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Know Your Risks Before Going Green In Construction Law360 May 2013
California Appellate Courts Impose Significant Limitations on Plaintiffs’ Claims for Medical Damages Toxic Tort & Environmental Law Update May 2013
Following in Ohio’s Footsteps: The Expansion of Asbestos Transparency Legislation Toxic Tort & Environmental Law Update May 2013
Absent a Contract With the Provider, HMOs Are Not Liable for Unpaid Services Healthcare Law Newsletter Spring 2013
HHS Expands HIPAA Privacy Compliance Requirements Healthcare Law Newsletter Spring 2013
Enterprise Risk Reporting: The New ‘Form F’ Requirement Is Coming Carrier Management May 2013
LAC Tracking Latest Legal Trends For AGC Members California Constructor May 2013
Is Defective Construction an "Occurrence"? The Answer Isn't So Concrete Insurance Coverage Law Report May 2013
SCOTUS: “First Sale” Doctrine Also Applies to Copyrighted Works Lawfully Manufactured Abroad Media Law Bulletin April 2013
America Invents Act Makes Significant Changes to U.S. Patent Law Media Law Bulletin April 2013
Insurers: Does Your Policy Contain a Broadly Worded EIFS Exclusion? If You’re in Washington, You Might Be in Luck! Construction Defect Coverage Quarterly April 2013
The “Occurrence” Debate Continues: Pennsylvania and North Dakota Edition Construction Defect Coverage Quarterly April 2013
Corporate Hospitality Could be Scrutinized Under Possible New Anti-Bribery Laws The Royal Gazette April 2013
Insurance Coverage Issues for Green-Related Building Projects Construction Defect Coverage Quarterly April 2013
Myriad Possibilities when it comes to CEQA reform Daily Journal April 2013
An “App” a Day Will NOT Keep the FDA Away: The Rise of Mobile Medical Applications Medical Device Law Update April 2013
I Wanna Go Fast! Expedited Actions Under the New Texas Rules of Civil Procedure Medical Device Law Update April 2013
FDA’s Medical Device “Enhancement” Reporting Has Potential Product Liability Implications Medical Device Law Update April 2013
Fact or Fiction: Apportionment and Divisibility Under CERCLA Daily Journal April 2013
Burning Questions: Furniture and Baby Supply Industries Hit With Prop. 65 Notices for Newly Banned Flame Retardant TDCPP Prop. 65 Update April 2013
California’s New “Safer Consumer Products” Law – Prop. 65 on Steroids Prop. 65 Update April 2013
I Wanna Go Fast! Expedited Actions Under the New Texas Rules of Civil Procedure Product Liability Advisory April 2013
No April Fools: U.S. Supreme Court Suggests That the Lower Courts Stop Joking Around With Class Action Certification Product Liability Advisory April 2013
Upholding CAFA’S Intended Purpose Product Liability Advisory April 2013
Maryland’s Highest Court Clarifies Toxic Tort Standards and Reverses a Punitive Damage Award in Excess of $1 Billion Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation Committee Newsletter April 2013
How Federal Wildlife Laws Impact Development of Wind Energy Trends April 2013
Maryland’s Highest Court Clarifies Toxic Tort Standards and Reverses a Punitive Damage Award in Excess of $1 Billion Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update March 2013
Personal Jurisdiction by Way of Agency: What Is Required? Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update March 2013
Letters of Credit, Bonding, Guarantees and Default Insurance: Hedging Bets in a Roller-Coaster Market Under Construction - The Newsletter of the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry March 2013
No Faith In Proposed Bad Faith Legislation Law360 March 2013
Supreme Court Unanimously Holds Plaintiffs Can't Stipulate Around CAFA Appellate Strategist Blog March 2013
A Busy Day of Civil Arguments at the Illinois Supreme Court Appellate Strategist Blog March 2013
New York — All Risk Policy DRI March 2013
The HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule—Data Privacy and Security Implications for Business Associates and Covered Entities Bloomberg BNA Health Insurance Report March 2013
CEQA Reform: Striking While the Iron Is Hot The Dirt Report March 2013
Environmental Groups Say Further Environmental Review Needed to Address Fracking Impacts The Dirt Report March 2013
Kentucky Attorney General’s Parens Patriae Suit Against Oxycontin Manufacturer Is Not a “Class Action” Under CAFA Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update March 2013
