Arnstein & Lehr Chicago Partner Mary Cannon Veed spoke on a panel at the American Conference Institute’s Advanced Forum on Reinsurance Disputes in Litigation and Arbitration. The conference was held April 30 – May 1 at the Flatotel hotel in New York, New York. Ms. Veed’s panel was titled “Procedural Challenges to Arbitration Proceedings and [...]

Chicago partner Mary Cannon Veed has been appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of The Brief Editorial Board within the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. Appointments to leadership positions within TIPS are clear recognition of professional abilities and reputation among some 24,500 members. TIPS enriches the tort, trial and insurance [...]

Chicago partner Mary Cannon Veed co-chaired the two-day Insolvency Workshop the week of January 17. The conference was presented by the International Association of Insurance Receivers in New Orleans and had about 105 attendees representing insurance regulators, insurance guaranty funds, and insurance receivers from around the country and Canada. Mrs. Veed also moderated a panel [...]

Chicago partners David Waxman (pictured left) and former partner Richard Hellerman (pictured right) obtained summary judgment on behalf of one of the Arnstein & Lehr’s insurance company clients, securing a declaration that the company had no obligation to defend or indemnify one of the company’s insureds in a medical malpractice case. The malpractice case was [...]

Chicago Partner Mary Cannon Veed was recently appointed as the editor-in-chief of The Brief, the American Bar Association’s quarterly magazine for lawyers practicing tort and insurance law. TIPS brings together plaintiffs attorneys, defense attorneys, and insurance and corporate counsel for the exchange of information and ideas. The Brief explores all aspects of tort and insurance [...]

Arnstein & Lehr LLP is pleased to announce the launch of our area of law-specific alerts.  Every week, on Thursday, our system will search for recent news of legal significance authored by our attorneys within areas of law our lawyers practice.  These alerts will allow email subscribers to automatically receive breaking legal news items of interest in a timely fashion.   In addition to email [...]

Chicago Partner Mary Cannon Veed will moderate a panel on Health Reform at the 2010 International Association of Insurance Receivers (IAIR) Insolvency Workshop to be held April 21-23 at the Eden ROC Renaissance in Miami.  The Panel will address the actuarial, regulatory and legislative challenges presented by the rapidly changing relationship between state and federal [...]

The January/February 2010 issue of Coverage features an article by Chicago Partner Justin Weisberg and Associate Louis Gale. The article is entitled “A closer look at the rights of an indemnified party as compared to the rights of an additional insured from an insurance coverage perspective.” Coverage is the ABA publication for the Committee on [...]

Chicago Insurance Partner Mary Cannon Veed is scheduled to speak on April 22 at the International Association of Insurance Receivers (IAIR) Insolvency Conference.   Mary will serve as the moderator on a panel of actuarial, regulatory and legislative experts discussing proposed health reform legislation.  IAIR provides individuals involved with insurance receiverships education, information exchange, and enhanced [...]

Chicago Partner Justin Weisberg was recently appointed as co-chair of the Additional Insureds Subcommittee of the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee of the Litigation Section for the American Bar Association. His term as co-chair will run for two years.

Firm hosts third annual Woman of Vision Luncheon | Florida Supreme Court throws out ‘false light’ invasion of privacy cause of action | Firm co-sponsors event on water technology in Israel | Arnstein & Lehr co-hosts Corporate Leadership dinner Arnstein & Lehr LLP Fall 2009 Update Newsletter

Chicago Partner Mary Cannon Veed was recently appointed as Executive Editor of the Ameican Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Brief for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. Mrs. Veed is also the chair-elect of the standing commiteee which serves as its board of editors. Her appointment runs from the conclusion of this week’s [...]

CHICAGO, Illinois – May 22, 2009 – The Chicago law firm of Arnstein & Lehr LLP is pleased to announce that Richard T. Pines has joined its Chicago office of counsel in the Business Organizations & Transactions and Insurance practice groups. Pines concentrates his practice on business and business transactions and specializes in corporate federal [...]

On February 20 Chicago Partner and chair of the Insurance law practice group, Mary Cannon Veed, obtained a nearly $1.6 million judgment against an insolvent insurance company for a client. In 1998, a clothing store in Florida sued one of its competitors, claiming that the a rogue employee of the competitor had orchestrated a scheme involving [...]

Mary Cannon Veed, a partner in Arnstein & Lehr’s Chicago office and chair of the Insurance practice group, practices in the area of insurance structuring, finance and regulation, including insurance company insolvency, reinsurance, and alternative risk transfer. She has extensive experience in the U.S. and abroad in representing policyholders as well as receivers, reinsurers, and [...]

Partners Thadford Felton and John Ropiequet recently obtained a $42.5 million settlement for the bankruptcy trusts of garment company Fruit of the Loom against its insurance company in litigation involving environmental insurance coverage. The trusts attempted to collect environmental cleanup costs for seven sites in Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, and Tennessee from AIG under an [...]