In Watford Specialty Insurance Co. v. MDF 92 River Street LLC, the New Jersey Appellate Division clarified that the term “wrongful eviction” in the insuring agreement of a commercial general liability policy’s “personal and...more
In Princeton Excess & Surplus Lines Insurance Co. v. A.H.D. Houston Inc., the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals clarified the meaning of the undefined term “advertising idea” in the insuring agreement of a commercial general...more
In Citizens Ins. Co. of Amer. v. Thermoflex Waukegan, LLC no. 20-05980 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 1, 2022), the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois rejected the application of three separate general...more
Join us for Hinshaw's Webinar Series: Insurance Insights – What Insurers Need to Know in 2021. This series will feature insurance thought leaders from Hinshaw and RPC, presenting on the most pressing insurance claims topics...more
On March 30, 2020, a Pennsylvania federal district court granted an insurer's motion for summary judgment, ruling that coverage for a TCPA class action claim was barred by the intentional acts exclusion in its Businessowners...more
In West Bend Mutual Insurance Company v. Krishna Schaumburg Tan, Inc., 2020 Ill. App. LEXIS 179 (Ill. Ct. App. March 20, 2020), the Illinois Appellate Court issued a first-of-its-kind decision: that underlying allegations of...more
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
Where an alleged trademark infringement began 16 months before an insurance policy took effect, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision that the insurer had no duty to defend or...more
As policyholders look back at the insurance coverage landscape of 2013, a major take away point is that the courts continue to debunk the myth that there is no coverage for intellectual property claims under the advertising...more