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October 10, 2025
Infosys' Counterclaims Against Competitor Tossed For Now
A Texas federal court dismissed counterclaims from Infosys Ltd. accusing Cognizant TriZetto Software Group Inc. of monopolizing a market for healthcare software and related services after finding the allegations ignored potential competition from alternatives.
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October 10, 2025
State Farm Needn't Cover Dry Cleaner In Pollution Row
The property owner of a dry cleaner isn't owed coverage for an investigation and remediation demand conducted by a state environmental protection agency, a New Mexico federal judge ruled, finding that an absolute pollution exclusion barred indemnification and defense obligations.
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October 10, 2025
6th Circ. Affirms Class Status In Totaled Car Payout Dispute
A panel of Sixth Circuit judges upheld the class certification of a suit alleging State Farm systematically undervalues totaled vehicles, saying that a class of Tennessee insureds were linked by a common alleged harm of breach of contract.Â
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October 10, 2025
Medical Supply Co. Drops UnitedHealth Coverage Suit
A medical supply company has agreed to drop its lawsuit alleging UnitedHealthcare entities issued a blanket block on the company's claims without notice, according to a stipulated order filed Friday in Michigan federal court.
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October 10, 2025
Geico Failed To Arbitrate Auto Accident Claim, Suit Says
A North Carolina resident accused Geico of failing to arbitrate her injury claim stemming from an auto accident, telling a federal court that following two years of document production, the insurer only denied coverage after she said she rejected a "lowball" settlement offer.
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October 10, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Paddington Bear's creators and Studio Canal sue the company behind Spitting Image, Blackpool Football Club's former owner Owen Oyston bring a fresh claim against the club, and Mishcon de Reya sue a Saudi investment group.
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October 10, 2025
Rite Aid Fires Back At Claims It Broke CVS Sale Deal
Bankrupt drugstore chain Rite Aid Friday defended its decision to not pay for druggist insurance to cover ex-employees at pharmacies it has sold to former competitor CVS, while saying CVS has breached the sale deal itself by withholding its final payment.
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October 09, 2025
AIG Says Dock Builder Can't Avoid $1.8M Yacht Fire Lawsuit
An AIG unit urged a Florida federal court Thursday to reject a contractor's claims it can't be held liable for more than $1.8 million in coverage payments over a yacht fire caused by dock wiring that lacked ground fault protection, arguing the state building code required such protection.
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October 09, 2025
NJ Justices Probe Insurer's Role In $12M Settlement Fight
The New Jersey Supreme Court zeroed in Thursday on how far insurers can go in reserving their rights without taking a definitive position on coverage, as Mist Pharmaceuticals LLC accused Berkley Insurance Co. of stonewalling a $12 million settlement by hiding behind ambiguity in its "capacity exclusion" clause.
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October 09, 2025
Fla. High Court Hears Ex-Marvel CEO's Punitive Damages Bid
The former CEO of Marvel Entertainment on Thursday urged the Florida Supreme Court to revive his punitive damages claim over the secret collection of his wife's DNA in connection to a hate letter campaign, arguing his client was wrongfully held to a higher burden in order to establish the claim.Â
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October 09, 2025
Mich. Justices Mull Tort Damages Bar For Nonresident Drivers
Members of Michigan's Supreme Court on Thursday expressed reservations about an intermediate appellate court's decision that nonresidents who fail to carry Michigan insurance for a vehicle they regularly drive in the state can recover tort damages after a car accident.
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October 09, 2025
Insurer Pushes For Default Win In Trench Injury Coverage Suit
An insurer is seeking a default win in its dispute over coverage for a man's trench injury lawsuit, telling an Illinois federal court Thursday that the man has failed to appear or respond to the coverage action.
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October 09, 2025
Judge Rejects Sanctions Bid In Ace Fire Loss Suit
A Georgia federal court has rejected a Chubb unit's sanctions bid in a fire loss coverage dispute, finding that although its insureds failed to adequately join two individual defendants in a broader attempt to defeat the court's diversity jurisdiction, such conduct wasn't frivolous nor amounted to bad faith.
