Regulation/Legislation

The authors of the report stressed that an "F" was not an attack on a state's insurance department. Conversely, a grade of "A" should not be considered an endorsement. Readers were to regard both

In politics, perception plays a large role in dictating policy. And there is no greater example than the debate over the property market that has taken center stage since the election of Gov. Charlie

Mississippi trial lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, who brought major class actions against property insurers after Hurricane Katrina, was sentenced today to five years in prison for conspiring to brib

WASHINGTON--The Supreme Court ruled yesterday in the 19-year-old Exxon Valdez oil spill case that punitive damage awards should be predictable and not exceed a one-to-one ratio with compensatory damag

He warned that companies doing business in states with positive litigation reputations should not become complacent about reforming civil litigation. Mr. Hantler pointed to the fact that 10 of the 18

Interpreting the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the court held that an employer bears "both the burden of production and the burden of persuasion" for the "reasonable factors other than