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This Week in eDiscovery: The Cost of Securing Sensitive Data, Responding to Discovery Issues

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Every week, the Array team reviews the latest news and analysis about the evolving field of eDiscovery to bring you the topics and trends you need to know. This week’s post covers the period of August 19-25. Here’s what’s...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Captive Insurance Update | Spring Edition | 2024

On March 27, 2024 the Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) held its biannual “Roadshow” educational event designed for prospective captive insurance companies. The Roadshow, which has been hosted in over 20 cities,...more

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Navigating the AI Frontier: Legal and Operational Insights Into Generative AI

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In our ever-changing technological environment, artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to exert its influence on numerous sectors, revolutionizing our approach to work. As businesses and organizations worldwide adopt...more

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Outside Entity Exclusion Precludes Duty to Defend Claim for Misappropriation of Confidential Information

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The United States District Court for the Northern District of California, applying California law, has held that an outside entity exclusion precluded a professional liability insurer’s duty to defend a claim against its...more

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Insurance Update - March 2022

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Texas practitioners can add a new term to their legal vocabulary: “the Monroe exception.” The Texas Supreme Court has finally weighed in on whether to create an exception to the eight corners rule when determining if an...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

[Webinar] Cyber Insurance for the Cannabis Industry - June 1st, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

Cannabis businesses have cyber security and privacy risks. While the risks are varied, many arise from the businesses’ holding of highly sensitive consumer information or confidential data about business partners. Cannabis...more

King & Spalding

Energy Newsletter - April 2020

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Developing Contingency Plans: The NYDFS Mandate on Licensed Virtual Currency Businesses - The events surrounding COVID-19 have increased the use of fintech products, both out of necessity and convenience. Shelter-in-place...more

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New York Dept of Financial Services (NYDFS) Extends Cybersecurity Compliance Deadline

The NYDFS has announced that it has extended the deadline for compliance with certain cybersecurity requirements due to the coronavirus emergency. The announcement from the Superintendent of Financial Services of the State...more

White and Williams LLP

SDNY Remands Arbitration Award for Clarification and Denies Request to Keep Documents Under Seal

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The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently remanded Park Avenue Life Insurance Company v. Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America to a panel of arbitrators for clarification of its award...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

New York Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulation 18-month Compliance Deadline Arrives

On September 4, 2018, the third stage of compliance deadlines under the New York Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) expansive cybersecurity regulation went into effect....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Aetna and its Vendor Face Class Action Lawsuit over HIV Disclosure

A Pennsylvania man has filed a class action lawsuit against Aetna Inc., accusing it of violating his privacy rights when the insurer mailed him prescription information in an envelope with a large, clear window that disclosed...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Healthcare Insurer Rebuked for Exposing Policyholders’ HIV Status

Two legal advocacy groups have accused Aetna Inc. – the Hartford-based healthcare company – of “gross” breaches of privacy and confidentiality including violations of federal healthcare law when a third-party vendor...more

Carlton Fields

Court Declines To Quash Subpoena Issued To South Carolina Department Of Insurance In Companion Property Case

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We previously reported on this case on January 5, 2016, June 28, 2016, July 20, 2016, and December 14, 2016. The case concerns Companion Property and Casualty Insurance Company’s participation in a fronted insurance program...more

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The Insurer’s Dilemma: To Produce, or Not to Produce?

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“Request for Production Number 25: Produce the entire underwriter’s file for underwriting the policy.” This familiar discovery demand has become far too common in the realm of insurance coverage litigation, and the request is...more

Snell & Wilmer

New Cybersecurity Requirements for New York Financial Companies

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The New York Department of Financial Services has new cybersecurity regulations “designed to promote the protection of customer information as well as the information technology systems of regulated entities [financial...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

New York Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulations Go Into Effect on March 1st

We have previously reported about the upcoming New York Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulations. On February 16, 2017, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that “the first-in the-nation cybersecurity regulation to protect...more

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The “Final Final” is Here: NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulations

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As Hogan Lovells previously reported, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has launched a significant initiative to impose detailed cybersecurity requirements on covered financial institutions. On...more

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NY DFS Cybersecurity Regulations Take Effect March 1, 2017

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We previously reported on the New York Department of Financial Services’ proposed cybersecurity regulations. During the public comment period, the DFS received over 150 comments. In response, the DFS announced on December 28,...more

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NY DFS Proposed Cybersecurity Regulations Revised and Implementation Delayed

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We previously reported on the New York Department of Financial Services’ proposed cybersecurity regulations. During the public comment period, the DFS received over 150 comments. In response, the DFS announced on December 28,...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

4.5 Million Reasons to Abide by a Non-Solicitation Agreement

On September 9, 2016, the Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld an award of $4.5 million in punitive damages against several former employees, who violated non-compete/non-solicitation agreements with their former employers. In...more

Butler Snow LLP

Sixth Circuit Denies Seal of Approval for Unjustified Filings Under Seal

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Litigants and third parties subpoenaed to produce information in litigation who believe that information that they deem confidential will not ever become part of the public record so long as a discovery protective order is in...more

Cozen O'Connor

Overview of Chinese Insurance Law

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As global insurers continue to penetrate the Chinese market, our offices are seeing an ever increasing number of Chinese law related inquiries, including in the fields of credit and political risk, property and other lines....more

Cole Schotz

Think You Have Insurance Against Claims for Disclosure of Confidential Information? You May Want to Check Again

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Are you relying on your insurance policy to cover unauthorized or unintended electronic disclosure of confidential information? If so, you may want to take a closer look at your policy with an eye towards objections to...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Fourth Circuit Finds Insurer Must Defend Data Breach Claims Against Its Insured Under Its Standard CGL Policy

Commercial General Liability policies have, for several decades, included advertising and personal injury coverage. Such coverage is afforded for injury caused by various enumerated offenses, including breach of privacy....more

Carlton Fields

Title Insurance Regulatory and Legislative Update - February 2015

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FEDERAL - New CFPB Compliance Bulletin Impacts Service Providers: The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) recently issued Compliance Bulletin 2015-01, which reminds persons subject to the regulatory authority...more

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