Litigation

Claims Magazine spoke with Attorney Deborah A. Lujan to learn about what can and can't be used in court when it comes to social networking.

Tort costs dipped 2.7 percent in 2009 but are expected to grow over the next two years as the gross domestic product grows, said Towers Watson.

A New York state appeals court threw out a suit brought by a number of banks against bond insurer MBIA over the company’s plan to split its mortgage-backed securities exposure into a separate company.

Discrimination charge filings in the workplace approached “an unprecedented” 100,000 during the fiscal year 2010.

Allstate Insurance Co. filed a federal lawsuit against Countrywide Financial Corp. late last month, seeking damages related to its purchases of more than $700 million in mortgage-backed securities from the company.

While market conditions, the weak economy and catastrophic events were among the most frequent topics NU reporters wrote about last year, the article that clearly stood out for our readers in 2010 dealt with insurance agency service issues.