Last week, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued a coverage opinion reinforcing the broad duty to defend insurance companies owe their policyholders under New York law. In this coverage...more
The Supreme Court of New Jersey recently issued a significant pro-policyholder decision regarding fee-shifting under the New Jersey Court Rules. Under Rule 4:42-9(a)(6), courts may award attorneys’ fees in “an action upon a...more
On September 30, 2014, New Jersey’s Appellate Division ruled on a bevy of insurance coverage issues in the long-tail liability context, including exhaustion of primary policies, application of policy limits to multi-year and...more