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The Northern District of Illinois has held that claims brought under the Illinois False Claims Act (“IFCA”) are not uninsurable as a matter of Illinois law. The insured, a telecommunications company with $2 million in...more
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The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, applying Texas law, has held that a legal malpractice insurer was not liable for a statutory bad faith claim by the insured law firm because the evidence...more
Federal District Court Denies Insured’s Request To Add Claim For Bad Faith And Consequential Damages Based On Insurer’s Denial Of Coverage In this declaratory judgment action, the insured filed a motion for leave to add a new...more
Davey v Money and others [2019] EWHC 997 confirms that litigation funders can no longer rely on the ‘Arkin cap', to limit their adverse costs exposure to the amount of funding they contributed. The decision continues the...more
In KnightBrook Ins. Co. v. Payless Car Rental Sys., Inc., 2018 WL 1958661 (9th Cir. Apr. 26, 2018), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District of Arizona’s dismissal of a bad faith claim that was premised on...more
The Holding - In Knightbrook Insurance Company v. Payless Car Rental System Incorporated, 2018 WL 769295 (Ariz. February 8, 2018), an insurance bad faith and equitable indemnification case arising from an auto claim, the...more
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rules that insurer’s offer to settle claims for policy limit in exchange for release and indemnification of insured strikes proper balance between competing duties of good...more
Corporate bylaws and operating agreements often contain provisions that provide for indemnification to directors, officers and in some cases employees and agents who become parties to litigation, arbitration or investigations...more
Good News for Corporate Policyholders: Insurer Cannot Refuse Coverage Based on Insured's Assignment of Rights Under Policies After Loss Has Occurred - Why it matters: Reversing its holding in a 2003 case, the Supreme...more
Getting Over the Bar: Second Circuit Requires Actual Payment of Underlying Limits In Order to Trigger Excess D&O Policies - In June, the Second Circuit held that two Federal Insurance Company ("FIC") excess D&O...more
On certification from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, the Supreme Court of Connecticut recently issued an opinion holding that an insurer’s bad faith conduct in the investigation of a third-party...more