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New York’s Grieving Families Act Advances (Again)

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On June 10, 2025, the New York State Grieving Families Act got a (fourth) chance to be signed by Governor Hochul. She refused to sign prior iterations of the legislation, citing stress on New York’s business community and the...more

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Health Headlines: May 2025

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On May 14, 2025, Pennsylvania State Sen. Tim Kearney and State Rep. Lisa Borowski introduced legislation addressing private equity and corporate interests in healthcare. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is touting the companion...more

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Georgia Permits the Discovery of Litigation Funding – Will Other States Soon Follow?

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On April 21, 2025, Georgia became one of the first states to enact a statute to permit the discovery of litigation funding, paving the way, perhaps, for a number of other states to soon follow....more

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Claims Notes: April 2025

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Comprehensive Tort Reform Bill Clears Georgia Legislature; Expected to be Made Law - The Georgia House of Representatives and Senate have passed a bipartisan, comprehensive tort reform bill. Governor Brian Kemp is expected...more

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Oregon Legislature Falls Short On Passage of Statutory Bad Faith Cause of Action

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In an unexpected and last minute turn of events, the Oregon legislature failed to pass a final-stage version of House Bill 3242 before its regular session adjourned on June 25, 2023 for the remainder of the year. Generally,...more

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Recent Tort Reforms Expected to Have Major Impact on Insurance Litigation in Florida

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A wide range of tort reform laws (HB 837) were recently approved by the Florida House and went into effect on March 24. HB 837 is intended to help protect businesses and insurers from excessive litigation in Florida and is...more

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Major changes for Florida civil liability and bad faith laws find unanimous support from the Governor and the legislature

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On February 14, 2023, Florida’s Governor, the President of the Florida Senate and the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives jointly appeared at a press conference to express their dissatisfaction with the state of...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

COVID-19 and Unprecedented Litigation Insights, Issue 26, October 2020

This 26th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us returning to now-familiar topics involving liability protection for businesses, wrongful death lawsuits (particularly those...more

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Update on Proposed COVID-19 Insurance Coverage Legislation and Litigation: Are Cooler Heads Beginning to Prevail?

In the wake of government quarantine/shut down orders being executed in response to the pandemic, a flurry of bills were introduced in several states to retroactively create—by government fiat—business interruption insurance...more

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Proposed COVID-19-Related Business Interruption and Property Loss Insurance Legislation

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Recent claims by private businesses seeking to recover coronavirus-related (COVID-19) losses under their business interruption and property insurance policies have typically been denied by their insurers based on the...more

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COVID-19 and Business Interruption Insurance: Are You Covered? Proposed Legislation May Help

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Business owners have described the moment they read the letter from their insurance company denying them coverage for business interruptions losses as “lowest point of this [COVID-19] experience.” Business interruption...more

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Recent Legal Developments In The U.S. Affecting Insurance Coverage For Covid-19 Related Losses

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With the continued disruptions to businesses and the economy generally resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the legal landscape is continually changing, and insurance is no exception. Since the beginning of the outbreak,...more

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Bullet Proofing Your Claims Procedures

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Managing your plan’s claims procedures to avoid successful challenges requires careful attention to all of the requirements in the regulations and in the applicable plan’s or policy’s terms and continual review in light of...more

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