It’s a Whopper of a Case: Washington Supreme Court “Supersizes” Product Liability Statute Product Liability Advisory March 2013
California Supreme Court Decision Closes the Door to California Lawsuits Against Dissolved Foreign Corporations Product Liability Advisory March 2013
California Supreme Court Holds Survival Statute Does Not Apply to Out-Of-State Corporations Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update March 2013
States Moving Forward With Chemical Reporting Laws, Creating Confusion for Businesses Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update March 2013
Environmental Groups Claim Further Environmental Review Needed to Address Fracking Impacts Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update March 2013
Women in Law Leadership Academy Highlights Past Success and Provides Roadmap for the Future Women Connect - Sedgwick's Women's Forum Newsletter February 2013
Highlights From NAWL's Pipeline to Equity Partnership Conference Women Connect - Sedgwick's Women's Forum Newsletter February 2013
Environmental Groups Say Further Environmental Review Needed to Address Fracking Impacts Hydraulic Fracturing Digest February 2013
Center for Biological Diversity Files Lawsuit Against DOGGR, Alleges Agency Fails to Enforce its Own Regulations Hydraulic Fracturing Digest February 2013
Online And Off Song-Beverly: Some Relief For Retailers Law360 February 2013
Iskanian v. CLE Transportation: Will California Fall In Line On Class-Wide Arbitration Waivers? Legal Opinion Letter February 2013
Marsh's Adeola Adele Discusses Diversity With Sedgwick's Jessika Moon EMBRACE - Sedgwick's Diversity Newsletter February 2013
Online, But Off Song-Beverly: California Supreme Court in a Narrow Ruling Finds That Song-Beverly Does Not Apply to Retailers Selling Downloadable Products Retail Industry Alert February 2013
Is Defective Construction an “Occurrence”? The Answer Isn’t So Concrete Construction Defect Coverage Quarterly February 2013
Colorado Federal Court Applies Builder’s Risk Exclusion and Policy Endorsement to Preclude Coverage for Underlying Construction Defect Litigation Construction Defect Coverage Quarterly February 2012
Get to Know Your New Sedgwick Women Partners Women Connect - Sedgwick's Women's Forum Newsletter February 2013
Green Lawsuits: Fertile Soil or Barren Ground?" Dallas Bar Association Headnotes February 2013
Primary Assumption of the Risk – 20 Years Later, Nalwa Confirms the Vitality and Breadth of Knight Product Liability Advisory January 2013
States Moving Forward With Chemical Reporting Laws, Creating Confusion for Businesses Product Liability Advisory January 2013
The Unheard Tree: The Struggle Over Unmanifested Defects in Consumer Class Actions Product Liability Advisory January 2013
A Cure for the Daubert Blues—Creating the Trial Cross when Exclusion has Failed DRI's "The Voice" January 2013
Ninth and Third Circuits Allow Equitable Defenses to Defeat ERISA Reimbursement Despite Express Plan Provisions DRI Today February 2013
The Kilbride Court After 2 Years: Pragmatic And Collegial Law360 January 2013
How Gender Disparities in Film Impact Juror Perceptions ABA TIPS Diversity Committee Newsletter January 2013
The Illinois Supreme Court 2012: Year in Review Law360 January 2013
The Electronic Age: Liability and Insurance Coverage Law360 January 2013
Supreme Court to Consider 'Mailbox Rule' WorkCompCentral January 2013
New Ohio Asbestos Legislation Is A Step In The Right Direction…But There Is A Long Road Ahead Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update January 2013
New Jersey Supreme Court Clarifies Requisite Nexus for Liability Under the Spill Act Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update January 2013
Ninth Circuit Vacates $10 Million Asbestos Verdict, Citing Trial Court’s Failure to Conduct Daubert Hearing Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update January 2013
Plaintiffs Bear the Burden of Establishing Causation by Competent Expert Testimony in C6 Exposure Claims Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update January 2013
Impact of the PPACA Insurance Exchanges on the Marketplace for Health Coverage ABA Health eSource December 2012
FDA and Industry Form “Consortium” to Improve Device Approval Process Medical Device Law Update December 2012
10th Circuit Reaffirms the Importance of Similarity in Testing Methodology for Withstanding a Daubert Challenge Product Liability Advisory December 2012
