Coverage & Policy Issues

Legalized use of marijuana in some states creates complex employment issues for employers.

Unofficially, Florida would prefer you not use the phrase "climate change."

Legal decisions set many precedents for the insurance industry, but frequently those decisions lag behind what's occurring in the real world. A prime example involves the legalized use of marijuana. Approved for medical use in 23 states and recreational use in a handful, the federal government has yet to legalize...

While attorneys offer advice to clients and execute legal documents for them, are they liable when the client makes a decision that doesn't provide the resolution originally anticipated? In this professional liability claim an attorney counsels an employee to proceed with caution, but the employee has other ideas.

Many of us have laughed at movie scenes from cult classics like Half Baked, Pineapple Express, Dazed and Confused, or Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke in which the hapless stoner employee is depicted as someone who cannot perform even the simplest task correctly or fails to show up for...

For a large insurance carrier, the perception of having deep pockets is a common concern, and based on some trials, it seems there are law schools aggressively teaching a form of profundus marsupium.