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2nd Circuit Affirms $33.72M Kodak Award In Asia Optical Patent Dispute
NEW YORK - The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 1 affirmed a ruling by a district court awarding bankrupt Eastman Kodak Co. more than $33.72 million in a patent licensing dispute with Asia...
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8th Circuit Remands Attorney Fees Award In Trademark Case
ST. LOUIS - An Arkansas federal judge did not err in entering judgment on a jury's verdict that rejected claims of trademark infringement, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled May 1 (B&B...
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Wisconsin Appeals Panel Finds Health Club's Waiver Unenforceable In Injury Case
WAUSAU, Wis. - A Wisconsin appeals panel on April 30 overturned summary judgment for a health club named as the defendant in a personal injury action, determining that a waiver signed by the plaintiff...
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Dewey & LeBoeuf Executives: $19.5M Deal With Insurer Lacks 'Supportable Basis'
NEW YORK - Two former executives with bankrupt law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf on May 2 filed a brief objecting to the more than $19.5 million settlement reached among the Dewey & LeBoeuf Liquidation...
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New York Appeals Panel Affirms Town Zoning Authority To Regulate Natural Gas...
ALBANY, N.Y. - A unanimous panel of the Third Department New York Supreme Court Appellate Division issued an opinion May 2 affirming the authority of local municipalities to adopt zoning regulations...
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Panel: California Insurance Code Section 533.5 Does Not Preclude Defense Duty
LOS ANGELES - A California appeals panel found May 1 that an insurer cannot avoid its contractual duty to defend a medical director insured against federal criminal charges by relying on California...
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Panel: Exclusion For Coverage Of Errors Arising Out Of Contractual Breach...
CINCINNATI - The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 30 affirmed a lower court's finding that an insurance policy's exclusion for coverage of "Public Officials' Errors and Omissions arising...
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Residential Exclusion Bars Insurance Coverage For Defect Case, Judge Holds
SAN FRANCISCO - A commercial general liability insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify an insured or an additional insured for an underlying construction defect case, a California federal judge...
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Policy Termination Negates ERISA Claims In Life Insurance Dispute, Judge Rules
PIKEVILLE, Ky. - Because a decedent's life insurance policy had been canceled prior to her death, a Kentucky federal judge on April 30 held that the policy beneficiaries' claims brought under the...
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Texas Appeals Panel Affirms Dismissal Of Defective Driveway Case
AUSTIN, Texas - The Third District Texas Court of Appeals on May 1 upheld the dismissal of a woman's defective construction and personal injury claims, ruling that the defendants were not responsible...
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Showing Of Insurer's Bad Faith Can Support Equitable Subrogation, Mo. Panel...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - If an excess insurer can establish that a nurse's primary insurer breached its duties to her in an underlying wrongful death case, it may be able to succeed in its equitable...
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Federal Judge Dismisses Government's Suit Against Student Loan Debtor
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A federal judge in Texas on April 30 dismissed the U.S. government's collection suit against a student loan debtor for failure to timely serve the debtor, adopting a federal...
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Creditors: MF Global Plan Of Liquidation Violates Code; Bankruptcy Court Erred
NEW YORK - Creditors Sapere Wealth Management LLC, Granite Asset Management and Sapere CTA Fund L.P. (collectively, the Sapere entities) on May 2 filed a statement of issues on appeal pertaining to the...
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Judge Approves Revlon Directors' And Officers' Shareholder Suit Settlement
WILMINGTON, Del. - A federal judge in Delaware on April 30 approved a $400,000 settlement of a shareholder derivative lawsuit against directors and officers of Revlon Inc. (Richard Smutek, derivatively...
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Judge Says He Cannot Hear Case That Has Been Transferred To Another Court
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal judge in Ohio on April 22 said the court lacks jurisdiction to consider a motion to reconsider an earlier ruling regarding a reinsurance dispute because the case had been...
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Bond Issuer Says Argentina Is The Place To Hear A Reinsurance Dispute
NEW YORK - An Argentine performance bond issuer argued in a New York federal court on April 26 that the court has no jurisdiction over a dispute between the issuer and its reinsurer (St. Paul Fire...
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Party To Reinsurance Treaties Says Arbitration Award Should Be Confirmed
NEW YORK - A party to a number of reinsurance treaties asked a New York federal court on April 22 to confirm a reinsurance arbitration award (Berkley Insurance Company f/k/a Signet Star Reinsurance...
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Assignee To Reinsurance Agreements Says It Was Assigned Right To Arbitrate
CHICAGO - The assignee of certain rights under a number of reinsurance agreements told an Illinois federal court on April 19 that it has sufficiently alleged facts supporting its contention that it was...
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Fronting Reinsurer Appeals Confirmation Of Arbitration Award
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The successor to a fronting reinsurer appealed the confirmation of a reinsurance arbitration award in a Connecticut federal court on April 22 (Arrowood Indemnity Company v. Trustmark...
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Reinsurer Appeals Decision In Asbestos-Related Reinsurance Dispute
PHILADELPHIA - A reinsurer filed a notice of appeal in a Pennsylvania federal court on April 29, appealing the court's decision in favor of an insurer in an asbestos personal injury-related reinsurance...
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