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October 08, 2025
Avon Trust Sues Insurers Over Coverage Of Talc Liabilities
A trust established to pay asbestos claimants in Avon's Chapter 11 has urged a Delaware state court to rule that almost 30 insurers must help indemnify more than $225 million of the cosmetics company's talc injury liabilities, saying the insurance carriers had or would fail to do so.
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October 08, 2025
Wash. Condo Owner Seeks $8.1M In Water Damage Coverage
A condominium association said its insurer must provide coverage for more than $8.1 million in hidden water damage, telling a Washington federal court the insurer failed to acknowledge that weather conditions such as rain and wind-driven rain contributed to the damage and are covered under its policies.
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October 08, 2025
Lockheed, CNA Strike Settlement For Coverage Fight
Lockheed Martin Corp. and a CNA Financial Corp. unit have reached a settlement for a coverage dispute related to litigation that accused the aerospace and defense company of environmental contamination in Orlando, Florida, according to court records.
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October 08, 2025
State Farm Unit Needn't Pay For $2.5M Assault Judgment
A State Farm unit has no obligation to pay a $2.5 million judgment entered against a homeowners insurance policyholder after he attacked his housemate, a California state appeals court affirmed, finding that the victim's injuries were not the result of an accident for purposes of the policy.
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October 08, 2025
Insurer Had Duty To Defend In $78M Collision Row, Court Says
A home renovation company's insurer owed it a defense in a lawsuit over an auto collision involving a worker who was on the way to perform plumbing services, a California federal court ruled while stopping short of determining if the insurer must cover the underlying case's nearly $78 million judgment.
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October 07, 2025
Aetna COVID-19 Test Provider Sues Insurer For 'Unpaid' $53M
A Nebraska company that provided COVID-19 testing for Aetna has filed suit in California federal court, alleging that the insurer owes it more than $53 million for testing services but has refused to pay up.
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October 07, 2025
5th Circ. Queries If ChampionX Covered In $40M Oil Spill Suit
A Fifth Circuit panel Tuesday pressed ChampionX Corp. to explain how it can pursue a lawsuit in Texas seeking to make multiple insurers pay for its defense in a $40 million oil spill lawsuit if the underlying policies don't name it.
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October 07, 2025
No Coverage For Smoke Shop Over Fatal Crash, Insurer Says
A smoke shop's insurer told a North Carolina state appeals court the shop shouldn't receive coverage for a lawsuit alleging it's liable for a fatal auto collision because it sold nitrous oxide products to the at-fault driver, arguing its policy covered bodily injury only on the shop's premises.
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October 07, 2025
Co. Not Covered In $21M Concrete Mix Error Suit, Insurer Says
An excess insurer said it has no duty to defend or indemnify a concrete company accused of causing $21 million worth of damage after supplying the wrong concrete mix for a highway construction project, telling a California federal court Tuesday that its policy has not yet been triggered.
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October 07, 2025
Fla. High Court Told Law Bars Insurer Suit Against Condo
A condominium association told the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday that an insurer can't sue for damages to an owner's unit, arguing a 2021 state law that went into effect provided immunity from a negligence lawsuit stemming from a policy claim brought afterward.Â
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October 07, 2025
Reinsurer Resists Arbitration In $7M Letter Of Credit Fight
A Qatari insurance conglomerate's reinsurance unit told a North Carolina federal court that its dispute with a domestic insurer over the insurer's roughly $7 million letter of credit drawdown shouldn't go to arbitration, arguing that a contract the insurer relies on is "wholly unrelated" to the letter of credit.
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October 07, 2025
Title Insurer Fights Mortgage Lender's Fraud Claim
A title insurer has no duty to pay a mortgage lender's claim over a $510,000 loan a borrower alleged was fraudulent, it told a North Carolina federal court, saying its closing protection letter explicitly excludes coverage for third-party fraud and that no policy was ever issued.
Expert Analysis
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How Financial Cos. Can Prep As NYDFS Cyber Changes Loom
Financial institutions supervised by the New York State Department of Financial Services can prepare for two critical cybersecurity requirements relating to multifactor authentication and asset inventories, effective Nov. 1, by conducting gap analyses and allocating resources to high-risk assets, among other steps, say attorneys at Pillsbury.
