The frequency of legal malpractice claims remained relatively flat last year, but claims severity continued to spike, says a report released Monday.

It was a wet weekend for many people living in St. Louis Park. A water main break flooded dozens of homes on and around Minnetonka Boulevard. A bad way to wake up.

The title of this column is not a reference to the second book of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series, nor does it refer to the terrorist attack that cost so many insurance professionals, and others, their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.

The personal information of almost 2 million Texans who filed claims with the Texas Department of Insurance was exposed and publicly available for nearly three years, according to a state audit released last week.

A lawsuit by the insurance company that paid off an allegedly bogus $3.8 million claim by lawyer Alex Murdaugh after the death of his housekeeper cites Murdaugh's 'depravity' and alleges new details of an alleged scheme he cooked up with another lawyer and a banker.

Families of the victims of the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Fla., that killed 98 people last year have reached a $997 million settlement to compensate them for their staggering losses of life.

After a Georgia hand surgeon reattached the wrong fingertips to a patient's hand during surgery, an unaffiliated medical expert secured by the plaintiff testified the doctor's conduct violated the standard of care.

The debate concerning the applicability of general liability policies to claims arising out of violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act ('BIPA') has not gone all that well for insurers. The Illinois Supreme Court in West Bend Mut. Ins. Co. v. Krishna Schaumburg Tan, Inc., 2021 IL 125978, held that a BIPA violation satisfies the publication criterion of the advertising injury coverage grant.

A recent study by IBM and the Ponemon Institute quantifies the rising cost of data breaches as workers moved to remote environments during the coronavirus pandemic. According to the report, an average data breach in 2021 cost $4.24 million â€" up from $3.86 million in 2020. However, where remote work was a factor in causing the breach, the cost increased by $1.07 million.

Metaverse skeptics fear the prospect of unprotected data and large-scale user surveillance on a scale never seen before.

After the end of a half-hour hearing in federal court on Monday, the presiding judge removed his black robe, stepped down from the bench and chatted with the attorneys and the plaintiffs who were present. After nearly six years, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Geoffrey Crawford said he wanted to personally say goodbye to the people involved in the high-profile case, which had just finally been resolved.

Four drivers who were inside an Amazon warehouse when it was partially destroyed by a tornado have filed a lawsuit against the company.

As a result of a lawsuit, a Kentucky employer must pay $450,000 to a former employee after throwing him a surprise birthday party. The man, who suffers from panic attacks, had apparently asked his employer not to throw him a surprise birthday party.

As pet owners return to the workplace or school, pets will be left home alone. Behavioral issues such as separation anxiety could result in aggressive and destructive behavior. This could be a problem for dogs that were adopted during the pandemic as well as pets that have become used to their pet owners being at home.

The families of five people killed in the mass shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facility by a former employee in April 2021 are suing the shipping giant and its security contractor, saying the rampage was "preventable."