Litigation

The New York attorney general has withdrawn charges against two Marsh executives who recently won an appeal of their conviction on felony monopoly charges for accepting contingent commission kickbacks.

With 2010 in the rearview mirror, it is now time to focus on 2011.

Federal securities fraud class action filings related to mergers and acquisitions transactions were up in 2010, while filings related to the credit crisis were down, according to an annual report by Stanford Law School and Cornerstone Research.

An advocate for medical liability reform contended at a congressional hearing Thursday that there is “no question” that medical lawsuit abuse is “undermining both our health care system and the doctor-patient relationship.”

A Florida appellate court has upheld a decision by state Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty to deny a license to Dallas National Insurance Company for writing workers’ compensation coverage in the Sunshine State.

State Farm has filed a federal lawsuit in South Florida alleging that a surgery center, its doctors, a medical manufacturer, and attorneys embarked on an intricate scheme to defraud the insurer out of $13 million.