Articles in Channel: Insurance Law

Basic Claim Step Advice For Hurricane Earl Policyholders

September 02, 2010 16:52

Tina Nicholson is based in our Houston office. She wrote a very basic article "Steps For Handling an Insurance Claim" for the Hotel World Network. With Hurricane Earl winds beating the mid-Atlantic coast, her tips may be helpful for many policyholders: Contact your insurance company...

More Bad News for James Hardie and Its Asbestos Compensation Fund

September 02, 2010 14:26

Managing legacy liabilities is never easy. For some, it can be a nightmare. Thus, James Hardie and its asbestos compensation fund took yet another hit yesterday through the loss of a tax appeal.  The loss is  described here in mass media in Australia. The mass media is...

Doubling Down: Protecting the Director or Officer Against the Unknown and Unforeseen

Stephen D. Rosenberg
September 02, 2010 14:16

Here’s a little story that rung an old bell for me, and provides an object lesson on a point I have made in the past in various forums concerning the protections against liability that need to be sought by officers and directors. The story concerns a decision out of the Tenth Circuit finding...

What Difference Does it Make that Paulson "Instructed" Lewis Not to Disclose the Fed Backstop of the BofA/Merrill Deal?

September 02, 2010 09:15

One of the most interesting aspects of the complicated sequence of events surrounding the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch merger is the suggestion that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson instructed BofA’s CEO Ken Lewis not to disclose to BofA shareholders that the government, in order to keep...

Sinkholes Remain in the News While Eyes are on Hurricane Earl

September 02, 2010 00:06

Since 2004, the majority of our law firm's large insurance battles have focused on hurricane loss insurance disputes. It is not surprising that we are getting phone calls from people asking whether our firm will open offices somewhere between North Carolina and Boston as Hurricane Earl is...

An Emerging Consensus on Arbitrating Complex Commercial Disputes?

Stephen D. Rosenberg
September 01, 2010 19:00

Well, I have written extensively on my skepticism about commercial arbitration as a tool for solving commercial disputes, and my belief that the courtroom is a better forum for most complex cases. It would take a lot of links to cover my past discussion of the pros and cons of this type of dispute...

Associations Should Mark October 24, 2010 On The Calendar

September 01, 2010 17:30

In a recent post on Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog, Jeremy Tyler discussed general issues with the statute of limitations for filing lawsuits. As Jeremy correctly pointed out, the statute of limitations is a legal deadline for filing a lawsuit. If a lawsuit is not filed before the statute of...

An Ideal Time for Hospitals to Reevaluate Strengths & Strategies for Using those Strengths

September 01, 2010 15:36

Our McGuireWoods colleagues, Scott Becker and Bart Walker, recently published an article entitled "Strategies for Hospital Leadership and Identifying Strengths, Allocating Hospital Resources and Focusing on Profitable Niche Leadership" which contains key concepts on strategic...

FDIC: Banks Looking Up, But Number of Problem Banks Still Increasing

September 01, 2010 09:18

According to the FDIC’s Second Quarter 2010 Quarterly Banking Profile, which the agency released on August 31, 2010, aggregate indicators of banking institutions’ financial health are improving, but at the same time the number of "problem institutions" also continues to...

Things I Think . . . I Think

August 31, 2010 23:44

We all have our guilty pleasures. One of mine is reading my weekly issue of Sports Illustrated cover to cover. During this time of year, every issue ends with the same column titled “Things I Think I Think” – a column dedicated to “all the latest news, buzz, and...