Insurance – May 24, 2012

by Sean DuBois on 4/19/2012

If you've been trying to deal with a personal injury claim against the auto insurance company, you should read this. Negotiating your own claim can be difficult - get the help you need from experts like the Personal Injury...more

by K&L Gates LLP on 4/3/2012

The United Kingdom Supreme Court recently handed down a decision in what is known as the EL Trigger case, wherein the Court has finally decided which Employers’ Liability (“EL”) policy or policies should respond to indemnify...more

by Pamela Woldow on 3/12/2012

In today's competitive legal market, low ball estimates and other practices that undermine fee predictability and accuracy can erode client relationships. This article addresses the new Legal Project Management metrics and...more

by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 3/1/2012

On January 24, 2012, Judge Ronald M. Gould of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that an appeal filed by certain insurance companies with respect to a plan confirmation order was not moot and that such...more

by Frederick Tedford on 2/24/2012

This issue of our Perspectives newsletter highlights three interesting and important issues: • "Product Recalls and Expectation Bias" discusses the phenomenon when recalled products become the focus of a fire...more

by Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP on 1/20/2012

In its recent decision in Netherlands Insurance Co. v. Phusion Projects, Inc., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5222 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 17, 2012), the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois had occasion to...more

by Michael Durr on 1/16/2012

Andrew F. Popper, a law professor at American University, has written an article entitled "In Defense of Deterrence." Here is an abstract of the article: The civil justice system deters misconduct. It generates...more