Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that Hinshaw partners James (Jim) Sandy and Scott Seaman have been ranked as Top Authors in the 2026 JD Supra Readers’ Choice Awards.

Download the new Third Edition of Hinshaw's Duty to Defend: A Fifty-State Survey for a comprehensive Q&A guide with answers to eleven key questions for each state that will help you navigate the duty to defend.

Read how Hinshaw partner J. Logan Rappaport and our client’s in-house counsel Heather Mooneyham recently secured a significant summary judgment in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York for the Sheet Metal Workers’ National Pension Fund.

San Francisco-based partner Peter Isola recently co-authored an update on behalf of the Business Litigation Committee of the California Lawyers Association's Business Law Section. In the update, Isola and Harold Justman review two recent decisions by the California Supreme Court involving hearsay testimony and expert witnesses.

Royal F. Oakes was quoted in the article "Doubts Buzz Around Rio Olympics," published by Risk & Insurance on July 5, 2016. 

Hinshaw partner Dan Ryan will speak at the firm-sponsored 2025 Life, Health, Disability, and ERISA Seminar, which will be held on April 10, 2025, in Denver, Colorado.

Hinshaw's Definitive Disability Conference conference focuses on issues relating to the evaluation and litigation of disability claims, both with respect to disability income and long term disability policies.

Hinshaw Partner Leo Lagomasino will present "Life and Accidental Death Insurance 101," at DRI's Life, Health, Disability and ERISA Seminar in Chicago on April 3, 2019. A "must-attend" event for anyone whose practice involves these areas, this year's seminar will offer opportunities to hear from leading practitioners, as well as extensive networking forums for in-house and outside counsel.

Hinshaw's Dan Ryan will present "Mental Health Parity and Alternative Treatments" on April 16, 2021 at the DRI 2021 Life, Health, Disability, and ERISA Virtual Seminar. The two-day event offers learning and networking opportunities, along with the opportunity to earn CLE credits. Ryan's program will examine various mental health parity and alternative treatment topics, including wilderness therapy, behavioral health, residential treatment, and education programs.

Read key takeaways and practical compliance recommendations for plan sponsors from a recent Seventh Circuit decision underscoring the importance of strictly following plan procedures when updating beneficiary designations.

Pharmacy employees at some CVS and Walgreens stores, including pharmacists, technicians, and support staff, recently walked off of their jobs to protest insufficient staffing and dangerous workloads that they claim jeopardize patient safety.

This alert was featured in the October 2021 edition of The LHD/ERISA Advisor

This alert was featured in the October 2021 edition of The LHD/ERISA Advisor

This alert was featured in the October 2021 edition of The LHD/ERISA Advisor

In 2025, Hinshaw’s global insurance services team authored several resources on key developments and decisions that impacted the US insurance industry. From our timely commentary just published in Mealey’s to the third edition of our Duty to Defend 50-state survey and whitepapers covering a variety of areas that impact the industry, our team has you covered.

Read a deep-dive analysis of what is included in the new Third Edition of Hinshaw's Duty to Defend: A Fifty-State Survey, a comprehensive Q&A guide with answers to eleven key questions for each state that will help you navigate the duty to defend.