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Tennessee DCI Returns $9.5M to Policyholders in Mediated Claims Disputes

Insurance Journal

The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance so far this year has secured more than $9.5 million for policyholders whose insurance claims had been denied, the department announced this week. The payments, mostly from property insurers, are the result of …

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Big Tobacco Firms Near Deal to Settle Canada Smoking Risk Cases

Insurance Journal

Under the proposal from a court-appointed mediator, Canadian subsidiaries of Philip … Three of the world’s biggest tobacco companies are near a possible deal to resolve longstanding claims in Canada that they held back information about the health risks of cigarettes.

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MY POLICY ABOUT CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSES IN SETTLEMENTS

Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

I make it clear to the client that if the client wanted confidentiality for themselves, I would, of course, honor that, but only when it was the client’s choice and not the insurance company or defendant’s legal requirement. I wanted them to know it was a condition of mediation for me.

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Retirement and the Unexpected Return to the Office

Attorney at Work

I interviewed my colleague, Will Graebe , former Vice President of Claims for Lawyers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of North Carolina to tell his story about retirement and an unexpected return to the office. If I hadn’t taken the two years away from work, I wouldn’t have become a certified yoga teacher and mediator.

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Scheduling Orders Are Mandatory; Vital to Caseload Management; and, Enforced Even Where Parties Got Themselves Into a “Pickle” by Dilatory Efforts to Cooperate

E-Discovery LLC

This order insures that the parties have a clear understanding of what the Court means by the word “promptly.” Mediation has been ordered to negotiate an ESI Protocol or “discovery plan.” “Order on Proposed ESI Order” – Is There a Better Mousetrap? Id.at *4. Application of Phil Favro & Judge Peck’s Lessons on Search Design (Oct.

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Opportunity in Crisis: Innovative Ways Law Firms Are Stepping Up Client Relationships

Attorney at Work

Miles Mediation & Arbitration understands the need for cost certainty in alternative dispute resolution. Marcie Dickson, former CMBDO, Miles Mediation & Arbitration (Atlanta). “At Offering cost certainty without compromising on the quality of service provides clients with confidence in their hiring decision.

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Legal Turmoil in the Pharmaceutical Industry: AbbVie, Purdue, and Beyond

Complex Discovery

This committee, which includes individuals harmed by the opioid crisis and various insurers and companies with opioid claims, has sought permission from a bankruptcy court in White Plains, New York, to sue the Sacklers. They argue that the family should not escape accountability for their substantial role in fueling the opioid epidemic.