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Jim Gkonos will be speaking at the 2023 Insurance Forum on November 2, 2023. Location: In Person Only, Offices of Locke Lord LLP 111 S. Wacker Drive, 41st Floor, Chicago, IL, 60606 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM Speakers Include: Welcome and Introduction Kenneth M. Weine – Chief Audit Officer, American...
This month’s Friday Five explores recent decisions that range from the effect on disability benefits when medical records are not provided after two appeals, to a case that examines how an award of death benefits is determined, to a finding that an insurer’s decision to terminate benefits was not...
This month’s Friday Five explores decisions regarding the timeliness of appeals, the support necessary to sustain an LTD termination decision, a court’s discretion to credit and discredit expert opinions, the circumstances under which an insured may be required to prove they were prejudiced by the...
This month’s Friday Five addresses two cases involving disability claims that touch on Covid-19, a Circuit Court ruling for an insurer, a district court ruling that a 20-year-old regulatory settlement precluded an insurer from relying on the opinions of physicians it hired, and a claim for breach of...
Understanding the Basics of Insurance Law 2023 Insurance plays a major role in our economy and our society, from protecting individuals from life's uncertainties to enabling large projects that would not be possible without financial institutions spreading risk. This course will explore the basics...
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to what constitutes a fiduciary function, a finding of disability despite working full-time, an enforcement of suit limitation clause, the circumstances under which reinstatement is an appropriate remedy, and ERISA preemption. The Saul Ewing LLP...
Contingent Liability Insurance Demystified Partner Brian Michalek will speak on a panel during the 2023 Transaction Solutions Symposium. More information to come.
In a recent decision by the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the court interpreted Illinois law and clarified the rights and obligations of owners, their insurers and public adjusters in the situation in which the public adjuster is identified as a co-payee on a check paying insurance proceeds...

Juan Martinez is a trial lawyer who guides corporate clients through legal challenges ranging from shareholder and partnership disputes to winding down businesses. His experience with business dissolution spans from buyouts and windups to noncompete issues, asset liquidation, employment and...

Ian Mahany-Horton helps corporate clients protect their intellectual property through drafting and prosecuting patent applications and advising them on patent portfolio strategies for their innovations. Ian has experience working on patent matters for mechanical, electrical, and software...

Ted Baines is a partner and past chair of Saul Ewing's Litigation Department. He focuses his litigation practice on commercial contract, insurance, shareholder disputes, including shareholder demand responses, real estate, construction, and the defense of mass torts involving deaths or catastrophic...

Wendie Stabler provides trusted legal counsel to clients across the country on commercial real estate deals (including leases, dispositions and acquisitions) as well as developments, redevelopments and expansions. Wendie's legal work also includes a wide array of projects promoting sustainable...

Andrew Palmieri helps national and local developers and investors in the area of commercial real estate acquisition, development, financing, leasing and disposition across industry sectors including multifamily housing, hospitality, office and renewable energy. Regional banks also seek his legal...

Amy Kline is a commercial litigator whose practice is focused on the representation of insurers and reinsurers in complex civil litigation. She is co-chair of the firm's Insurance Group and a member of the Executive Committee. Amy has extensive trial and appellate experience in federal and state...

Caitlin Piccarello Strauss is a commercial litigator who represents companies in disputes involving insurance, employee benefits and ERISA, real estate, and restrictive covenants. As a leader of the Firm's Employee Benefits and ERISA Litigation team, she regularly defends insurers in life, health...
Antitrust significantly impacts commercial business throughout the United States – from monopoly lawsuits against Big Tech to horizontal price-fixing cases to the development of antitrust compliance programs for start-ups. Irrespective of size, businesses must comply with antitrust laws, trade...

Pamela Goodwin represents clients in the energy, oil and gas, solid waste, agriculture and many other industries in matters involving environmental permitting, counseling and litigation. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience, Pamela assists with acquisition, development and siting of pipeline...