In the matter entitled Fishbowl Solutions v. Hanover Ins. Co., the United States District Court for Minnesota affirmed a Magistrate Judge's Order denying an insured's motion to amend the complaint to allege "bad faith."

Liability insurance policies do not cover G.L. c. 93A attorney's fees in Massachusetts after a recent decision from the state's highest court.

Can the same conduct be unintentional, under a broad reading of the word "intent," and still be intentional under a narrower test? A recent opinion from a Kentucky federal seems to suggest that an insured...

NIL, which stands for name, image, and likeness, should now be a familiar term for anyone who follows college sports.

Per-and-Poly Fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) are a broad class of manmade, highly stable chemicals.

In Jeter v. Sam's Club, 2021 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 919 (App. Div. May 17, 2021), the New Jersey Appellate Division rejected a plaintiff's argument that the trial court erred in ruling that the mode...

All too often, we get recovery files months, sometimes years, after the tipping point when assets begin depleting faster than they can be preserved to maximize lender recovery.

The healthcare workers challenging the constitutionality of Maine's COVID-19 vaccine mandate can no longer litigate their claims anonymously after the First Circuit Court of...

On May 23, 2022, the Supreme Court published its decision in Morgan v. Sundance related to the Federal Arbitration Act

The Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, David E. Nahmias, submitted a letter to Governor Kemp on February 11 announcing that he would be resigning from his position at the conclusion of the Court's term on July 17.

The federal judiciary's Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules has proposed two significant amendments to Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, which governs the admissibility of expert testimony.

The information maintained in the CRD includes, among other things, customer complaints and other disputes be disclosed on a registered professional CRD record.

A recent decision by the Massachusetts Appeals Court in Tocci Building Corp. v. IRIV Partners, LLC, 101 Mass. App. Ct. 133 (2022) has established precedent that the formal rejection requirements...

On December 31, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act, (the "Act").

On October 27, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") announced an update to the rules implemented by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act expanding the definition of "financial institutions" ...

Belmora LLC has petitioned for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court for a second time in a decades-long trademark dispute between Bayer Consumer Care AG and Belmora over their use of the FLANAX mark for over-the-counter pain relievers ...

Does a bystander have an obligation to come to the aid of another under California law? Under most circumstances, the answer is "no." A year ago, almost to the day, the California Supreme Court...

On June 15, 2022, the EPA released health advisories for four PFAS compounds – PFOA, PFOS, GenX and PFBS. The new health advisories are significant for three reasons.

E-filing has radically changed the way we practice law. No longer are the days of finding parking near the courthouse and waiting your turn in line for the clerk.

On Labor Day, California's Governor, Gavin Newsom, signed Assembly Bill 257, the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act ("the Act" or "FAST Recovery Act") into law.