The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | April 8, 2024
The 11 cases set to go before the justices touch on a range of impactful issues, including federal authority to shape tort law, insurance coverage for COVID-19 business interruption claims, and the burden of proof required to demonstrate rule violations in lawyer discipline matters.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By James C. Haggerty, Jeffrey Stanton and Dennis Coyne | April 4, 2024
While merely striking affirmative defenses that should not have been in the action in the first place may not be a sufficient deterrent to curb the filing of frivolous defenses, where the assertion of such baseless prophylactic defenses occurs in first party insurance litigation, such as uninsured (UM) or underinsured (UIM) motorist claims, it may result in much harsher repercussions.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Sandra Jones | March 18, 2024
SNTs are usually for the most vulnerable of structured settlement payees as a trusted means of asset protection. SNTs will receive the periodic payments directly from the annuity issuer, and the SNT trustees have a fiduciary duty to spend the trust situs for the benefit of each beneficiary.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Dave Poston | March 12, 2024
In recent years, the world's most reputable and fastest-growing insurers are increasingly reviewing crisis communications and public relations recommendations as part of their overall coverage as another means to reduce overall risk—and rely less on legal counsel. Even if they don't have riders, endorsements or specific crisis policies, insurers are still providing guidance and encourage the use of such services.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Daniel E. Cummins | February 29, 2024
On Jan. 29, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued its long-awaited and much anticipated decision in the regular use exclusion case of Rush v. Erie Insurance Exchange, and, in doing so, seemed to signal a possible continuing movement away from its previous penchant for advancing plaintiffs' causes in personal injury matters and toward a more reasoned, moderate approach to civil litigation questions of law.
By Amanda O'Brien | February 12, 2024
The Philadelphia-based litigation defense firm has expanded its footprint into Cherry Hill and Long Island.
By Amanda O'Brien | February 7, 2024
"I don't want to sound pessimistic, but the time of the smaller insurance defense shop is probably going away," said Weber Gallagher chairman Andrew Indeck.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | January 30, 2024
"It just brings it back to the general idea that unless there is a clear anomaly in the law, the court is going to continue to apply precedent as is," Glen Shikunov said.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | January 23, 2024
"This issue needs to get settled in Pennsylvania as to whether or not these damages are available," Saltz Mongeluzzi partner Patrick Howard said.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Amanda O'Brien | January 16, 2024
"We've opened offices where our clients are complaining about nuclear verdicts," said firm founder Robert Tyson.
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