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Adapting To Private Practice: 3 Tips On Finding The Right Job
After 23 years as a state and federal prosecutor, when I contemplated moving to a law firm, practicing solo or going in-house, I found there's a critical first step — deep self-reflection on what you truly want to do and where your strengths lie, says Rachael Jones at McKool Smith.
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What 2 Recent Rulings Mean For Trafficking Liability Coverage
Two recent federal district court decisions add to a growing number of courts concluding that Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act claims may trigger coverage under commercial general liability policies, rejecting insurer arguments regarding public policy and exclusion defenses, says Joe Cole at Shumaker.
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Civil Maritime Nuclear Sector Poised For Growth, Challenges
The maritime industry now stands on the verge of a nuclear-powered renaissance, with the need for clean energy, resilient power generation and decarbonized logistics driving demand for commercial maritime nuclear technology — but these developments will raise significant new legal, regulatory and technical questions, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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Painting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Painting trains me to see both the fine detail and the whole composition at once, enabling me to identify friction points while keeping sight of a client's bigger vision, but the most significant lesson I've brought to my legal work has been the value of originality, says Jana Gouchev at Gouchev Law.
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Understanding And Managing Jurors' Hindsight Bias
Hindsight bias — wherein events seem more predictable after the fact than they were beforehand — presents a persistent cognitive distortion in jury decision-making, but attorneys can mitigate its effects at trial through awareness, repetition and framing, say consultants at Courtroom Sciences.
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Hybrid Claims In Antitrust Disputes Spark Coverage Battles
Antitrust litigation increasingly includes claims for breach of warranty, product liability or state consumer protection violations, complicating insurers' reliance on exclusions as courts analyze whether these are antitrust claims in disguise, says Jameson Pasek at Caldwell Law.
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Better Crypto Insurance Is Attainable Amid Regulatory Shifts
With regulatory clarity improving and insurance carriers taking an increasingly constructive approach, crypto industry participants can improve their insurance coverage and pricing if finance, legal and compliance teams take specific steps, say Walker Newell and Jacob Sawyer at Woodruff-Sawyer.
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Protecting Sensitive Court Filings After Recent Cyber Breach
In the wake of a recent cyberattack on federal courts' Case Management/Electronic Case Files system, civil litigants should consider seeking enhanced protections for sensitive materials filed under seal to mitigate the risk of unauthorized exposure, say attorneys at Redgrave.
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NC Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q3
There were several impactful changes to the financial services landscape in North Carolina in the third quarter of the year, including statutory updates, enforcement developments from Office of the Commissioner of Banks, and notable mergers, acquisitions and branch expansions, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.
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Judging Figure Skating Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Judging figure skating competitions helps me hone the focus, decisiveness and ability to process complex real-time information I need in court, but more importantly, it makes me reengage with a community and my identity outside of law, which, paradoxically, always brings me back to work feeling restored, says Megan Raymond at Groombridge Wu.
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Looking Beyond Property Damages For Wildfire Survivors
Personal injury attorneys seeking compensation for victims of wildfires like those in Los Angeles County must carefully apply a multidisciplinary approach that looks beyond obvious property loss to the full spectrum of damages, considering factors like emotional distress, disruption of community and the psychological toll of displacement, says Farid Yaghoubtil at Downtown L.A. Law Group.
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Wis. PFAS Insurance Ruling A Beacon In Sea Of Uncertainty
While a state court correctly ruled under Wisconsin law that a standard-form pollution exclusion in an insurance policy did not apply to PFAS liability claims from direct exposure, the decision nevertheless highlights the wide variations in state law when it comes to PFAS liability coverage, say attorneys at Haynes Boone.
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What Ethics Rules Say On Atty Discipline For Online Speech
Though law firms are free to discipline employees for their online commentary about Charlie Kirk or other social media activity, saying crude or insensitive things on the internet generally doesn’t subject attorneys to professional discipline under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, says Stacie H. Rosenzweig at Halling & Cayo.
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Junior Attys Must Beware Of 5 Common Legal Brief Mistakes
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Junior law firm associates must be careful to avoid five common pitfalls when drafting legal briefs — from including every possible argument to not developing a theme — to build the reputation of a sought-after litigator, says James Argionis at Cozen O'Connor.