Behind Allianz’s $4 Billion Fund Blowup, Red Flags and Fat Fees March 11, 2022 By Neil Weinberg, Alex Wittenberg and Will Louch It’s every investor’s dream: Make money when markets go up, and when markets go down, and even when markets go...
Property Insurance Reform Bill Dies as Fla. Legislative Session Draws to a Close March 11, 2022 By Insurance Journal staff With just two days left in the 2022 Florida legislative session, a comprehensive property insurance reform bill appears to be...
Judge Greenlights J&J Strategy to Resolve Talc Lawsuits in Bankruptcy Court February 28, 2022 By Dietrich Knauth and Tom Hals Johnson & Johnson can use the bankruptcy system to resolve multibillion-dollar litigation claiming its talc products cause cancer, a U.S....
Double-Booked Surgeries Lead to $14.6 Million Settlement February 22, 2022 BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts General Hospital will pay $14.6 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged overbilling for double-booked surgeries...
J&J Reaches Opioid Settlement With Holdout New Mexico January 18, 2022 By Nate Raymond Johnson & Johnson on Friday said it had agreed to pay $44 million to resolve claims that it fueled the...
Survivors Sexually Abused as Adults Want Chance to Sue in New York January 14, 2022 By Marina Villeneuve ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)–New Yorkers who were sexually abused as adults could sue abusers in civil court under a bill that...
Insurers Win 1 Bad Faith Case, Lose Another Before Fla. Appellate Courts January 11, 2022 By William Rabb Remember George Costanza’s trick in “Seinfeld,” the 1990s TV sitcom? When he couldn’t (or didn’t want to) pay his rent...
In Reversal, Georgia Joins $26 Billion US Opioid Settlement January 7, 2022 By Nate Raymond The state of Georgia has decided to join a proposed $26 billion nationwide settlement resolving lawsuits alleging that three large...
Jeffrey Epstein Paid Prince Andrew Accuser $500,000 in 2009 Settlement January 4, 2022 By Bob Van Voris A woman suing Prince Andrew for sexual assault agreed in a confidential 2009 settlement with Jeffrey Epstein to release “any...
2 Louisiana Women Sue Over Fatal Salt Mine Collapse January 3, 2022 NEW IBERIA, La. (AP) –Two women have sued the operator of a Louisiana salt mine where a roof collapse killed...