12/9/2025 10:47:21 PM Stopping the Shrink: The Eighth Circuit Holds Soot Can Cause Direct Physical Loss or Damage, Stemming the Tide of COVID-19 Insurance Law Jurisprudence By Nicholas Insua Richard Lewis About a year ago, we wrote about property insurance coverage shrinking as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We focused on how the near...
9/30/2025 6:45:00 PM Practical COVID-19 Vaccine Coverage in the Midst of Regulatory Confusion By Brandie Barrows Ongoing developments regarding COVID-19 vaccine coverage are causing employers who sponsor group health plans to grapple with shifting...
5/15/2025 8:42:55 PM Trump Executive Orders seek to encourage reshoring of pharmaceutical manufacturing and research By Vicki Tankle Sarah Thompson Schick Matthew Loughran On May 5, the Trump Administration issued a pair of executive orders that could signal big changes for the drug industry and health...
4/9/2025 6:24:40 PM European Equity Markets: A Comeback? By AJ Venter There were some insightful observations at the FT Live webinar ‘The Resurgence of European Equity Markets’ on 9 April 2025. The...
3/19/2025 10:09:54 PM DOJ Dismisses Lawsuit Over COVID Nasal Spray False Advertising By Len Gordon Todd Harrison By Leonard L. Gordon, Todd A. Harrison & Nicole Yapp On March 10, the Department of Justice (DOJ) moved to drop a lawsuit filed on behalf...
2/19/2025 8:49:59 PM Executive Order Regarding COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates By Alicia Arman Brown Peter K. Fagen On February 15, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled “Keeping Education Accessible and Ending Covid-19 Vaccine...
2/2/2025 3:07:53 PM Big Ass Fans Settles With California DAs Over "Clean Air" Claims By Jeff Greenbaum A group of District Attorneys in California reached a settlement with Big Ass Fans, resolving allegations that the company misled...
1/21/2025 4:19:06 AM Asia Asset Management: 2025 Trends and Key Issues By Chune Loong Lum Vincent Ip Billy Zhang In 2024, Asia-focused asset managers navigated evolving regulations, geopolitical shifts, and complex market dynamics. To read our...
12/5/2024 4:36:38 PM Court of Appeal finds that Covid-19 was a “catastrophe” By Mark Pring Thomas Morgan This autumn, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales handed down judgment in UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA v Covéa Insurance Plc [2024]...
8/15/2024 6:51:28 PM Regulators Seek to Test Raw Milk for H5N1 in National Study By David Crass Last week, FDA, USDA and the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments sent a joint letter to leadership of state Departments of...
8/14/2024 5:27:24 PM Fearing Industry Solvency, Insurers Are Seeking to Leverage “Physical Loss or Damage” Rulings in the COVID-19 Context to Roll Back Historic Coverage Generally By Richard Lewis When the COVID-19 Pandemic incepted, and issues arose as to whether affected policyholders could seek Business Income and Civil Authority...
7/13/2024 10:15:08 AM Students Continue to Lose Ground After Pandemic Restrictions By Passle Group The Annie E. Casey Foundation recently released its 2024 “Kids Count Data Book,” reviewing data from the National Assessment of...
5/22/2024 10:52:32 AM Study: Pandemic School Closings Did Not Affect Mandated Reports By Passle Group One long-running question is whether school closures caused cases of child abuse and neglect to fall through the cracks. The concern was...
5/14/2024 10:10:17 PM GSK Joins COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Patent War By Passle Group mRNA-Based Vaccine and Other Therapeutics mRNA-based vaccines have become one of the most discussed technologies both inside and outside...
5/14/2024 6:15:29 PM CDC PPE Recommendations for H5N1 By David Crass As confirmed by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently updated its...
5/14/2024 5:40:13 PM USTR Releases Sec. 301 Report and Recs By David Crass Today, the office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) released the results of its Sec. 301tariff statutory review, detailing ongoing...