Insurance – May 24, 2012

by Ober|Kaler on 5/15/2012

A number of bills were passed during the Maryland General Assembly's 2012 legislative session that will impact certain sectors of the construction industry. Ober|Kaler has put together brief summaries of certain bills from...more

by Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP on 4/23/2012

In its recent decision in AES Corporation v. Steadfast Ins. Co., 2012 Va. LEXIS 81 (Va. Apr. 20, 2012), the Supreme Court of Virginia revisited its 2011 ruling concerning whether a general liability carrier had a duty to...more

by Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 3/12/2012

Last week, the Geneva Association, which describes itself as “the leading international insurance think tank for strategically important insurance and risk management issues,” issued a report entitled “Extreme events and...more

by King, Krebs & Jurgens, PLLC on 2/8/2012

When the Costa Concordia ran aground on a reef off Giglio Island near the Tuscan coast of Italy last month, owners and insurers of vessels certainly paid attention.  How could they not?  The incident was the...more

by Daniel Sheridan on 10/8/2011

The Second Annual Legal Forum at Greenbuild 2011 covered a wide variety of legal issues involved in green building which were presented by more than 10 expert panelists from the US and Canada...more

by Sedgwick LLP on 9/2/2011

Supreme Court of South Dakota In Demaray v. De Smet Farm Mut. Ins. Co., ___ N.W.2d ___, 2011 WL 2937284 (S.D. July 20, 2011), the Supreme Court of South Dakota held that an underlying suit did not fall within an...more

by Low, Ball & Lynch on 8/29/2011

Villa Los Alamos Homeowners Association v. State Farm General Insurance Company Court of Appeal, First District (August 25, 2011) In MacKinnon v. Truck Insurance Exchange (WLR September 4, 2003), the California Supreme...more

by Richard Faulk on 7/9/2011

In American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut (“AEP”), the United States Supreme Court held that federal common law public nuisance claims seeking injunctive relief against emitters of greenhouse gases...more