Must the insurer’s conduct be “unreasonable” to trigger bad faith? What if the adjuster is hit by a bus on his way to mail you an offer?
Demian Oksenendler
2019 September
The lid is off the policy! Can insurers immunize themselves from their bad-faith failure to settle by buying the bad-faith claim from their own policyholder?
Jeffrey I. Ehrlich
2019 September
The Ninth Circuit’s ERISA decisions affect the full range of employer-provided insurance and pension benefits
Michelle L. Roberts
2019 September
Stanford grad forsakes corporate practice to advocate for consumers and take down scheming insurance companies
Stephen Ellison
2019 September
Bad-faith cases rarely settle on the day of mediation. Are unrealistic client expectations to blame, or is the insurer just testing plaintiff’s resolve?
Terrence J. Coleman
2019 September
Court says methodology of identifying class members who purchased an inflatable pool from chain store need not be shown in order to certify class. Also, decisions on choice of law and waiver of right to compel arbitration
Jeffrey I. Ehrlich
2019 September
A look at Wilson and other important decisions on this doctrine so often relied upon by insurers in their summary judgment motions
Rex Heeseman
2019 September
A review of the insurer’s duty to settle and the effect of mediation confidentiality laws on mediated settlements
Kirk Pasich
2019 September
ERISA: Breach of fiduciary duty or breach of contract when employers make mistakes administering their employees’ benefits
Brent Dorian Brehm
2019 September
Clearing out that which accumulates in a law practice
Miles B. Cooper
2019 September