In Ryan Eng’g, Inc. v. Mond Homeowners Ass’n, Inc., No. 14-23-00960-CV, 2025 Tex. App. LEXIS 1681, the Court of Appeals of Texas (Court of Appeals) affirmed a trial court ruling denying the Motion to Dismiss of defendant Ryan…
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/ Construction Law, Professional Malpractice, Real Estate - Residential
Inverse condemnation is a legal theory that is not common in the subrogation industry. However, when dealing with a loss where property damage is the result of action by a public entity, it is a claim that may be available…
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/ Civil Remedies, Construction Law, Insurance
In State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. a/s/o Miriam Perez v. Pentair Flow Techs., LLC No. 7:21-CV-6679, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36875, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (District Court) reconsidered…
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/ Civil Procedure, Insurance, Products Liability
On Tuesday evening, following two hours of debate and five failed amendments, bipartisan Senate Bill 21 (“SB 21”) passed the Delaware House and was quickly signed by Delaware Governor Matt Meyer. SB 21, which, in part, was a…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In the latest twist in the ongoing Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) reporting requirements saga, news came from Washington on March 21, 2025, that the Financial Crimes Enforcement…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, International Law & Trade
In American Fam. Ins. Co. v. NB Elec., Inc., No. A24-0377, 2025 Minn. App. LEXIS 12, the Court of Appeals of Minnesota (Court of Appeals) considered whether an insurer’s subrogation action was time barred under Minnesota’s…
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/ Civil Procedure, Construction Law, Insurance
New Jersey appeals court concludes that claims by a condominium resident alleging injury from indoor exposure to mold did not fall within a “consumption” exception to mold exclusions* in CGL policies where the resident…
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/ Environmental Law, Insurance, Toxic Torts
Stay tuned – another shoe is likely to drop from Washington D.C. on the CTA (“Corporate Transparency Act”) in the next three weeks. As we previously reported on February 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
This episode of The Employment Law Counselor podcast, in collaboration with the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), dives into recent executive orders which end Federal DEI programs and, among other things,…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is back on. A federal judge in Texas has lifted the preliminary injunction issued in Smith v. U.S. Department of the Treasury, 6:24-cv-00336 (E.D. Tex.), which had previously prevented the…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
The plaintiff, Whitney Rich, on behalf of C.W., brought this action after her young infant, C.W., suffered severe burns from a bathtub in their rental property. The plaintiff alleged that the landlord, Marilyn L. Dennison…
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/ Civil Procedure, Personal Injury, Products Liability
December was a busy month of back-and-forth, on again and off again, for the Corporate Transparency Act’s (“CTA”) beneficial ownership information reporting requirements. On Thursday, January 23, 2025, the Supreme Court weighed…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
The court granted the third-party defendant’s first motion to dismiss for lack of general jurisdiction but permitted the parties to conduct jurisdictional discovery. After the close of jurisdictional discovery, the third-party…
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/ Civil Procedure, Insurance, Products Liability
Workers' compensation benefits in New Jersey and Pennsylvania are calculated using a statewide average weekly wage as determined by their departments of labor every year. The year of the worker's injury determines the rates that…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Personal Injury, Workers' Compensation
The reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) are once again paused, according to a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (the “Fifth Circuit”) filed on December 26, 2024…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
