Litigation

The frequency of claims arising from wind and hail in Texas has prompted two Allstate Insurance companies to ask regulators for rate increases.

Philadelphia has topped the list for the American Tort Reform Foundation's (ATRF) 2010/2011 "Judicial Hellholes" report due in part to the trial practices of its Complex Litigation Center (CLC).

Industry trade associations have joined together in filing a "friend of the court" brief with the Florida Supreme Court in support of United Automobile Insurance Company's request

U.S. federal securities class-action filings picked up in the 2010 second half, and filings are now on pace to exceed last year's total, according to NERA Economic Consulting.

Corporate America and trial lawyers are anxiously awaiting a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court, which has agreed to hear an appeal in a discrimination lawsuit case involving thousands of women seeking class-action status against Wal-Mart.

Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani slammed ex-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's investigative tactics and defended Maurice "Hank" R. Greenberg, calling him a great man who was unfairly persecuted.