Kevin Sheetz | Insurance Business | March 18, 2015 If you’re not yet using big data and analytics to do your job, you likely will be soon. Surely you’ve heard of big data transforming industries as varied as medicine, advertising, and financial services, and it holds particular potency for the property and casualty insurance space.… Continue reading How Property and Casualty Insurance Professionals can Find the Truth in Big Data
Do We Really Want Courts Deciding if Our Construction Contracts are Fair?
Christopher G. Hill | Construction Law Musings | March 17, 2015 As I posted recently, the Virginia General Assembly has passed, and I can see no reason why the governor won’t sign, a bill that would essentially invalidate preemptive contractual waivers of lien rights as they relate to subcontractors and material suppliers. It does not apply… Continue reading Do We Really Want Courts Deciding if Our Construction Contracts are Fair?
The Danger of Settling Disputes: Novation
John Paul Nefflen | Burr & Forman LLP | February 25, 2015 Resolving business disputes before filing a lawsuit is efficient, cost effective – and sometimes dangerous. At least that’s what an architect learned when he tried to settle a pay dispute with the owner of a luxury condominium development. His efforts nearly cost him… Continue reading The Danger of Settling Disputes: Novation
Medical Marijuana Grow House Goes “Up In Smoke”
Shaun Marker | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | March 2, 2015 You can’t make this stuff up. A marijuana grow house goes “up in smoke”1 and I get to write about it in a property insurance blog! Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company may be off the hook after a recent ruling from the Sixth Circuit… Continue reading Medical Marijuana Grow House Goes “Up In Smoke”