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What one court giveth, a brother court taketh away: Thermoflex and 3 policy exclusions in the context of BIPA

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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

Gould + Ratner LLP

Illinois Supreme Court Finds Insurance Coverage for Alleged Violations of BIPA

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The Illinois Supreme Court ruled late last week in favor of a company seeking insurance coverage for defense of a lawsuit alleging the company had violated the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA). The ruling in the case,...more

White and Williams LLP

A First: GL Coverage for Illinois Biometrics Action, Distribution of Material Exclusion Doesn’t Apply

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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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - October 2018

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the European Data Protection Board's published opinions on data protection impact assessments, an Ohio court's ruling that bitcoin is covered insured...more

K&L Gates LLP

OnRisk: Biometric Insurance

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Issues of digital privacy are multi-faceted and extend far beyond the now-routine data breaches that make headlines. The digital collection, use, and storage of biometric information (fingerprints, retinal or iris scans,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - May 2015

In This Issue: - Second Circuit Rules Patriot Act Does Not Authorize Bulk Metadata Collection; Congress Reconsiders Certain Patriot Act Authorities - SEC Issues Cybersecurity Guidance for Investment Companies...more

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Data breach coverage denial upheld by Connecticut Supreme Court

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In a 3 page per curiam decision issued this week, the Connecticut Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision holding in Recall Total Information Management, Inc., et. al v. Federal Insurance Company, that Federal Insurance...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Sony and Its Insurers Wrangle over Coverage for Data Breach

According to a Law360 report, Sony Corp.’s lawyers recently asked a New York appeals court to overturn a trial court’s ruling that a data breach did not involve the “publication” of private information within the meaning of...more

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