Business Owners Ponder Whether to Require COVID-19 Shots February 16, 2021 By Joyce M. Rosenberg NEW YORK (AP) — As more coronavirus vaccine doses become available in the weeks and months ahead, many business owners...
Endless Boom in Blank Check Companies Is Wearing Out Insurers February 10, 2021 By Katherine Chiglinsky and Jenny Surane The SPAC boom is overwhelming a key player in the creation of a blank-check companies: insurers. Firms selling directors-and-officers liability...
U.S. Senators Propose Limiting Liability Shield for Social Media Platforms February 5, 2021 By Nandita Bose and Chris Sanders WASHINGTON — Three Democratic U.S. senators introduced a bill that would limit Section 230, a law that shields online companies...
At the Urging of Nursing Homes, a Law is Amended and COVID Court Claims are Slowed January 29, 2021 By Tom Hals Garnice Robertson wants accountability for her mother’s death from COVID-19 caught while she was living at a Kansas nursing home...
Arizona Man Wrongfully Accused of Selling LSD Settles Suit January 14, 2021 By Felicia Fonseca FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona man who was wrongfully arrested on suspicion of selling LSD has reached a settlement...
Viewpoint — Another COVID-19 Worry: What is My Deadline to File Suit? January 5, 2021 By Adrian Azer and Michael Scanlon When the scope of the COVID-19 pandemic became apparent in March 2020, an avalanche of articles appeared in which many...
Settling Subrogation Claims and the Dreaded Release January 5, 2021 By Gary L. Wickert and Lee R. Wickert The bane of any subrogation professional’s existence is the dreaded release. It is no coincidence that when Zeus uttered the...
PG&E Judge Proposes Stricter Probation After Wildfires December 30, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt and Mark Chediak The judge overseeing PG&E Corp.’s criminal probation is looking to tighten the leash on the utility by requiring it to...
Insurers, Drugmakers Sail into Unknown With Covid Vaccine Rollout December 21, 2020 By Jonathan Saul and Carolyn Cohn LONDON — Speedy global delivery of COVID-19 vaccines by air and sea in ultra cold conditions will lead to a...
Indiana Lawmakers to Push Coronavirus Lawsuit Shield December 21, 2020 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s governor and legislative leaders are lining up in favor of giving a legal shield to businesses...