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AIG Sues Convicted U. of Virginia Killer Huguely Over Insurance Probe
George W. Huguely V, the ex-University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted of murdering his sometime girlfriend in May 2010, was sued by American International Group Inc. over his refusal to ...
Third-Party Litigation Funding Appears On Rise But Who Really Knows?
While third-party litigation funding has just started to grab headlines in the United States, the funding method has been used in Europe for some time. People in the United States didn't see a need ...
Oklahoma Tornado Damage Likely to Exceed Joplin
The damage from Monday's tornado in a suburb of Oklahoma City is likely to exceed that caused by the 2011 twister in Joplin, Missouri, that killed 161 people, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John ...
Property Values For Moore, Okla. EF-5 Tornado in $2-$6B Range: AIR
Yesterday, AIR Worldwide put estimates of the replacement value of properties ruined by Monday's massive EF-5 tornado striking Moore, Okla. at more than $2 billion. According to a statement released ...
Wage and Hour Claims Among Top Threats to U.S. Employers
Federal wage and hour lawsuits have reached a surprise record high, according to a report by law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP. Cases filed under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in have continued to ...
Supreme Court to Hear SOX Mutual Fund Whistleblower Case
In a case involving whistleblowers at Fidelity Investments, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether mutual fund employees are subject to the same whistleblower protections as ...
GINA Suits Becoming A Reality: Second EEOC Action Filed
On May 16, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that the agency filed its second lawsuit charging a company with violating the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. The ...
Report: Feds’ Warnings About Sandy Were Confusing
Federal weather forecasts for Superstorm Sandy were exceptionally accurate last fall, but the warnings themselves were confusing, an internal review found. The gigantic October storm lost tropical ...