NEW YORK (AP) — Insurance giant MetLife has agreed to pay $60 million to resolve claims that two subsidiaries solicited business without state licenses and lied to regulators about the extent of operations in New York. Under agreements announced Monday, ...

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WASHINGTON — Margaret Fiester is no shrinking violet, but she says working for her former boss was a nightmare. One day I didn’t do something right and she actually laid her hands on me and got up in my face ...

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For the first time since the American Bar Association began conducting surveys of legal malpractice insurance claims in 1985, insurers have reported a higher percentage of claims involving real estate than any other area of law. Personal injury-plaintiff and family ...

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In a decision and order issued last week, U.S. District Court, WDNY Judge Michael A. Telesca ruled that Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputy Michelle Albertelli’s claims against the county for violating her procedural due process rights and for municipal liability can ...

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WASHINGTON — The outlook for the job market is looking brighter. Far fewer people are seeking unemployment benefits than just three months ago — a sign that layoffs are falling sharply. The number of people applying for benefits fell last ...

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State officials are urging New Yorkers to take pictures or video of damage from Tropical Storm Irene to prepare to make insurance claims.

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ALBANY — New York’s top court on Tuesday reinstated a breach-of-contract lawsuit by a dozen banks challenging MBIA’s state-approved restructuring of its bond-insurance business, concluding the state insurance superintendent’s approval doesn’t prohibit creditor and common-law claims.

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Metadata has been famously described as “data about data,” David Hricik, “I Can Tell When You're Lying: Ethics and Embedded Confidential Information,” 30 J. Legal Prof. 79, 81 (2006).

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The U.S Department of Labor has launched an app that helps employees track the hours they work and determine the wages they are owed. Wage and hour claims and class actions have been on the rise, thanks in part to stepped up efforts by the Department of Labor.

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In a report issued earlier this month, the New York State Insurance Department indicated there were 12,807 cases of suspected fraud involving no-fault auto insurance in 2010. The figure represents 88 percent of the total number of suspected health care fraud cases received in 2010 ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — More people applied for unemployment benefits last week, one week after claims had fallen to the lowest level in nearly three years. The big drop a week earlier had occurred ...

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A modernization effort designed to simplify routine filings for claims companies has been undertaken by the New York State Insurance Department. Earlier this year, a working group developed a list of recommendations ...

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