Coverage for a Federal Subpoena
If your company receives a federal subpoena from the government regarding potential violations of Medicare or other health care laws, a recent district court decision may have made it easier for you to get your insurer to cover the costs of your document collection, investigation and response to the subpoena. Lawrence S. Sher and Andrew M. Weiner, partners at Reed Smith LLP, discuss the decision in our lead "Feature" article, "Federal Court in Illinois Holds Insurer Must Cover Costs of Responding to DOJ Subpoena in a Health Care Fraud Investigation."
The Captive Insurance Statute
In our next "Feature" article, "The Tax Court Taketh Away While Congress Giveth Back," Philip Karter, J. Scot Kirkpatrick, and Christopher A. Steele, attorneys at Chamberlain Hrdlicka, discuss small changes in the captive insurance statute, which should signal Congressional support for good risk management by America's small businesses.
Focus On: UIM Coverage
In this issue's "Focus On" column, "Can You Be 'Occupying' Your Vehicle If You're Just Near It?" Steven A. Meyerowitz, Esq., the Editor-in-Chief of the Insurance Coverage Law Report and the Director of FC&S Legal: The Insurance Coverage Law Information Center, explains an appellate court decision ruling that a person was "occupying" an insured vehicle for purposes of uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage when the person was in actual physical contact with it, and not just near it.
And More…
We also have the "best of the best" Case Law and Legislative/Regulatory Developments from FC&S Legal, as always written and analyzed by Steven A. Meyerowitz, and my Industry News column.
Enjoy the issue!
Victoria Prussen Spears
Editor, Insurance Coverage Law Report
Associate Director, FC&S Legal
Victoria Spears
Victoria Prussen Spears is senior vice president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Brooklyn Law School, Ms. Spears was an attorney at a leading New York City law firm before joining Meyerowitz Communications. She may be contacted at [email protected].