In a win for Wiley’s client, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, applying New York law, has held that a bodily injury exclusion bars coverage under an errors and omissions policy for...more
The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, applying Florida law, has held that an investor’s lawsuit against an attorney related back to a notice of a potential claim submitted during the earlier...more
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana has held that an insured v. insured exclusion barred coverage for a lawsuit brought in the name of a music fraternity against its president and executive...more
In a win for Wiley Rein’s client, the Delaware Supreme Court has affirmed the trial court’s decision that a securities class action and an opt-out case constitute related Claims, such that the opt-out case is excluded from...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, applying North Dakota law, has held that a lawyers professional liability policy did not provide coverage for a legal malpractice lawsuit where the insured knew or...more
In a win for Wiley’s client, the California Superior Court has held that an exception to an insured v. insured exclusion for “any Claim brought by any director . . . of a Company who has not served in such capacity . . . for...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has held that a sexual misconduct exclusion unambiguously barred errors and omissions coverage for a Title IX claim as a matter of Illinois law. Netherlands Ins. Co....more
In a win for Wiley Rein’s client, the Delaware Superior Court has held that an opt-out securities case related back to the original securities class action because the cases were “based on the same subject, have a causal...more
An Oklahoma federal court has held that a derivative exception to an Insured v. Insured (IvI) exclusion applied only to derivative lawsuits brought by non-insureds, and did not save coverage for a direct claim filed by an...more
The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division has held that, under New York Insurance Law § 3420(a)(5), an insurer had no duty to defend or indemnify a personal injury action where the insured failed to provide notice of the...more