Dr. Norman E. Sharpless, Director of the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI), located in Bethesda, Maryland, warns that the U.S. can expect as many as 10,000 excess deaths from cancer in the next 10 years as a result of delays in diagnosis and suboptimal treatment...

In a 7-2 decision rendered last week, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that a 600-mile pipeline from West Virginia to North Carolina may proceed in accordance with easements granted by the National Forest Service to the pipeline company. The easement at issue...

Today the Texas Supreme Court granted review in HouseCanary, Inc. v. Title Source, Inc. (No. 19-0673), which involves the interaction of of a stipulated protective order (SPO) executed by the parties prior to trial and a subsequent trial or post-trial motion to seal...

In a per curiam opinion issued this morning Marchbanks v. Liberty Insurance Corporation (No. 18-0977), the Texas Supreme Court reversed a decision by the Houston Court of Appeals [14th Dist.] that payment of an appraisal award bars an insured's claims under the Texas...

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds today signed into law SF 2338, granting a wide array of COVID-related liability protections. Click on the S.F.  2338 hyperlink below for the full language of the bill. Iowa | S.F. 2338 Passed 6/10/2020 Sent to Governor 6/16/2020 Actual...

Reuters reporting more potential fallout from the coronavirus pandemic: U.S. insurers eye Legionnaires' disease safeguards as buildings re-open from pandemic shutdowns Commercial insurers are scrutinizing building managers' efforts to avoid outbreaks of Legionnaires'...