Litigation/Liability Trends
SCOTUS Will Consider Energy Companies’ Appeal of Baltimore Climate Change Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal by energy companies including BP PLC, Chevron Corp, Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell PLC contesting a lawsuit by the city of Baltimore ...
Insurers Are Often Succeeding in Getting COVID-19 Business Interruption Suits Dismissed
Insurers have succeeded in dismissing COVID-19 business interruption lawsuits in 17 out of 23 cases heard so far, with a growing number of judges finding that some tangible alteration of a property ...
UK Supreme Court Appeal Over COVID-19 Case Now Likely
Britain's markets regulator said on Wednesday it had failed to strike a deal with major insurers over prompt payouts to small businesses battered by the coronavirus pandemic, dashing hopes that a ...
Florida Attorney Driving Thousands of Insurer Lawsuits Violated 14 Bar Rules: Judge
Embattled Florida attorney Scot Strems, who, with his firm, has filed thousands of assignment of benefit and first party lawsuits against Florida property insurers over the last several years, has ...
Cryptocurrencies Increasingly Viewed as Risky by Financial Firms, Governments
Financial firms and governments overwhelmingly see cryptocurrencies as risky, a major survey found on Tuesday, with the potential for bitcoin and other digital tokens for use in money laundering and ...
Fewer Businesses Reduce Cyber Risks Even as More Worry About Them
The dynamic between businesses and the cyber risks they should be preventing or mitigating is becoming increasingly complex. A survey from The Travelers Companies Inc. found that cyber threats are ...
Two Different Results for Similar COVID-19 Biz Interruption Suits
A federal judge in Florida last week denied an insurer's petition to dismiss a COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuit, while a federal magistrate judge in California threw out a similar claim. Both ...
Ransomware Attack Strikes Insurance Broker Gallagher
Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. and its claims unit, Gallagher Bassett, reported that a ransomware incident that happened on Saturday, Sept. 26 limited some of its internal systems. In ...