Product Manufacturers and the Importance of Understanding Personal and Advertising Injury Coverage and Applicable Exclusions Product Liability Advisory December 2012
Indirect Warnings May Be Sufficient as a Matter of Law Product Liability Advisory December 2012
“A State of Profound Uncertainty”: The Crisis in Pennsylvania Product Liability Law Product Liability Advisory December 2012
ADR: Wave of the Future, or Splash of the Past? The Dirt Report December 2012
Reforming CEQA to Avoid Duplicative Environmental Review The Dirt Report December 2012
Green Chemistry’ Chemical Reporting Laws and Incur Confusion, Potentially Significant Costs in Their Wake Bloomberg BNA Toxics Law Reporter December 2012
Seventh Circuit Curtails the Scope of Injunctive Relief Available Healthcare Law Newsletter Fall/Winter 2012
Ninth Circuit Addresses Fiduciary Exception to Attorney-Client Privilege in ERISA Matter Involving Communications Between Claims Analyst and In-House Counsel Healthcare Law Newsletter Fall/Winter 2012
Seventh Circuit Holds Employer Didn't Violate ADA's Confidentiality Provisions by Revealing Ex-Employee's Migraines American Health Lawyers Association' Health Briefs e-Newsletter December 2012
Daubert: Coming to a Court Near You? The Daily Journal December 2012
Acosta V. Shell: An Expert's Study May Be Irrelevant Law360 December 2012
Paper or Plastic? California Leading the Trend on Plastic Bag Bans November 2012
Indirect Warnings May Be Sufficient as a Matter of Law Product Liability Advisory November 2012
Ninth Circuit Vacates $10 Million Asbestos Verdict, Citing Trial Court’s Failure to Conduct Daubert Hearing Product Liability Advisory November 2012
BPA Linked to Adverse Reproduction Effects in Rhesus Monkeys Product Liability Advisory November 2012
Successor Liability and Current Trends Westlaw Journal Asbestos March 2013
Deepwater Horizon MDL – Recent Opinions on Admiralty Jurisdiction and Indemnification Admiralty & Energy News November 2012
South Dakota Supreme Court Decision Affirming Policy’s Exclusion of “Windmills, Windchargers or Towers” Includes Unassembled Wind Turbines Admiralty & Energy News November 2012
New California Law Reforms Disability Access Litigation Construction Newsletter November 2012
A High Stakes Game of Finders Keepers: A Glance At The World Of Marine Salvage Law Trial Advocate Quarterly November 2012
New Bill Seeks to Expand Manufacturers Post-Sale Pharmacovigilance Duties Generic Drug Law Update November 2012
An Agency "Warning Letter" Does Not a Lawsuit Make: Sometimes a "Warning Letter" Is Really Just a Warning Generic Drug Law Update November 2012
Expanding Liability for Ineffective Product Recalls Generic Drug Law Update November 2012
Madoff: The Litigation Fallout Continues Insurance Day November 2012
On the Job: The High Cost of Some Unpaid Internships Media Law Bulletin November 2012
Insurance Carrier Not Entitled to Reimbursement of Fees in Bratz Doll Dispute Media Law Bulletin November 2012
OSHA's "Willful Violation" Finding Not Dispositive of Whether Employer Committed an Intentional Wrong Product Liability Advisory October 2012
FOOD WARS -- California Proposition 37 Sponsors Ask Voters to Approve a Food Labeling "Right to Know" Law with "Bounty Hunter" Provisions Product Liability Advisory October 2012
Florida Appellate Court: "We Help [Only] Those Who Help Themselves" on Juror Concealment Product Liability Advisory October 2012
Using CEQA To Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing Hydraulic Fracturing Digest October 2012
In Support Of Learned Intermediary Doctrine Law360 October 2012
Environmental Claims Reach New Depths Over Hydraulic Fracking The Dirt Report October 2012
The Economics of Shale Gas and Hydraulic Fracturing in California Hydraulic Fracturing Digest October 2012
Macias May Mean More Liability For Wash. Manufacturers Law360 October 2012
Court of Appeal Enforces Contract Clause Limiting Tort Liability Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update October 2012
Ninth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of a Public Nuisance Lawsuit Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update October 2012
Expert’s Epidemiologic Study Comparing Populations Was Insufficient to Establish General Causation for Toxic Tort Claims Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update October 2012
How to Handle Life Insurance Interpleaders Law360 October 2012
