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Judge Orders $23 Million Payment to Lawyers After Hung Jury

A judge in Florida has ordered Motorola Inc. to pay $22.9 million in attorneys fees and costs to lawyers for a now-defunct technology company, months after a trade secrets lawsuit ended in a hung jury. Circuit Judge Leroy Moe ruled …

Ill. State Police Reject Many Requests for Public Information, Report Says

Illinois state police routinely turn down requests for public information, whether from grieving relatives, insurance companies deciding whether to pay a claim or even other police officers doing research, a review shows. The policy extends to withholding reports on murders …

Ill. Football’s Dick Butkus Sues for Rights to Award Bearing His Name

Hall of Fame linebacker Dick Butkus is suing a Florida club that hands out an award bearing his name. A lawsuit filed earlier this week in Los Angeles federal court demands the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando turn over control …

Garner and Arsuaga Join All Risks in Dallas Office

All Risks Ltd., a national independent wholesale broker and managing general agent headquartered in Hunt Valley, Md., announced that Elaine Garner and Julie Arsuaga have joined the firm in its Dallas, Texas, office. Garner joins All Risks as a broker …

My New Markets

Office/Manufacturers Technology Nuts & Bolts: Travelers Select Accounts is now offering Technology Office Pac and Technology Manufacturers Pac Plus as part of Master Pac, Travelers’ Business Owner’s Policy for small commercial insurance. They cover small technology businesses and provide two …

News Currents

Banks’ total insurance revenue dipped The nation’s bank holding companies (BHCs) experienced a slight decline of 1.3 percent in their total insurance revenue from $44.1 billion in 2005 to $43.5 billion in 2006. Citigroup Inc. (N.Y.), Wells Fargo & Co. …

Banks’ total insurance revenue dipped

The nation’s bank holding companies (BHCs) experienced a slight decline of 1.3 percent in their total insurance revenue from $44.1 billion in 2005 to $43.5 billion in 2006. Citigroup Inc. (N.Y.), Wells Fargo & Co. (Calif.), Countrywide Financial (Calif.), HSBC …

People and Places

Doug Eden has joined Main Street America Group as senior vice president, field operations. Eden will be a member of the company’s senior management team based at its corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla., and will report to chairman, president and …

My New Markets

Office/Manufacturers Technology Nuts & Bolts: Travelers Select Accounts is now offering Technology Office Pac and Technology Manufacturers Pac Plus as part of Master Pac, Travelers’ Business Owner’s Policy for small commercial insurance. They cover small technology businesses and provide two …

My New Markets

Apartments, Habitational, Condominiums Nuts & Bolts: A program manager on behalf of United National Insurance Group is offering packages and mono-line General Liability coverage for apartments, habitational, condominiums. Deductible is $5,000. Minimum premium, $15,000; maximum, $1 million. Minimum premium general …