It was the decade with no name. Ten years that turned the world upside down. The decade began with concern over the millennial impact of a mathematical oddity but was ultimately dominated by two iconic events—one natural and one spawned by evil...

Ordinarily a decision by a supreme court, declining to hear an appeal, is just too inside baseball to get the attention of Binding Authority . Even Binding Authority has a limit on wonkishness. But when the denial of appeal involves Pennsylvania’s...

TESTIMONY OF DAVID KODAMA ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOCIATION OF BEFORE THE CATASTROPHE INSURANCE WORKING GROUP OF THE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMMITTEE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC HEARING ON...

On this edition Bruce W. Foudree of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell in Chicago explains the different types of social media communications, their legal consequences and what businesses can do to protect themselves and others. Copyright© 2009 LexisNexis...

At COP15, the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII) is urging negotiators to adopt insurance instruments as part of the climate change adaptation strategy within the Copenhagen agreement. Although insurance is generally regarded as a way to meet...

In magic it is called misdirection. “Look at the floating bikini-clad lass seeming to defy gravity,” the magician suggests, “and look at the hoop passed around her to prove there are no wires; but ignore the fact that the hoop has gaps...