FCC Rethinks Indecency The Daily Journal October 2012
Judiciary Holds Attorney Admissions Ceremony Marianas Variety October 2012
Posse Intern Ravi Singh Heads to Northwestern Law on Scholarship EMBRACE - Sedgwick's Diversity Newsletter October 2012
Taa Grays Discusses Diversity at MetLife EMBRACE - Sedgwick's Diversity Newsletter October 2012
Sedgwick’s Diversity Pipeline Programs Offer Students a Summer of Experience and Fun EMBRACE - Sedgwick's Diversity Newsletter October 2012
Sedgwick Receives Recognition for its Diversity Efforts EMBRACE - Sedgwick's Diversity Newsletter October 2012
Daubert: It was (Almost) 20 Years Ago Today October 2012
Libor Rate Manipulation Scandal in Focus at Sedgwick Seminar October 2012
New Jersey Court Grants Summary Judgment Based on Lack of Warning Causation Pharmaceutical Law Update October 2012
FDA Studies Consumers' Understanding of Prescription Drug Direct Advertising and Composite Efficacy Score Pharmaceutical Law Update October 2012
Learned Intermediary Doctrine Applies to Failure-to-Warn Pharmaceutical Cases in Florida Pharmaceutical Law Update October 2012
Effective Use of Analogies in Legal Practice For the Defense September 2012
Washington Supreme Court Decision May Indicate an Expansion of Manufacturer Liability in the Evergreen State Product Liability Advisory August/September 2012
Texas Court Guards Against Guardian Ad Litem Fees Product Liability Advisory August/September 2012
Protecting Trade Secrets and Confidential Information in Product Liability Litigation Product Liability Advisory August/September 2012
Indiana Supreme Court Interprets Application of Statute of Repose in an Asbestos Case Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update September 2012
New Hampshire Supreme Court Reverses “Light Cigarette” Class Certification Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update September 2012
California Supreme Court Overturns Common Law “Release Rule” Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update September 2012
Coverage for Student Pilot Barred by Renter Pilot Exclusion Aerospace Insurance Update September 2012
Voluntary Parting and Conversion Exclusions Bar Coverage for Aircraft Theft and Subsequent Confiscation Does Not Revive Coverage Aerospace Insurance Update September 2012
First Circuit Finds Coverage for Window Crack Occurring In-Flight Following Insured’s Repair Aerospace Insurance Update September 2012
Federal Court Finds New York Choice of Forum Clause in Michigan Airport’s Policy Unenforceable Aerospace Insurance Update September 2012
Insurance Pool’s Managing Agent Has Standing to Seek Declaratory Relief and Recoup Payments Aerospace Insurance Update September 2012
Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Heats Up: An Overview of the Cap and Trade Program The Dirt Report September 2012
“Revisiting Materiality” Is Revisionist History: An Express Warranty Defines Materiality Under The UCL and CLRA Absent An Unreasonable Safety Hazard September 2012
No Causation, No Case: How Lone Pine Orders Can Increase Judicial Economy and Dispose of Meritless Claims in Hydraulic Fracturing Litigation Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update August 2012
The Impact of the California Supreme Court's Opinion in O'Neil on Courts Across the Nation: Who's Next? Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update August 2012
OSHA Modifies Hazard Communication Standard Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update August 2012
Ninth Circuit Finds No Duty to Warn in Light of the State of the Art Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update August 2012
“Green” Fracking Coming in 2015 Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update August 2012
PAR’s 2012 Annual Conference: Promoting Female Lawyers Through a Culture of Sponsorship August 2012
Relax the Administrative Exemption Test at Your Own Risk August 2012
The Road from Watts, August 1965 Milken Institute Currency of Ideas August 2012
Appealing Matters Trial Advocate Quarterly August 2012
Rosa v. TASER Int’l, Inc.: Keeping Hindsight Bias Out of Failure-to-Warn Claims Medical Device Law Update August 2012
Statutory Defense for Manufacturers of Components Parts of Medical Devices Medical Device Law Update August 2012
FDA Publishes Final Electronic Registration Rule for Medical Device Manufacturers Medical Device Law Update August 2012
Mobile Marketing Class Actions 2.0: Novel TCPA Claims Law 360 August 2012
