Justin Baldoni, the "It Ends With Us" lead and director facing sexual harassment claims from co-star Blake Lively, asked a New York federal court to dismiss an insurer's lawsuit seeking to avoid coverage, noting that he and other insureds have already filed a similar coverage action in California state court.
Justin Baldoni, the "It Ends With Us" lead and director facing sexual harassment claims from co-star Blake Lively, asked a New York federal court to dismiss an insurer's lawsuit seeking to avoid coverage, noting that he and other insureds have already filed a similar coverage action in California state court.
A property owner's title insurer owes no coverage for an underlying quiet title action over ownership of a private road between two separate properties, a New York federal court ruled, finding coverage exceptions in two policies relating to the rights of parties "in possession" were applicable.
An insurer needn't pay an additional $2.1 million in coverage to the owner of a Los Angeles property that was damaged in a fire, a California federal court ruled Monday, finding the insurer already paid all benefits due under the policy.
A Chubb unit told a Pennsylvania federal court that it has no duty to defend or indemnify a former Ramada Inn franchise operator that was ordered to pay the hotel chain's parent company over $4 million after it settled claims that the hotel profited from human trafficking.
An Arkansas federal judge on Monday dismissed with prejudice Norfolk & Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Co.'s suit against Rogers Manufacturing Corp. over $4.7 million in damage from roof collapses after the parties told the court that they'd satisfied all the terms of a settlement reached earlier this month.
Two Chubb insurance units have dropped their lawsuit alleging that the city of New Britain, Connecticut, owes them more than $1.8 million in coverage reimbursements because it was slow to respond to a water main break that caused severe flood damage.
A Connecticut family says they were forced to vacate their home for 75 days and get rid of most of their possessions after a battery for model cars and trains purchased from Amazon exploded, setting the home on fire and releasing toxic fumes.
Snap removal, which allows defendants to transfer state court cases to federal court before a forum defendant is properly joined and served, is viewed differently across federal circuits — but keys to making it work can be drawn from recent decisions critiquing the practice, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.
After recent reports that hackers have once again infiltrated federal courts’ electronic case management systems, the judiciary should strengthen its cybersecurity practices in line with executive branch standards, outlining clear roles and responsibilities for execution, says Ilona Cohen at HackerOne.
A District of Columbia Bar committee said in a new opinion that law firms and attorneys must consider conflicts of interest and other possible ethics issues before entering into agreements with the government that may "limit or shape their law practices."
Bill Essayli "is not lawfully serving" as the acting U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, a federal judge ruled Tuesday evening, disqualifying President Donald Trump's pick from serving in that role while declining to outright toss indictments in three criminal cases under his supervision.
A proposed settlement between Jackson Walker LLP and defunct life insurance bond seller GWG Holdings Inc. over a former Jackson Walker partner's secret romance with an ex-bankruptcy judge should be rejected because the deal "smacks of collusion," according to a recent objection.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is calling on the federal judiciary to set formal policies regarding artificial intelligence after he exposed two mishaps involving federal judges in New Jersey and Mississippi.
A California attorney representing a mobile app platform in a small-time copyright and contract suit playing out in Oakland federal court has asked for $25,000 as reimbursement for work he said went into responding to an error-ridden motion and subsequent time spent on the matter.
A divided panel of state bar regulators voted to publicly reprimand former Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins for leaking confidential material about an investigation to a reporter and then trying to deflect suspicion in a deceptive message to subordinates, a lawyer for Rollins confirmed Tuesday.
An attorney for four women suing comedian Katt Williams must notify a federal district court for the next five years that she was sanctioned for using suspected artificial intelligence-generated fake citations as part of a punishment handed down Tuesday by a Georgia federal judge.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has received pre-hearing paperwork for anticipated judicial nominees for Texas, Alaska and Arkansas, despite no formal announcement yet from President Donald Trump.
A Third Circuit panel on Tuesday refused to revive a malpractice claim against Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP lodged in a lawsuit that accused attorneys of manipulating patent litigation to steal a former Cornell University graduate student's DNA sequencing intellectual property.
More than 100 former U.S. Department of Justice officials, a group of former federal judges and U.S. attorneys, current and former members of Congress, and a nonprofit focused on defending democracy are all backing former FBI Director James Comey's effort to nix his criminal prosecution.
President Donald Trump appealed his New York criminal conviction for falsifying business records, arguing the charges were defective, the jury was improperly instructed, the judge was biased and that he was immune from prosecution.
