Almost every state's professional licensing boards offer assistance programs to help those with substance use disorders continue to work while also protecting the public.

The annual update to allowable charges for H-2A and H-2B workers' meals and travel subsistence reimbursement went into effect yesterday, March 21, 2018.

Spring is here, and so is the H-2A filing season. The H-2A program allows U.S. farmers and agricultural businesses to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary agricultural jobs.

On September 19, President Donald J. Trump issued a proclamation imposing restrictions on the entry of H-1B nonimmigrants into the United States.

Reviewing a Mississippi district court's ruling in favor of an insured, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and rendered in favor of an excess insurer due to the absence of an actual...

The U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, applying Florida law, recently held that allegations in a complaint that only hypothetically support a negligence claim against an insured ...

A federal court in Tennessee granted insurers' motions to dismiss barring a shipper of goods from bringing direct action claims against the insurers of motor carriers based solely upon their status as liability insurers.

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has concluded that its prior holdings requiring an insured seeking policy benefits as actual damages under Chapter 541 of the Texas Insurance Code ...

A Florida appellate court found that an unaccrued and premature third-party bad-faith claim filed before a settlement or verdict against the insured is in direct violation of the nonjoinder statute ...

A Florida appellate court held that a trial court departed from the essential requirements of law by compelling an insurer to produce documents contained within its underwriting file.

The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court's holding that an excess insurer did not act in bad faith when it denied coverage for a construction-defect claim...

The North Carolina Court of Appeals held that an insurer had no duty to defend a lawsuit alleging that the insured knowingly violated a federal statute based on a policy exclusion for personal...

On a certified question, the Supreme Court of South Carolina held that South Carolina law permits an insurer to estimate depreciation of embedded labor costs when calculating "actual cash value"...

The Supreme Court of Louisiana held that the public policy of Louisiana does not require an automobile liability policy to afford coverage for a driver's negligent use of a non-owned auto...

A jury in Tarrant County state court set aside an appraisal award and found a homeowners' insurer to be in breach of its insurance policy and in bad faith, even though the insurer promptly paid ...

The Supreme Court of Virginia held that when an injured party assigns its rights of recovery from a tortfeasor and its insurer, the assignee is barred from maintaining an action ...

A proposed bill, H.R. 6084, the "ERISA Litigation Reform Act," is largely aimed at raising pleading standards in suits alleging prohibited transactions under ERISA Section 406.

Louisiana's Department of Energy and Natural Resources (LDENR) issued the state's first Class VI permit authorizing the injection of carbon dioxide (CO2) into underground formations for storage.

The United States faces significantly higher pharmaceutical prices compared to other developed nations, with brand-name drugs averaging more than three times the costs found abroad.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed that an employer could not compel arbitration against its workers because the employer's representative failed to sign the agreement.