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News & Analysis as of May 25, 2013

Increasing trend towards blanket notifications means companies should consider early notification of claims: Baker & McKenzie

by Leigh Duthie, Alex Hartmann | Baker & McKenzie Australia on 5/9/2013

There is an increasing trend in the UK towards accepting a blanket notification of claims, or circumstances that might give rise to a claim, as valid notification under an insurance policy. Australian companies should...more

Cross-Border Crashes: How Canadian Healthcare Can Affect Your Settlement

by Law Office of Dean Standish Perkins and... on 4/30/2013

Despite the efforts to prevent accidents, crashes with Canadian drivers are still an all too common occurrence in Washington State. To make matters worse, dealing with Canadian insurance companies can be confusing and...more

Patton Boggs Reinsurance Newsletter - December 2012: Florida Appellate Court Affirms Decision Rejecting Forum Non Conveniens...

by Patton Boggs LLP on 1/10/2013

ABA Capital Markets Corp. v. Provincial De Reaseguros C.A., No. 3D12-130, 2012 WL 5416441 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Nov. 7, 2012). In this appeal of a lower court’s non-final order denying defendant’s motion to dismiss a...more

Coverage for the Thailand Floods: Learning Lessons From Earlier Catastrophes

by Reed Smith on 11/1/2011

As the flooding news from Thailand drags on, businesses must look to the lessons that past disasters can teach us - the Sendai earthquake and tsunami last March (the "Sendai Event"), Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and even...more

Broken Supply Chains, Lost Customers, and Property Damage: Insurance as a Resource for Losses Sustained After The 2011 Earthquake...

by King & Spalding on 6/7/2011

Nearly three months after the tragic 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the full economic impact of this disaster remains unknown. Thousands of people have been confirmed dead, injured or missing, and millions...more

Covering The Ripple Effect: How Insurance Can Help Offset Auto Industry Losses From The Recent Earthquake And Tsunami In Japan

by Gilbert LLP on 5/16/2011

Originally published in Advisen FPN - May 16, 2011. Although the media properly has focused primarily on the human tragedy caused by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, much also has been written about the...more

Disaster and Business Interruption Coverages in the Wake of the Earthquake and Tsunami

by Reed Smith on 3/15/2011

The human toll from the catastrophes caused by earthquake and tsunami devastating the east coast of Japan has numbed the world. Obviously, the immediate collective focus must be on aiding the survivors and controlling the...more

California Jones Act Lawyer Advises How Seamen Can Assert Their Rights Under the Jones Act Maritime Law in the United States

by Sebastian Gibson on 11/17/2009

Jones Act and Maritime lawyers are few and far between in California despite the hundreds of miles of coastline. For most attorneys the rules governing injured seamen and dock workers are something that has never crossed...more

California and International Celebrity Lawyer On Invasion of Privacy, Defamation, False Light and Misappropriation of Name,...

by Sebastian Gibson on 11/11/2009

Today, Celebrity and Workplace Invasions of Privacy are occurring on a daily basis. The right of publicity, the right to control the commercial use of their identity, is constantly infringed. Now individual citizens are also...more

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