Law360 (October 9, 2020, 4:23 PM EDT) — A proposed negotiation class intended to seek settlements in the sprawling Ohio multidistrict litigation over the national opioid crisis is urging the Sixth Circuit for a full-court review of a decision last month striking the class down, saying the split panel went […]
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Oil Co. Seeks Insurance Coverage Of $1M Spill At 9th Circ.
Law360 (September 11, 2020, 8:09 PM EDT) — The Ninth Circuit should force Bitco General Insurance Corp. to cover $1 million in cleanup costs for an oil spill under an umbrella policy that doesn’t exclude pollution, a Montana oil and gas company argued. In an opening brief Thursday, J. Burns […]
5th Circ. Upholds AIG’s Win In $12M Waste Management Case
Law360 (September 4, 2020, 7:58 PM EDT) — The Fifth Circuit on Friday affirmed that an AIG unit does not have to cover $12 million in legal expenses Waste Management Inc. racked up defending criminal charges over environmental contamination from a Hawaii landfill, agreeing with a lower court that the […]