The practice of placing the magic words “without prejudice and subject to contract” on every exchange during commercial negotiations can be thought a “belt and braces” or “no harm, no foul” approach, but experience and a...more
The 5th Circuit rebuffed an insured’s attempt to circumvent policy language requiring notice within 30 days of a pollution occurrence in a bumbershoot (umbrella) policy in Starr Indemnity & Liability Company v. SGS Petroleum...more