The order also empowered trial courts to adopt any new or amended rules intended to address the COVID-19 pandemic.

Suits filed by two Indian nations seek judicial rulings that financial losses to casinos due to COVID-19 are covered by business interruption.

Suits filed by two Indian nations seek judicial rulings that financial losses to casinos due to COVID-19 are covered by business interruption.

The 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals recently affirmed the ruling of the lower court and held that an insurer can recover an underlying settlement that it made on behalf of its insured as fraud damages, effectively avoiding a bad faith claim.

From our colleagues at PC360: As workforces take up social distancing to shelter at home, the risk of attacks against corporate remote access systems goes up.

It is vital that insurers share more information, avoid fraud-spreading practices and never surrender to scammers.

New York Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks issued an order Sunday that defined "essential" court matters and said all other court filings would not be accepted until further notice.

"Rarely do we see this many deaths being attributed directly to a company. That's what makes this the rare case," said one criminal law expert.

California Insurance Ricardo Lara calls for 60-day insurance premium grace period due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Law firms were not listed as an essential service under an executive order issued earlier this week that previously curtailed the number of employees allowed to report for work in office.