An Agency 'Warning Letter' Does Not a Lawsuit Make Corporate Counsel August 2012
Passing the smell test: Twombly, Iqbal, and a California Federal Court's Requirement of More Specificity in Complaints Against Defendants Australian Product Liability Reporter August 2012
Termination for Convenience, It's All About "Good Faith" Modern Contractor Solutions August 2012
The Impact of the California Supreme Court’s Opinion IADC Committee Newsletter - Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation July 2012
Nelson V. Matrixx Initiatives — Specificity In Complaints Law 360 July 2012
Voir Dire: Hunt for the Fox Construction Practices Newsletter July 2012
New Indemnity Law Protects Subcontractors Construction Practices Newsletter July 2012
Virginia Supreme Court Dissent Questions Majority’s Weakening of Evidentiary Rules in Failure to Warn Case Product Liability Advisory July 2012
Passing the Smell Test: A California Federal Court Requires More Specificity In Complaint Against Defendants Product Liability Advisory July 2012
Equine Activity Limitation of Liability Act Given Broad Reading in Texas Product Liability Advisory July 2012
Limiting An Insured’s Right To Independent Counsel Law360 July 2012
California Courts of Appeal Loosen Standard for Loss of Consortium Causes of Action in Latent Disease Cases Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update July 2012
Northern District of California Finds Disputed Oral Statements Made Off-The-Record Do Not Trigger Removal Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update July 2012
New Rules for Asbestos Cases in San Francisco Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update July 2012
United Nations Seeks More Funding and Powers for Its "Environment Programme" Following the Rio+20 Conference Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update July 2012
Corporate Recovery and Insolvency in Bermuda The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Corporate Recovery & Insolvency July 2012
If You Miss, Better Miss Well: In Re Clark Law360 July 2012
High Court Punts Free Speech Issues in FCC v. Fox Los Angeles Daily Journal July 2012
The Evidentiary Impact of Haygood v. De Escabedo The Dicta July 2012
DC Water’s Randy Hayman Discusses Diversity with Sedgwick Attorney Monty Cooper June 2012
Court Determines When Malicious Prosecution "Occurs" American Bar Association - Insurance Coverage webpage June 2012
Texas Supreme Court Adopts Learned Intermediary Doctrine Pharmaceutical Law Update June 2012
Plea Agreements Including Compliance Measures and Probation: A New Trend? Pharmaceutical Law Update June 2012
Third Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Class Action Lawsuits Alleging Off-Label Activity Based on Standing Pharmaceutical Law Update June 2012
Premature Exhaustion Leaves Insured Feeling Unsatisfied Insurance Law Blog June 2012
Premises Owner Owes No Duty to Protect Family Members of Independent Contractors From Secondary Exposure to Asbestos Toxic Tort & Environmental Law Update June 2012
CDC Lowers Threshold for Diagnosing Lead Poisoning Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update June 2012
Ninth Circuit Denies Review of Air Permit Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update June 2012
Admissibility of Social Security Disability Determination as Evidence of Causation in a Civil Suit Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update June 2012
Storming Into Summer With Big Fla. Insurance Decisions Law360 June 2012
Fracking's Latest Frontier: Regulation And Taxation Law360 June 2012
New EPA Rules Regarding Air Pollution from Natural Gas Wells Hydraulic Fracturing Digest June 2012
Hydraulic Fracturing: A Future Source of Silicosis Claims? Hydraulic Fracturing Digest June 2012
As Fracking Operations Are Poised to Take Place in Illinois, Lawmakers Are Contemplating How to Regulate and Tax the Industry Hydraulic Fracturing Digest June 2012
Insuring For Workers’ Compensation In Latin America LatAm Insurance Review May 2012
Florida Supreme Court Urges Importance of Properly Defining Design Defect in Product Liability Cases Product Liability Advisory May 2012
New Jersey Judiciary Narrows Applicability of Statute of Repose to Manufacturers of Products That Are Utilized in Improvements to Real Product Liability Advisory May 2012
Other Publications
If You Miss, Better Miss Well: In Re Clark Law360 July 2012