthew Santoni

A Pennsylvania federal judge has trimmed most of a proposed class action over Cigna's alleged third-party sharing of customers' private health information on its website and patient portals, finding that while the customers had standing, they had consented to a privacy policy that disclosed the data collection and sharing.

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Bus Co., Insurer Must Cover Tainted Candy Suit, Carrier Says

By Hope Patti

A bus company and its insurer must defend a Westport, Connecticut, school board in a suit over injuries two elementary school children suffered after they ate THC-laced candy found on a school bus, the board's insurer told a state court.

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McCarter & English Wants To Torpedo $22M Malpractice Suit

By Aaron Keller

McCarter & English LLP on Thursday asked a Connecticut Superior Court judge to sink a $22.3 million professional negligence lawsuit by two struggling insurers, saying failures to provide documents or knowledgeable people to testify during pretrial depositions warrant a "harsh" end to the nearly decade-old case.

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Yale Health System Seeks $4.1M Coverage For Transplant

By Gianna Ferrarin

A Liberty Mutual unit breached a stop-loss insurance policy by denying Yale University's health system $4.1 million in coverage for a plan member's bone marrow transplant, the system told a Connecticut federal court.

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Elevance Fights Nurses' '11th Hour' Class Expansion

By Abigail Harrison

Health insurer Elevance told a North Carolina federal court that it should deny a former nurse's attempt to expand a class definition in her overtime-exempt misclassification lawsuit, arguing that the reworked definition would entirely upend the litigation and prejudice the insurer.

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NC Biz Court Bulletin: Dual Representation DQ, Biting Censure

By Hayley Fowler

The North Carolina Business Court kicked off 2026 with a flurry of rulings and a few rebukes from the bench, including partially disqualifying counsel in a restaurant mismanagement melee and censuring a solo attorney who sought to circumvent the specialized superior court's rules.

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How Insurers Are Wording AI Exclusions

Artificial intelligence exclusions are now available for use in insurance policies, meaning corporate risk managers must determine how those exclusions are interpreted and applied, and how they define AI, says David Kroeger at Jenner & Block.

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Ramped Up Psychedelic Production Carries Opportunity, Risk

Kimberly Chew at Husch Blackwell discusses the key legal implications of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's recent dramatic increases in the production quotas for a range of psychedelic substances, offering guidance on compliance, risk management and strategic opportunities for practitioners navigating this rapidly evolving landscape.

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Series

Teaching Logic Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Teaching middle and high school students the skills to untangle complicated arguments and identify faulty reasoning has made me reacquaint myself with the defined structure of thought, reminding me why logic should remain foundational in the practice of law, says Tom Barrow at Woods Rogers.

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Analysis

Arbitrators Take Cautious Approach To Integrating AI

By Emily Sawicki

Norms, practices and regulations surrounding the use of generative artificial intelligence in arbitration are developing just as rapidly as they are in the courts. Here, Law360 Pulse talks with legal tech vendor Veritext's senior vice president in charge of alternative dispute resolution about how the arbitration industry is interacting with AI.

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Beasley Allen Disqualified From NJ Talc Multicounty Litigation

By George Woolston

A New Jersey state appeals court disqualified the Beasley Allen Law Firm from representing plaintiffs in multicounty litigation over Johnson & Johnson's talc-based baby powder, ruling Friday that a former Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP lawyer's collaborative efforts with the firm's attorneys violated ethics rules.

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Louisiana Attys Face Possible Sanctions For AI Slop Usage

By Adrian Cruz

As part of an order dismissing the remaining claims in a real estate matter, a Louisiana federal judge has threatened to sanction attorneys from two local firms for submitting a brief riddled with errors generated by artificial intelligence.

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Q&A

Va. Prosecutor Calls For Courage In Charging Feds

By Brandon Lowrey

Several district attorneys have formed a group with a singular goal: to charge and convict federal agents who violate civil rights. Here, Law360 speaks to one of these prosecutors about the creation of Fight Against Federal Overreach and the plans for the organization.

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DC Courts To Tag In Non-Attys To Help Civil Litigants

By Emily Johnson

The District of Columbia Courts is the latest court system in the U.S. to allow non-attorneys to help guide civil litigants who face matters without an attorney, creating a program that expands who can advise people facing evictions, child custody disputes and other matters.

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Judge Shooting Probe Draws Alleged Gunman's Confession

By Lynn LaRowe

The man accused of shooting an Indiana Superior Court judge confessed to carrying out the shooting to achieve a higher rank in his criminal gang and to erase debt he owed to co-conspirators — one of them scheduled for a criminal trial before the judge, according to court documents filed Friday.

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Trump's BigLaw Executive Order Appeals Consolidated

By Emily Sawicki

The D.C. Circuit on Friday consolidated the government's appeals of losses in four cases BigLaw firms launched against the White House and Justice Department over executive orders against them related to the clients they represent.

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Graham Pushes Bill To Allow Suits Over Smith Investigations

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is working on a bill to allow nonmembers of Congress to sue for damages after being investigated by special counsel Jack Smith.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

This past week in London saw a unit of Johnson & Johnson sue the U.S. government in a patent dispute, Southampton Football Club file a claim against Aviva Insurance, and an events business face a claim by Live Nation (Music) over potential licensing issues for Chelmsford City Live, a music festival that featured Justin Timberlake last year. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Attacks on alleged anticompetitive behavior took the spotlight in the past week, with a federal jury ordering medical device maker Medtronic to pay $382 million for its monopolistic practices, including bundling sales and punishing customers for using rival products. And the Federal Trade Commission warned 42 law firms that participating in the Diversity Lab's diversity, equity and inclusion program could constitute anticompetitive collusion.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal jury ordered Medtronic to pay nearly $382 million to business rival Applied Medical Resources Corp. for antitrust violations.

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