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No Coverage for Claim That Related Back to Prior Policy Period

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The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, applying New Jersey law, granted an insurer’s motion for summary judgment, finding that an insured’s claim related back to a prior policy period when the...more

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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Default Judgment Against Attorney After He Repeatedly Fabricated Expert Witness Disclosures "From...

Iavor Stoyanov v. Himont Law Group, Ltd., et al., 2024 IL App (1st) 221434-U (April 15, 2024) - Brief Summary - The First District Appellate Court in Illinois held that the trial court (Judge Patrick J. Sherlock) was correct...more

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Legal Updates for Lawyers’ Professional Liability - CASE LAW UPDATE

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Kohut v. Vlahos, 289 A.3d 96 (Pa. Super. 2022), purported named beneficiaries to a will cannot state a legal malpractice claim based upon an unsigned will. “Until Decedent signed a revised will, his purported intent to...more

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Summary Judgment Granted in Defendants' Favor Because There Was No Attorney-Client Relationship Between Plaintiffs And Defendants

Plaintiffs, Jet Leasing Support Services USA, Inc. (Jet Leasing) and Uwa S. Amadasu (collectively "plaintiffs") claimed that a law firm, Curcio Mirzaian Sirot LLC, and firm partner Aristotle G. Mirzaian (collectively...more

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Fourth Circuit Sets Forth the Requirements for the ‘Loss of Chance’ Provision of West Virginia’s Medical Professional Liability...

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently interpreted the “loss of chance” provision of West Virginia’s Medical Professional Liability Act (the MPLA). In Graham v. Dhar, the Court ruled that a...more

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Lawyers Professional Liability Policy Does Not Cover Non-Insured Construction Management Company; Insurer Justified in Requesting...

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A New York federal court, applying New York law, has held that a lawyers professional liability policy does not provide coverage to a construction management company not named as an “insured” in the policy and that did not...more

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Eleventh Circuit Finds Attorneys Owed No Duty to be Clairvoyant on Unsettled Law

On October 7, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of defendant law firm. The court held the attorneys owed no duty to advise the client to cease an activity...more

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Ontario Court of Appeal Affirms Limits on Auditor Liability

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On September 5, 2018, the Court of Appeal for Ontario released its decision in Lavender v Miller Bernstein LLP,1 overturning a summary judgment ruling that imposed significant liability on an auditor in previously...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Court Awards Summary Judgment on Prior Knowledge Limitation of Professional Liability Policy

In Admiral Ins. Co. v. Superior Court (No. D072267, filed 11/21/17, ord. pub. 12/12/17), a California appeals court held that an application question about prior knowledge of facts that could give rise to a “malpractice...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

“The Donald” Trumps Condo Buyers by Avoiding Trade-mark Licensor Liability

United States presidential candidate Donald Trump avoided liability for alleged misrepresentations of the attributes of purchased hotel condominium units by a developer that is licensed by one of Mr. Trump’s corporate...more

Allen Matkins

Nevada’s Duty Of Care Standard Fails To Win Summary Judgment For Director

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NRS 78.138(1) imposes two explicit duties on directors in the exercise of their powers: they must act in good faith and with a view to the interests of the corporation. This contrasts with Delaware case law which speaks of a...more

Broker-Dealer Compliance + Regulation

Ninth Circuit Brookstreet Decision Upholds Control Person Liability

The Ninth Circuit recently found the principal of a broker-dealer liable for the extensive and aggravated sales practice violations of the firm’s registered representatives. In its unpublished decision (not to be cited as...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Delaware Court of Chancery Grants Summary Judgment Dismissing Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims In Absence of Evidence of Directors’...

In In re Answers Corp. Shareholders Litigation, C.A. No. 6170-VCN, 2014 WL 463163 (Del. Ch. Feb. 3, 2014), the Delaware Court of Chancery (Noble, V.C.) granted summary judgment in favor of defendants in a stockholder class...more

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