When it comes to liability insurance, the distinction between intentional acts and negligence can have major implications for coverage—especially in cases involving violent conduct. A recent decision ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

The Asbestos Case Tracker continues to cover the Becnel matter, in which the plaintiffs allege James Becnel was exposed to asbestos at the Avondale Shipyards in 1965. For purposes of these motions, ...

Under Florida law, negligence is the failure to use reasonable care. Negligence is the failure to use the care that a reasonable person would use under the same or similar circumstances or the doing ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has asked the Washington Supreme Court to determine the scope of immunity for the state body that trains law enforcement personnel. Ninth Circuit Chief ...

Can someone be liable for "intentional interference with business relations" for accurately informing people about facts about the plaintiff, which then leads them to stop doing business with the ...

Consider the following hypothetical: Creditor has a claim against Debtor. After the claim arose, Debtor went to Attorney, who then engaged in planning to move the Debtor's assets into trusts and LLCs, ...

The New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Act, N.J.S.A. 34:15-1 et seq., provides the exclusive remedy available to employees injured by accident during the scope of their employment. The act’s so-called ...

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