By: Brian Weeks, Partner For nearly 50 years, the law in Oregon State was clear: insureds were precluded from bringing tort or negligence claims for an insurer’s violation of the standard of care expressed by the Oregon Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act, ORS 746.230. In December 2023, the Oregon Supreme Court decided Moody v. Oregon Community […]

By: Keisha Murray, Associate Summary In 2016, the Wisconsin Supreme Court in State v. Loomis addressed whether using a COMPAS risk assessment at sentencing would violate a defendant’s right to due process because of the proprietary nature that prevents defendants from challenging the assessment’s scientific validity. In an episode of the legal drama For the […]

Richmond partner Jim Cosby again served as planning chair and a principal speaker for the program Current Developments in Arbitration, jointly sponsored and presented by Virginia CLE, a Division of the Virginia Law Foundation, and the Virginia State Bar/Virginia Bar Association Joint ADR Committee, to a broad audience.  The program focused on the latest developments […]

H. Robert Yates, III, current Chair of the VADA’s Professional Liability Section, and his associate, Laura K. Musick, look at the tort of intentional interference with parental rights (IIPR) in their article, “The Unintended Consequences of Wyatt v. McDermott: Its Use as a Sword Against Professionals in Custody Cases.” 

There is a new non-compete law in Massachusetts that goes into effect October 1, 2018, but franchisors, franchisees, and other businesses that operate in Massachusetts can breathe a sigh of relief as to certain aspects of it. The new law focuses solely on non-compete provisions contained in employment and independent contractor agreements and does not concern non-compete provisions contained in agreements for the sale of a business.

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Philadelphia’s Lauri A. Kavulich recently presented at the American Conference Institute’s 19th National Advanced Forum on Asbestos Claims and Litigation in Chicago, Illinois.

At the PLAN Regional Meeting on October 23, 2014 in Hartford, CT, Kevin M. O’Hagan presented “How to Know What You Don’t Know” discussing covering limitations based on the insured’s prior knowledge of potential claims. Presentation, “How to Know What You Don’t Know“, PLAN Regional Meeting in Hartford, CT, October 23, 2014.

Kevin O’Hagan presents “The Affordable Care Act: Employer Responses and Emerging Causes of Action” at the PLUS Southeast Chapter meeting in Richmond, VA. The ACA presents many employers with new challenges and opens them up to new claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act, ERISA, and a new cause of action under the ACA for […]

In The Loop – Summer 2013