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Must Revisit Ruling For Aluminum Co.</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2315449?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2315449</guid> <description>Insurers in a coverage cap dispute with an aluminum company have asked the Fourth Circuit to reconsider an opinion holding that an ambiguous policy provision must be construed in the company's favor, calling it contrary to South Carolina law.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:12:52 +0000</pubDate> <title>Md. Bank Disputes IRS Denial Of Captive Tax Perk</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2315544?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2315544</guid> <description>A Maryland community bank is contesting in the U.S. Tax Court the Internal Revenue Service's decision to scrap two years' worth of tax deductions tied to a reinsurance captive, disputing the agency's findings that the arrangement had no economic purpose other than tax avoidance.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:20:55 +0000</pubDate> <title>Contractor Drops $1.1M Bond Dispute Against Liberty Mutual</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2315064?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2315064</guid> <description>A Delaware-based plumbing and HVAC company has withdrawn聽its federal suit claiming that a general contractor and Liberty Mutual improperly withheld $1.1 million in payments for work the company completed on a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers elementary school project.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:50:40 +0000</pubDate> <title>Firms Still Have Lateral Market Advantage, But Risks Persist</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2312330?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2312330</guid> <description>Partner and associate mobility data from the fourth quarter of 2024 shows that we鈥檙e in a new, stable era of lateral hiring where firms have the edge, but leaders should proceed cautiously, looking beyond expected revenue and compensation analyses for potential risks, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:13:21 +0000</pubDate> <title>Recent Cases Highlight Latest AI-Related Civil Litigation Risks </title> <link>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2313664?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2313664</guid> <description>Ongoing lawsuits in federal district courts reveal potential risks that companies using artificial intelligence may face from civil litigants, including health insurance coverage cases involving contractual and equitable claims, and myriad cases concerning securities disclosure claims, say attorneys at Katten.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:04:31 +0000</pubDate> <title>We Must Allow Judges To Use Their Independent Judgment</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2313776?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2313776</guid> <description>As two recent cases show, the ability of judges to access their independent judgment crucially enables courts to exercise the discretion needed to reach the right outcome based on the unique facts within the law, says John Siffert at聽Lankler Siffert & Wohl.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:57:53 +0000</pubDate> <title>Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: March Lessons</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2313744?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2313744</guid> <description>In this month's review of class actions appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses three federal appellate court decisions and identifies practice tips from cases involving antitrust allegations against coupon processing services, consumer fraud and class action settlements.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:23:59 +0000</pubDate> <title>Insurers Say $40M Retirement Row Settlement Not Covered</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2312813?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2312813</guid> <description>Three excess insurers told a California federal court they should owe no coverage toward a $40 million settlement a third-party administrator of a church retirement's plan reached to resolve class action claims that it participated in a self-dealing scheme, arguing the claims predate the period they insured.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:14:45 +0000</pubDate> <title>Adapting To Private Practice: From SEC To BigLaw</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2312515?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2312515</guid> <description>As I adjusted to the multifaceted workflow of a BigLaw firm after leaving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, working side by side with new colleagues on complex matters proved the fastest way to build a deep rapport and demonstrate my value, says Jennifer Lee at Jenner & Block.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:04:45 +0000</pubDate> <title>Law360 Announces The Members Of Its 2025 Editorial Boards </title> <link>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2310155?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2310155</guid> <description>Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2025 Editorial Advisory Boards.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:49:51 +0000</pubDate> <title>Convicted Insurance Mogul's Co. Liable For $57M Fraud</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2312231?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2312231</guid> <description>A Malta-based advisory firm controlled by convicted insurance mogul Greg Lindberg violated the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 by helping facilitate his misappropriation of $57 million in client funds, a North Carolina federal court ruled, noting Lindberg and another firm executive already聽admitted to fraud聽in separate consent judgments.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:59:17 +0000</pubDate> <title>Making The Case For Rest In The Legal Profession</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2310348?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2310348</guid> <description>For too long, a culture of overwork has plagued the legal profession, but research shows that attorneys need rest to perform optimally and sustainably, so legal organizations and individuals must implement strategies that allow for restoration, says Marissa Alert at MDA Wellness, Carol Ross-Burnett at CRB Global, and Denise Robinson at The Still Center.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 11:54:55 +0000</pubDate> <title>4 Ways Women Attorneys Can Build A Legal Legacy</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2309950?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2309950</guid> <description>This Women鈥檚 History Month, women attorneys should consider what small, day-to-day actions they can take to help leave a lasting impact for future generations, even if it means mentoring one person or taking 10 minutes to make a plan, says Jackie Prester, a former shareholder at Baker Donelson.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:52:20 +0000</pubDate> <title>A Judge's Pointers For Adding Spice To Dry Legal Writing</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2307170?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2307170</guid> <description>U.S. District Judge Fred Biery shares a few key lessons about how to go against the grain of the legal writing tradition by adding color to bland judicial opinions, such as by telling a human story and injecting literary devices where possible. </description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 19:11:40 +0000</pubDate> <title>Convicted Insurance Magnate Settles SEC's $57M Fraud Suit</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2309075?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2309075</guid> <description>Convicted insurance mogul Greg Lindberg has netted a deal with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve claims he misappropriated $57 million in client funds, tying up the civil suit just four months after he copped to related criminal charges.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:33:46 +0000</pubDate> <title>6th Circ. Ruling Paves Path Out Of Loper Bright 'Twilight Zone'</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2307274?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2307274</guid> <description>The U.S. Supreme Court鈥檚 Loper Bright ruling created a twilight zone between express statutory delegations that trigger agency deference and implicit ones that do not, but the Sixth Circuit鈥檚 recent ruling in Moctezuma-Reyes v. Garland crafted a two-part test for resolving cases within this gray area, say attorneys at Wiley.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:43:05 +0000</pubDate> <title>Fla. Court Urged To Remove Cigna Claims Processor In MDL</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2308653?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2308653</guid> <description>Cigna Healthcare on Tuesday urged a Florida federal court to remove a settlement claims processor in a long-running multidistrict litigation case involving alleged underpaid insurance reimbursements to medical providers, telling a judge that the company has misspent more than $25 million in funds meant for members of a class action within the MDL.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:23:25 +0000</pubDate> <title>4th Circ. Reverses $10M Coverage Cap For Aluminum Co.</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2308336?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2308336</guid> <description>The Fourth Circuit on Monday reversed a lower court's ruling capping an aluminum supplier's total recovery for losses related to a fire at $10 million, saying a molten material endorsement in the company's all-risk policies is ambiguous.</description> </item> <item> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 14:10:47 +0000</pubDate> <title>10th Circ. Urged To Reject Bid To Nix Microcaptive Notice</title> <link>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2307556?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section</link> <guid>https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/other/articles/2307556</guid> <description>The federal government urged the Tenth Circuit to affirm a ruling that rejected a plumbing supply company's request to invalidate an IRS notice that added reporting requirements for certain microcaptive insurance arrangements, saying the lower court correctly found the suit would illegally hinder tax collection.</description> </item> </channel> </rss>