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Illinois Supreme Court Debates the Insurability of TCPA Federal Junk Fax Penalties

Earlier this month, on the final day of arguments for the March term, the Illinois Supreme Court heard oral argument in Standard Mutual Insurance Co. v. Lay. Lay presents the question of whether the penalty imposed by Federal...more

Product Liability Advisory - December 2012: Product Manufacturers and the Importance of Understanding Personal and Advertising...

In product liability actions, claims against manufacturers often involve bodily injury or property damage. But manufacturers can also be exposed to “personal and advertising” injuries, which don’t involve property damage but...more

California Court of Appeal Holds No “Advertising Injury” Coverage for Product That Is Neither Mentioned Nor Disparaged in...

In Hartford Casualty Ins. Co. v. Swift Distribution, Inc., __ Cal.Rptr.3rd __, 2012 WL 5306248 (Cal. Ct. App. Oct. 29, 2012), the California Court of Appeal held that the “advertising injury” coverage in a CGL policy does not...more

Missouri Court of Appeals Reverses and Renders Summary Judgment, Holding Insurer Not Liable For Indemnity Because TCPA Statutory...

Plaintiff insurance company appealed the trial court’s summary judgment order in favor of Defendants who had settled an underlying action involving the allegedly unsolicited transmission of more than 10,000 faxes in violation...more

Are Federal Junk Fax Damages Insurable in Illinois?

In the final days of its September term, the Illinois Supreme Court allowed a petition for review in Standard Mutual Insurance Co. v. Lay. In Lay, the Court will decide whether the Federal statutory penalty for sending junk...more

IP Buzz - June 2012

In this issue: - Using Injunctions to Gain Market Share: What’s the Harm - Business Method Patents and September 16, 2012 - News:ICANN Reveals List Of New gTLD Applications - New Insurance Helps Small...more

Duty to Defend a “Looney” Copyright Claim

Here’s a recent case we thought our readers would be interested in that was posted in our May 2012 Media Law Bulletin. When Looney Ricks Kiss Architects, Inc. (Looney) created an architectural design known as the Island...more

2nd Circuit Holds No Duty to Defend Intellectual Property Claim

In its recent decision titled Feldman Law Group v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 7787 (2d Cir. Apr. 18, 2012), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, applying Pennsylvania law, had occasion...more

It's No Secret: Misappropriation of Trade Secrets Claim Without Advertising Will Not Trigger Coverage

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit In Continental Cas. Co. v. Consolidated Graphics, Inc., ___ F.3d ___, 2011 WL 2644736 (5th Cir. (Tex.) July 7, 2011), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that...more

Insurance Law Update - The First Circuit Finds No Indemnification Based on the Plain Language of a Contract - February 2011

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit In Farmers Ins. Exchange v. RNK, Inc., ___F.3d ____, 2011 WL 183969 (1st Cir. (Mass.) January 21, 2011), the First Circuit Court of Appeals held that a telephone equipment...more

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Court of Appeals Interprets 180-day Period within which to File FOIA Complaint

In a published decision, the Michigan Court of Appeals has interpreted the meaning of the statutory 180-day period within which a person has to file a complaint for a violation of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The...more

More Reasons Why Facebook can be Dangerous to Your Workers' Comp. Case

Last year I published an article on this blog entitled "How Facebook Can Undermine Your Workers' Compensation Case." I pointed out then that the default "privacy" settings on Facebook offered very little privacy at all – your...more