Ninth Circuit blows open $162 million legacy policy fight over aggregate limits
The facts go back a long way. During World War II, the federal government leased and later expanded the Chino…
Month: April 2026
New Study Implies Faster AI Hypothesis Generation Makes Comitting
Pun et al.’s recent review entitled “Target identification and assessment in the era of AI” in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery maps how artificial…
US Fire sues electrical contractor and spouses to claw back $1.8M on bonds
The backstory, as told in the filing, is familiar to anyone who has worked a surety claim. US Fire says it agreed…
House Financial Services Committee Discusses Gramm-Leach-Bliley A
As of late April 2026, the House Financial Services Committee is actively discussing “additions” to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. A “GLBA…
Contractor sues Liberty Mutual over denied bond on Detroit school demolition
Dore says it mobilized in February 2025 and, by early June 2025, had completed “approximately 95% of the physical demolition,”…
The BMW 7 Series Facelift Finally Gets Its Face Right
I’ll be honest — the previous BMW 7 Series wasn’t easy to like. Not aesthetically, anyway. The front end was…
EPA and HHS Take Actions to Elevate the Issue of Microplastics
Concerns about microplastics and their effect on human and environmental health are no longer confined to academic literature or environmental…
Texas Farmers hits A.O. Smith with suit over alleged water heater defect
Farmers is pursuing three theories. First, negligence – that A.O. Smith didn’t take reasonable care in designing, testing, and marketing the heater, and didn’t give consumers…
The BMW X7 Might Finally Get the Theater Screen
The next-generation BMW X7 could be getting one of the most talked-about features in the luxury car world. Speaking with…
Non-Mutual Collateral Estoppel Can’t Be Used to Invalidate Arbitr
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that non-mutual offensive collateral estoppel—a doctrine under which a party different from…
Hartford fights to cap EPL coverage at $5,000 in disability claim
Four days later, on February 2, 2026, Goldstone resigned. The carrier alleges that, on that same day, Scholarships.com signed an…
Acting AG Moves FDA-Approved Marijuana Products to Schedule III
After years of false starts, stalled hearings, a retired judge, a fired attorney general, and a president who last weekend…