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Hedge Funds Find Gambling on Lawsuits Lucrative

Mar 18 2015 // For better or worse, the lawsuit-finance market continues to grow. Hedge funds and others speculating on litigation are making more and larger bets. Some corporate lobbyists warn that the new financial engineering...

Lawsuit Accuses California Tribe of Squandering Casino’s Millions

Mar 16 2015 // One faction of an Indian tribe has accused another in a lawsuit of squandering millions of dollars in profits from a Northern California casino to lead lavish lifestyles.In the federal suit filed Tuesday, tribe members who...

Mississippi Supreme Court to Hear Katrina Case of Home Hit by Casino Barge

Jan 26 2015 // The Mississippi Supreme Court will consider whether a judge was wrong in finding that an insurance company was not liable for damage caused when the Grand Casino barge was torn from its moorings during Hurricane Katrina...

2015 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory

Jan 12 2015 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2015 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...

Trial Scheduled in Mississippi Casino Drug Ring

Dec 30 2014 // A federal judge has scheduled for Jan. 26 the trial of a Georgia doctor accused of recruiting casino workers in Biloxi to run a prescription pill ring.Dr. Sanjay Sinha of Woodstock, Georgia, is charged with one count of...

Willis’ Ryan Joins Marsh As Gaming Practice Leader

Oct 7 2014 // Insurance broker Marsh has named Christian Ryan, a real estate, gaming and hospitality insurance broker, as its U.S. Gaming Practice leader. Christian Ryan Ryan joins Marsh from Willis North America where he has spent the...

Tantrums, Concubines, Hotpot Burns, Smog: China Insurers Have it Covered

Sep 2 2014 // Your child throws a tantrum and smashes something? Take out “naughty child insurance”. Similarly, buy cover against your bride becoming pregnant before the honeymoon, your team being knocked out of the soccer...

Court Rules Mississippi Casino Not Liable for Death of Drunk Patron

Jul 23 2014 // A federal appeals court has declined to allow the family of Bryan Lee Glenn to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit that alleges a Biloxi, Mississippi, casino kept serving drinks to the man while he was drunk.Glenn, 30,...

Apollo’s Life Insurance Unit Athene Holding Said to Be Examined for Caesars Link

Jul 22 2014 // Apollo Global Management LLC’s dual stakes in an insurer and the largest operator of U.S. casinos are drawing scrutiny by New York’s top financial regulator, who doesn’t want policyholders exposed to the...

Lockton Names Risk Managers to Las Vegas Gaming Practice

May 29 2014 // Lockton has hired Veronica Fuentes and Svenja Dahlstrom in the company’s Gaming, Entertainment & Sports Practice, a new practice launched as part of Lockton’s Pacific Operations in April.Fuentes in an...

Alabama Supreme Court Nixes Tribal Immunity for Casino in Dram-Shop Case

May 27 2014 // An Alabama casino lost any tribal immunity from dram-shop lawsuits when it agreed as part of the state licensing process that it would be financially responsible for damages in serving alcohol to an apparently intoxicated...

Lockton Launches Gaming, Entertainment and Sports Practice in California

May 5 2014 // Lockton has launched a gaming, entertainment and sports practice to be based in Irvine, Calif.The group is part of Lockton’s Pacific operations and it integrates multiple vertical markets. Lockton’s gaming,...

Lockton Launches Gaming, Entertainment and Sports Practice in California

Apr 21 2014 // Lockton has launched a gaming, entertainment and sports practice to be based in Irvine, Calif.The group is part of Lockton’s Pacific operations and it integrates multiple vertical markets. Lockton’s gaming,...

N.J. Casino Dealer Wins Workers’ Comp Dispute by a Foot

Feb 10 2014 // New Jersey’s appellate court recently affirmed a ruling that an employee who got injured in a traffic accident while driving out of her employer’s premises is entitled to worker’s comp benefits.Documents...

Indiana Jury Acquits Manager in 2009 Fire at Concert Hall

Feb 2 2014 // The former manager of a southern Indiana concert hall has been found not guilty on charges that he set a 2009 fire that destroyed the venue.The Herald-Times reports a Brown County jury acquitted James Bowyer of Morgantown...

Casino Dealer Prevails in Workers’ Comp Dispute in New Jersey

Jan 24 2014 // New Jersey’s appellate court affirmed a ruling that an employee who got injured in a traffic accident while driving out of her employer’s premises is entitled to worker’s compensation benefits.The court...

Court Says Oklahoma Tribe Immune from Dramshop Liability Lawsuit

Nov 4 2013 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court, reversing a previous ruling, says a family injured in a 2006 auto accident cannot sue the Peoria Tribe or its Buffalo Run Casino, where the other driver in the crash had been drinking.The...

Court Says Oklahoma Tribe Immune from Dramshop Liability Lawsuit

Oct 29 2013 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court, reversing a previous ruling, says a family injured in a 2006 auto accident cannot sue the Peoria Tribe or its Buffalo Run Casino, where the other driver in the crash had been drinking.The...

‘Super Storm’ the Ride Now Running at New Jersey Shore

Aug 16 2013 // “Super Storm” the ride is now up and running on the New Jersey shore.The new attraction is located at the Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, N.J., where Superstorm Sandy is best known for toppling a roller coaster...

Judge Won’t Toss $70M Jury Award Against Las Vegas Sands

Aug 1 2013 // A Hong Kong businessman is one step closer to collecting a multibillion-dollar award from Las Vegas Sands Corp., the largest U.S. casino company.A Nevada judge on Tuesday denied Sands’ request to throw out a jury...