As Troutman Pepper Locke recently reported, on September 2, 2026, the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) issued Commissioner’s Bulletin # B-0007-26, addressed to all insurance companies and their agents and representatives, which stated TDI’s position that any use
Deschutes County Health Services has told doctors in Bend and the rest of Central Oregon that it is investigating, with the Oregon Health Authority, a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections. The Health Alert Network advisory, which Food Safety News reported
West Virginia University College of Law has interviewed four candidates – Mary Graw Leary (Catholic), Alan Romero (Wyoming), Oren Griffin (Tulsa), and Nadelle Grossman (Marquette) – as finalists in its dean search.
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On September 9, 2026, the State of North Carolina and 11 local entities (10 municipalities and a local water and sewer authority) entered into a proposed settlement with Chemours Company, The Chemours Company FC, LLC, DuPont de Nemours, Inc., Corteva,
On June 10, 2026, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia held that an insurer’s offer to “vigorously defend” the policyholder and to pay a potential excess verdict does not lead to waiver of the coverage defenses the insurer
This blogger spent the weekend in Morgantown, and West Virginia did everything right except the football score. The leaves were doing their early turn, that first crisp snap was in the air, and the drive in on 68 delivered exactly
“Law firm Quinn Emanuel wins fight over role in data center case” —
A petition for certiorari (full text) was filed last week with the U.S. Supreme Court in Perry v. Marteney, (Sup.Ct., cert. filed 9/4/2026). In the case, the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, held that
West Virginia v. B.P.J., 225 L. Ed. 2d 1040 (2026) (Supreme Court ruling affirming that states and educational institutions may lawfully restrict female athletic teams to biological females without violating either Title IX or the Equal Protection Clause.)
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The federal district court held that the insurer was obligated to defend the additional insured, rejecting the insurer’s argument that the additional insured was an indemnitee under the policy’s supplementary payments provision, negating the insurer’s having to pay defense costs.
